And the crisis had to be solved. "If we fail," Roosevelt said, "the cause of self-government throughout the world will suffer greatly."

VOA: special.2010.08.26

We don't know what it's like to be dead, because every time we try to imagine it, we fail.

我们不知道死亡是什么样的，因为每次我们想象死亡，都无果而终。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And five weeks less one day later I decided you know what this might actually be for me and I switched from pass-fail to letter graded status at that point in time.

而第五周的最后一天,我从上及格-不及格制的课程转为上数字学分制的课程,你们可能知道这对我来说意味着什么。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"I knew of course that when examined again he would fail and be thrown out.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Should you fail to stop killing those babies, I think you should be punished for killing babies."

如果你不停止杀婴儿，你就会因为杀婴儿受到惩罚”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I knew of course that when examined again he would fail and be thrown out.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

He wrote his son in 1704, he said, "I may die tomorrow, but be sure that you have little pleasure if you fail to follow my example.

他在一七零四年写给他的儿子信中说到,"我可能明天就死了,而如果你不能遵循我的的脚步,你是不会快乐的的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Programs that fail these tests could be restricted or blocked from federal student aid.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

They are borrowers that are thought, by the various models, to be likely to fail to pay on their mortgage and to have to be foreclosed; often low income, but also they're people with poor credit histories.

通过一些模型的计算,这些借款人,很有可能无法偿付贷款,抵押房产会被贷款人收回,借款人通常属于低收入人群,而且这些人没有很好的信用记录

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Never again will the American taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is too big to fail,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

And I don't want to overplay the social importance of this, but go back a couple of years to what was happening in the aftermath of Katrina and realize how bad things get when things fail to be coordinated.

我不想再过分的强调它的重要性,不过我们不妨回顾一下几年前,卡特里娜飓风的灾后过程,就会认识到缺乏协调沟通是多么可怕

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

A lot of us might feel that a life like this, where we peak but then we stick around-- ... you know, isn't-- can at least fail to be as desirable in which we end with a bang.

很多人可能觉得生命是这样的，我们先到达巅峰然后下跌-,不是-,它无法令人满意地,让我们突然死去。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

These questions will be marked pass, fail.

这些作业会被评为"及格"或"不及格"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选