For example, the CN Tower in Toronto,Canada is not included in the tallest building category because it is a communication tower.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

The butterfly is the perfect work of art because it is both a representation and alive. It has eyes on its wings.

这只蝴蝶是一个完美的艺术作品,因为它不但是画像，也是,鲜活的，它的翅膀上有眼睛。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And so, Columbia helps us pay our housing so, because it is very expensive to live up here.

而哥伦比亚大学帮助我们付了房租，因为在这儿住实在太贵了。

上西区的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Yet he tells us Covestor remains a private company after a few years because it is still too risky for most investors.

VOA: special.2011.01.07

The opposition is between poetry that makes money and poetry that, precisely because it is good poetry as modern poetry defines it, does not.

对立性主要存在于为了赚钱的诗歌和,不为金钱的角度，现代诗歌意义上的,好诗歌之间的分歧。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

He says the methane discovery presents scientists with a mystery because it is still not clear how the gas is being produced.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

I have read an entire page full of words and given it zero because it is not on topic.

我读到的是一整篇都是单词的文章,给了零分，因为跑题了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

However,this is more difficult because it is harder to control the diets of people and because they live longer than other animals.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

You just can't just cast it away, and say it's no big deal. But because it is a deal.

总不能置之不理，想着反正天也不会塌下来，那你就错了。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Astronomers have always thought that the Andromeda Galaxy was more massive than the Milk Way because it is believed to have more stars.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

I appreciate particularly the idea of human rights, because it is meant to get a round culture, and particularly a round religion, to find those common denominators, hopefully not the lowest denominator that's just ethical washout. It doesn't mean anything.

我尤其赞赏人权的观点，因为它是要构建一个全面的文化，尤其是一个全面完整的宗教，以此来寻求人类共通的地方，希望别是最低层次的共通点,否则只会是道德的失败，没有任何意义。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"Violence against women is not prosecuted because it is not a top government and urgent social priority.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

If you live in a society that operates under those rules, then it should be up to the government to decide how those resources that come back through taxation are distributed because it is through the consent of the government.

如果你在一个按照上述规则运行的社会中生活，那么就应该由政府来决定,如何分配，通过征税收回的资源,因为那是政府一致表决通过的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

The new research shows that the buds on the side cannot export their auxin into the main stem because it is too full.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

because it is a business you can get into with a schedule that's flexible.

因为那个工作时间很灵活。

旧金山的调酒师 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Also,because it is illegal to paint public and private property without permission, street artists usually work secretly.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

I will use it in moderation and use it to the best effect possible rather than use it because it is there.

我会适量的运用数学以达到最佳的效果,而不是为了数学而用数学

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Clay is important because it is used around the world to make containers of all kinds.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

If you're wondering what's OK or what's not OK, it's very clearly written out in this handout, so make sure you read through it, because it is your responsibility to make sure that your calculator does not have anything extra programmed in it.

如果你不清楚什么可以什么不可以，讲义上写得很清楚，所以请大家务必看完它，因为你有义务保证,在自己的计算器里,没有编上额外的程序。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The Homestake Gold Mine was chosen to study dark matter because it is largely protected from the radiation that could interfere with the project.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

And many people rightfully so questioned the veracity, the value of these questionnaires, because it is subjective-- ? are we measuring something real?

很多人置疑问卷的，真实性和价值，因为它是主观的-,我们是在测量真实的东西吗？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixie because it is in the very middle of a group of states in the Deep South.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Bear this in mind as you are reading the book, because it is easy to kind of forget who's talking and what they represent.

当你们在阅读本书时务必仅记这点，因为读者很容易就忘记,谁在说话及他们各自代表的意涵。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Yet many people today cannot see the Maze District because it is so difficult to reach.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Why is it canon?" And most Christians will say, "Because it is inspired."

为什么这是正典？“大多数基督教徒会说，“因为它具有神启性“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

But others say the extremely modern design of the buildings is insulting because it is not like the design of the city's historic buildings.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

You need to do that to be able to control the shield that's as big as that and as heavy as that, because it is made fundamentally of a heavy wood, typically covered by leather, sometimes with some bronze, a bronze sheet across the front of it as well.

如果你想自如操控这块盾牌就必须得这样,这种盾牌很大并且很笨重,因为它主要是由沉重的木材制成,表面一般覆有皮革,或包上铜皮,就是表面上有一层铜皮

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Maine,in the nation's northeast, is "The Pine Tree State" because it is covered in evergreen woods.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

So I start this program by declaring as I did before a global variable X. It is global simply because it is not inside any of my functions.

在程序的开始，我声明,一个全局变量X，它是一个全局的,因为它不在任何一个函数里面。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

This is not commonly advertised or described -just like hedge funds are not commonly advertised and described -because it is thought that DPPs are suitable only for wealthy and sophisticated investors.

PP不怎么打广告或者上新闻报道,就像对冲基金一样低调,因为DPP仅仅面向,富人和精明的投资者

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选