"I think the economy has been good for my business because organizations or companies that in good times might look to hire a big PR firm or a big consulting firm, during these times, they don't have that kind of budget.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Or has Milton only seemed powerful because of the traditional religious values with which he is so intimately associated?

还是说他仅仅是因为与传统宗教价值,紧密相关因而看起来强大？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Because most of the people there didn't really need it because they have cars, or they just take taxis.

因为那里的大多数人并不真正需要它，因为他们自己有车，或者会直接打车。

上东区的氛围 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

More than three billion people are at risk from indoor air pollution because of the heating or cooking fuels they use.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Does Milton only seem powerful because he has the force or the strength of the age-old literary canon behind him?

他之所以看起来充满力量,是因为身后的作品被人们奉为文学经典呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And,it was called The City of the Big Shoulders or City of Broad Shoulders because of its importance to the nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

It also serves a social and political function, because The portrait or picture of the universe or the world and its structure Corresponds to and legitimates the structure of Babylonian society.

它还有社会和政治功能,因为对宇庙或世界的描绘以及它的结构,与巴比伦社会的法律体系是一致的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They say many people die or are injured by the gas because they do not use these devices correctly.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

It's because the programmer or programmers that wrote that software might have been pretty specific but not specific enough.

这是因为程序员写的软件,可能已经相当具体,但还是不够具体。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The UAE says the services are a threat to national security because government officials cannot access or monitor users' information.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

get back to the initial point is going to require some input from outside, like heat or extra work or extra heat or something because you've done an irreversible process.

如果要逆转它,回到初始点，就需要外界的投入，比如额外的功，额外的热量等等,因为你进行了一个不可逆过程。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Sometimes,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Neurons have these projections because one important property, or one important function of neurons, is to communicate with each other.

这些突起,源于神经细胞,一项重要的性质,或者说一项重要的功能,那就是实现信息的交流

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Life expectancy rates climbed, because doctors and scientists developed effective ways to prevent or treat diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid,diphtheria,and influenza.

VOA: special.2010.12.02

There is no better time to start a new company or a new idea than a depression or recession because a lot of the management teams were being asked to leave.

金融衰退和大萧条是,建立一个公司或是发展一个新想法的最好时机,因为很多管理团队都被辞退了。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

"The Americans" was also different from other photography books because Frank organized the images according to similar emotions, forms or subjects.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

I'm not going to name any company or industries, because they're all our customers and they'd be upset.

我在这里就不说它们的名字了，因为它们都是我们的客户，都会因此而沮丧。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

He says the class action failed because it did not target a single action or policy by Wal-Mart.

VOA: special.2011.06.24

Then minus 1/2 of 2, because we only have one bond or 2 electrons in a bond.

然后减去二的二分之一，因为我们只有一个键，一个键就是两个电子。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

And it will extend protection to those victimized because of their gender or gender identity or a disability.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

We don't know whether this was because he didn't want to take the chance or because he believed in categorical moral principles.

不知道他是因为不愿意冒这个险呢,还是因为他信奉绝对主义道德原则。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But the report lists one hundred eight-four species that are considered in danger because of limited habitat, serious threats or falling populations.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

5 And all you have is either zero or 15 because that is your resolution.

你说的得到的数据只有0或5,因为这是你的解决办法。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

A gold digger is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person's money.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Then, there are antagonists that slow down the amount of neurotransmitters, either because they destroy neurotransmitters or they make it hard to create more.

另一种是抑制剂,抑制剂会抑制神经递质的释放量,有可能是通过破坏神经递质而实现,也可能是通过抑制神经递质的生成而实现

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

This was often dangerous, because guards on the train would throw the men off or arrest them.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

I don't think it very relevant whether the death comes about because you withdraw life support, like a ventilator, or because you actually decide to end that child's life by giving the child a lethal injection.

我觉得这也与造成死亡的原因无关,无论是通过撤走维持生命的仪器，比如呼吸机，还是通过药物注射,结束孩子的生命。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Some people are excused for health or family reasons, or because they cannot take time from work.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

How does this country end up being a Republic, the Third Republic, which has been castigated or been denounced because it seemed to fumble along?

为什么法国最后成为了一个共和国,即第三共和国,而第三共和国因治国无方,饱受职责和抨击

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Because the next chunk, or perhaps from there on out, it would've been bad.

因为下一阶段的生活，或者说从此刻开始的生活，它将会非常糟糕。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选