I suddenly realized I was in this absurd situation: I am an amateur baker, I hadn't been in a church in years, I barely speak French, and found myself going over to try to restore the lost 1300-year-old tradition of baking at the abbey."

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All the pals here have done has been a learning experience for the children and for myself.

来这儿的所有朋友的帮忙,对孩子和我来说,都是一个学习的过程。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

I've been in a couple of pageants myself and I think it's really good,

我自己去过几次选美大会，而我觉得这很好。

选美比赛的好处 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He says: It had only been through books, at best no more than vicarious cultural transfusions, that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way.

并加以思索，他说，：,“唯有通过读书，这种让文化在我心中产生共鸣的方式,才能维系我生存的勇气。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I've been here helping myself to the suggestion that we should think about extension over time.

于是我借助这个观点,我们应该考虑,在时间里延展。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And perhaps that is pastoral in a way, going back to what you said, that I do think of myself in many ways as doing pastoral counseling, particularly in the most difficult circumstances when there's been a crisis, a death, a serious accident.

也许某种意义上这像是种牧师与受众，回到你刚才说的，很多时候我觉得自己,就是作为一个牧师指导学生，尤其是在极其困难的情况下,比如出现了危机，伤亡，或者严重事故。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选