He said the eighteen twenty compromise worked -- not because Congress passed it -- but because the states agreed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

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

But practice this, because it's something that's such an easy way to ask such a variety of questions.

但是你仍然需要好好练习，因为这个简单的用法能够提出各种各样的问题。

Where 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But later he chose surgery, because it lets him have more time to decide how to help his patients.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

The good human being loves what is good simply not because it is his own but because it is good.

好人喜欢单纯良善的人事物,不只是因为那与他有关，而是因为那是良善的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But it lacked financial support. Mary said the lack of support was because of "good men's fear of greatness in women."

VOA: special.2010.06.27

That's what I'll buy today not because I'll derive income off of it, but because it's what people are going to want next week and I'll be able to sell it higher.

意思是我今天要买入什么,并不是因为我希望从中获取收益，而是因为这是人们在下个星期希望买入的,而我将会以更高价卖出。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But he said he found it difficult to perform because Porgy has a bad leg and cannot walk.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

So, from this moment forth, and I heard some stuff go off earlier. But, I let it slide because I haven't had my chance to explain what my expectations are.

从此刻开始，我刚才听到了一些声音,但是，我置之不理了,因为我还没有机会,向你们表达我的期待。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"Matt is one of my very good friends, so I did it as a friend, but also because I love playing the violin."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

I mean, obviously it's different because it's about something different, but I mean in terms of the Game Theory it's different.

很显然二者的研究对象不同,但是我是说二者涉及的博弈理论也不同

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

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

But also, I think, embodied because it is specifically a thing of the body and involves an experience of the body, as much as, or more than, the mind.

同时我认为表现是因为,那是身体具体的部分，包括,身体和心灵的一种体验。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

"The music here is more complicated and harder, but I think it's partly because it's also with woodwinds and brass, basically with a band.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

But it was easy to do because they were so knowledgeable now of focusing on nature.

但这其实很容易,因为他们已经学会如何欣赏自然。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

But Coppi's is different from other restaurants because of the careful way it is managed by its owners, Carlos Amaya and his sister Nori.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

It's usually colored because there's food dye in it, but it wouldn't be colored in its natural state.

通常是五颜六色的,因为其中含食用色素,但在自然情况下,它是无色的

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But I thought you would like to hear about it, because it is so strange.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

You might very well have done some very accurate math but it doesn't matter, because you did the math in the wrong place.

你可能很好地做完了一些很精确地数学运算,但是没有关系，因为你没有做错,数学运算。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But farmers said they were the victims of this policy, because it increased their costs.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Gadamer acknowledges this, even insists on it as I say, but he doesn't lay stress on it because the gap that is implied in the need to be pulled up short is not a big one.

葛达玛承认，甚至坚持这点，正如我所说的，但他并不强调这个,因为“突然停下“所暗含的缺口,并不大。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But Professor Gaechter says his team's theory was that punishment has only low costs because it needs to be used rarely and works as a threat.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

I mean it's--well it's not said directly but that's inferred isn't it, because all these are--they're doing all the muscle kind of things and they're eating the Texas Double Whopper.

我是指,尽管没有直接阐明却隐含其中,因为所有这些,广告里的人都吃着,德州巨无霸汉堡而且做着各种肌肉运动

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But it was postponed for almost a month because of weather and mechanical problems.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

And the thing I wanted point out is, we've got this global variable number of calls. Which is there not because Fibonacci needs it but just for pedagogical reasons, so that we can keep track of how much work this thing is doing.

要指出的是我们已经,调用了几次这个全局变量,这不是因为斐波那契数列,需要调用它而只是,因为教学上的需要，以便我们可以知道,这个函数做了多少事情。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But it was not because the city grew a lot of beans.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

A bold claim would say, "The facts about death, if I thought about them, would change my behavior, but not because it would give me a reason to change my behavior-- " simply because it would influence my behavior."

一个大胆的观点会认为，“关于死亡的事实，如果我考虑了它们，就会改变我的行为，但不是因为它给了我改变行为的理由-,只是因为它影响了我的行为“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"You can have that test, but it can't be an exclusive test because of the nature of the patent laws which are to protect new and unknown inventions."

VOA: special.2010.07.16

It is not because you are the most numerous of peoples that the Lord set His heart on you and chose you ; indeed, you are the smallest of peoples; but it was because the Lord favored you and kept the oath He made to your fathers that the Lord freed you with a mighty hand and rescued you from the house of bondage, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

并非因你们的人数多于别民,耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们,原来你们的人数在万民中是最少的;,只因耶和华爱你们,又因要守他向你们列祖所起的誓,就用万能的手领你们出来,从为奴之家救赎你们，脱离埃及王法老的手。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So I am willing to introduce these ideas but A, because it's not my training and people who are focusing on cultural differences will do a much better job than I do; and second, because what I hope to look into is the universal, things are common across cultures.

所以我想介绍这些观点，但是首先，因为这不是我的专业,研究文化差异的人会比我做得更好;,其次，因为我所希望研究的是普遍事物，不同文化中普遍的东西。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选