This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

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

But it's just like a great meeting place, because there's not many places in New York

但它就像是一个很好的约会地点，因为在纽约像这样的地方不多。

在布莱恩公园 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

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 it's not quite true, because typically what they actually do that, is they say it's adjusted for risk.

但是这是不对的，因为它们实际上就是存在这种情况，它们会根据风险进行调整。

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

But it's not because of some magical property in the fruit itself, but because of the action of disobedience itself.

但并不是因为苹果本身拥有的魔力，而是因为叛逆这一行为本身。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The study found that the main shoot grows the best of all not because of its position at the top of the plant, but mostly because it got there first.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

I'll do this again, not this whole lecture but that part again-- and he did it because you can't build barricades across boulevards, wide ones.

就这个部分,我会再讲一遍的,他如此做的另一个原因是,在这种宽大的街道上是无法建造街垒的

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

"This settlement is historic not only because it's the most money taxpayers have ever recovered from a drug company, but also because it includes the most comprehensive corporate integrity agreement that a drug company has ever signed in the United States."

VOA: special.2009.09.11

I think they sort of really understand that maybe sometimes they see things to them they don't quite understand what it is because it's not familiar to them, but it's sort connect to your own life.

我认为他们,知道有时候,自己看到一些事物不理解,是因为,对那些事物不熟悉，但他们与你的生活相联系。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

They fought their brothers because it was their job as soldiers, but,Johnson says, the irony was not lost on them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.

如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But experts say no-one knows how large the world stockpile of nuclear material is because not every country reports what it's producing.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

So here I have a new expression for Firm 1's profit and I could do the same for Firm 2, but I'm not going too because it's... I'm getting bored.

这就是公司1的利润表达式,接下来我们算公司2的,我就不算了,太没有意思了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But it has made a huge comeback - and not just because more than a dozen small factories are rolling tobacco leaves again.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

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

Remember, everything we did was a first, not because we were pioneers or inventors, but it is literally, necessity is the mother of invention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Because this is not a virus at all, but it's a virus subunit, your body doesn't respond to it as strongly, your immune system doesn't respond to it as strongly.

因为这根本不是病毒,而是一个病毒亚基,机体对其反应不是那么强烈,免疫系统不会产生强烈的应答

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But he says it is cause for concern because it is a new strain, and people have not built up an immunity to it.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

Satan finds it ignominious and shameful to lower himself to God, to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee and deify His power, but this kind of submission is shameful not because it's simply always shameful so to debase oneself.

撒旦认为对上帝放低身段，屈膝承欢，并认可他的力量实在是可耻的，但是这种屈从之所以是耻辱,并非是因为通常身段被贬低时会感到耻辱。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The neutral,Swiss-based ICRC has not denied the report referenced by Danner, but says it regrets the report was made public because it was confidential.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

So I would be happy to be able to communicate with you and going to learn from you and possibly you could learn from me But it is not because I'm going to give you an introduction to philosophy in general.

我很高兴可以和你们交流,从你们身上学习,你们也可以从我身上学到东西,但这不是因为我将要,泛泛地教带你们走进哲学的大门。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

"I don't actually expect that there will be a Palestinian state, not because of Israel's recalcitrance but because Palestinians don't seem to really want it,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

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

"But I don't accept the fact that, just because it takes insurgencies , that we're not at a point where it can't be turned, because I think it can.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

We are basically committed to each other for sex but it's very hard to make those relationships last a long time because we might not have anything in common, we might not share anything with each other, we might not trust each other, we are not particularly bonded to each other.

我们基本上只有激情的承诺,长时间维持这种关系很困难,因为可能双方没有任何共同点，没有共享的东西，我们可能互不信任，不是特别亲近。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But the Palestinians say the freeze is not enough to revive U.S.-sponsored peace talks because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem and some 3,000 Jewish homes already under construction in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

That's great, but it's still not quite the picture we need, because actually, - all the electrons are not in equal orbitals -- one's in an s orbital, and 3 are in p.

这很好，但这还不是我们想要的图像，因为实际上，所有的电子不是在相同的轨道里的-,一个在s轨道里，3个在p轨道里。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

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