but rather a "global survival pact." Maldives is hosting a two-day conference of 11 nations which are most at risk from global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

No,according to the personality theory, what personal identity requires isn't item-for-item the same personality, but rather the same evolving personality.

不，根据人格理论，个人认同感并不需要一个完全相同的人格，而是同样在进化的人格。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Frost is not after "easy gold" but rather hard-earned wages.

弗罗斯特不追寻这些轻易得来的金钱而是实在地挣钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

not the usual enhancement, but rather qualitative enhancement - above all through the strategic nuclear forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The most important thing about parenting-- " it's not how much you tell your child "honesty is important" but rather how honest you are.

为人父母最重要的-,不是告诉子女“诚实很重要“,而是你自身有多诚实。

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Clinton said Bosworth's mission to Pyongyang will not be a negotiation but rather an effort to pave the way for North Korea's return to the six-party process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

but rather, why is this tiny subset of mental life-- " why is this conscious?

而应该是“为什么心理活动的一小部分-,为什么这一小部分是有意识的？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"Of course,the visit to Libya, I mean everything with Libya is always rather unique and peculiar, but that might be Libya-specific, and I am sure that Gadhafi would have welcomed Bashir.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Now the natural alternative is to say, the key to being the same person is not the sameness of the soul, whether or not it exists, ! but rather having the very same--body!

现在还有一个理论认为，成为同一个人的关键,不在于是否有同样的灵魂，先不管灵魂是否存在，而是拥有同样的--肉体！

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

General Brogan says because of some technical innovations M-ATVs are not nearly as cumbersome as MRAPs, but rather are almost as maneuverable as the much lighter and more lightly armored Humvees, even in the sands of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Aristotle's political science presupposes in other words a certain conception of human beings as linguistic animals who are capable not only of living together -so do a range of other species -but rather sharing in the arrangements of rule.

亚里士多德的政治科学,预设一种特定的概念,即人类是能言语的动物,我们不只能生活在一起,像其它很多动物一般,还能共享规范的安排。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"We are committed to helping more Americans to get the health care coverage they need, not through nationalizing the system with a costly government-run plan, but rather by supporting free-market incentives to help small business owners to make coverage more accessible and affordable,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

Both people would rather be at an equilibrium than to be mal-coordinated or uncoordinated, but Player 1 wants to go to Bourne ultimatum and Player 2 wants to go to Good Shepherd, and actually I thought Nina's strategy there was pretty good.

每个参与人都觉得达成均衡,总比协调失败要好得多,但是参与人1想看《谍影重重》,而参与人2想看《特工风云》,我觉得妮娜的策略很好

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

They decided to set up individual competitions like the Olympics where they--where people wouldn't compete as Eagles or Rattlers but rather they would compete as individuals.

然后他们决定进行个人比赛,就像奥运会一样,不是以老鹰队或响尾蛇队的身份比赛,而是以个人的身份比赛。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Rather, what happened is you heard English and--but the capacity grew in your head and something a lot more similar to the development of arms or legs or a visual system.

相反,你听到了英语,你脑中的英语能力得到增长,这个和手臂,下肢,或是视觉系统的发育很相似

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It hurts in the long term and therefore, we need to change it rather than the constrained vision-- people who said, "We may not like it, but it is what it is.

长远来说是有害的，所以，我们需要改变它，而认为本性受约束的人-,他们会说，“我们也许不是那样，但本性难移。

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