But Americans were hopeful. If the plan succeeded, it would be the greatest space act since manned flights began.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

But since it is my intent to write something useful to whoever understands it, it has appeared to me more fitting to go directly to the effectual truth of things than to the imagination of it.

但因为我的目的是,书写一些对任何懂的人,有用的东西，所以最合适的方式是,直接书写事情的有力事实,而非妄想。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But, since that time, they've cleaned it up a lot.

但从那以后，他们大力整顿了这个地方。

哥伦布的故事 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But since nineteen ninety-three it has also paid private lenders to provide them.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

But since you live on the other side, I'm a brave man and it is right that I kill you."

但是你却在另一边,那我就是英雄,杀你就是天经地义的"

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"It's a big deal. How big a deal you have to measure piece by piece but clearly it is the first major change in our health care system since nineteen sixty-five so that's a long time coming."

VOA: special.2010.03.27

And of course, since it's not just black and white, good life or bad life, but various shades of gray, better lives and worse lives, what's the yardstick by virtue of ? which we measure better and worse lives?

因为不是单纯的黑白，好或坏的人生，两者是混杂的，更好的人生和更坏的人生，衡量更好和更坏人生的,道德标准是什么？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But Mr.Singh made it clear that the richest nations have to bear the brunt of the financial burden since they created the mess.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

People never thought of insurance as the same as a bank, but since this is relatively recently-- that was only nine years ago--at this time, it means that we are now seeing an expansion of our banking system in the U.S.

人们从来不认为保险和银行是一回事,但是从那法案之后它们就是差不多的了,这只不过是九年前的法案,但是现在,这意味着在美国,银行系统得到了扩张

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"But,since I became an animal protector it seems like wildlife numbers are increasing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

would have been the winning answer had everyone assumed that the average would have been constantly compounded down to 1, but since a couple of people chose the, I mean not incorrect answers, but the higher averages, then it was pushed up to 13.

如果大家都认为,平均数会一直下降到1的话,1应该是最终的答案,但是由于一部分人选择了,并不是说是错误的,但是却高于平均值的数,就把平均数推高到了13

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The National Police Agency receives tens of thousands of complaints every year, but there is not much that can be done to stop it, since attackers are often anonymous.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

But since it is a component it can have a direction, too, so can go up l between negative l and positive l.

但因为它是个分量,它是有方向的，所以它可以,从负的l一直到正的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Abolhassan Bani Sadr, who was Iran's first president after the Islamic Revolution, says the power of the bazaar has diminished since that time, but that that it still carries considerable weight.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

In the spring, our courses focus, not so much on the theory, but now move to the application of positive psychology since it's a master of applied positive psychology.

春季，我们的课程，不再以理论为焦点，而是转向积极心理学的应用,因为这是应用积极心理学硕士学位。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

In his commencement address, President Obama told the cadets he believes the nature of the war in Afghanistan has changed since it began in 2001, but that it is no less important today.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

So I wanted to take a few excerpts from the course's syllabus since it's not an interesting document to walk through line by line, but something you should read at some point very is not so much where you end up relative to your classmates 2 but where you end up in week 12 relative to yourself in week 0.

我想从教学大纲中,挑几段来讲一下,逐字的阅读虽然没趣,但是你也应该在某些点注意一下,你跟你同学相比最终如何,而是当第12周的时候相比第0周2,你的收获如何。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But they say things have changed in Afghanistan since then and Secretary Clinton told the audience of mostly students that it makes sense to examine the strategy and tactics being used to achieve those goals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

But since I can imagine my mind existing without my body, it follows that my mind and my body have to be logically distinct things.

由于我能够想象我的心灵独立于身体存在,可以推出,我的心灵,和身体在逻辑上是相互独立的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Having a disability, people still look at you weird, but it's like, 'Alright.He's got a disability, but it's kind of okay now.'" Life for people with disabilities has improved greatly since Bobbi Wailes was stricken with polio as a 12-year-old, before the vaccine became available in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

The percent who think it's the best investment is higher in Los Angeles than in Milwaukee, and since the peak of the bubble in 2003, it's been declining in Los Angeles but, surprisingly, rising in Milwaukee.

认为房地产是最佳投资选择的人群,在洛杉矶居民中所占比例远高于密尔沃基,自从2003年房产泡沫达到最高峰,洛杉矶房价就一直在下跌,令人惊异的是密尔沃基房价仍在上涨

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

How would we go about, I mean I don't want to do it because I'll probably get it wrong, but if I wanted to solve out for this X and the Y, since this is a QR class, let's just talk about it a second.

我们怎么解呢,我的意思是我现在不会去计算,因为我可能会算错,但是如果你真的很想解出X和Y的值,介于这是一节需要快速反应的课,那我们花些时间来探讨一下吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选