"We simply cannot continue to spend as if deficits do not have consequences, as if waste does not matter."

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

In other words, we no longer say, "How does the author exert autonomous will with respect to the subject matter being expressed?"

换言之，我们不会再说，“作者是如何在尊重所要表达的主题的前提下,把独立的意愿加进去的？“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Does it really matter to you whether your code is going to take 300 years or 900 years to run?

或者900年区别大么？,这个数字的规模才是问题关键所在？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"To some extent the Pakistani president is criticized no matter what he does."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

One thing that does matter to our base level of wellbeing which is external circumstance is democracy versus oppression.

对基础幸福水平很重要的一样东西,它是一个外在因素，那就是民主和压迫。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"We need to reverse the current trends, and time does matter,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

So I don't know if it Does it matter what you say to babies as long as you say something.

所以我想知道,是不是只要你对婴儿说话就行,说话的内容并不重要

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So, it's a trivial matter, by looking at what is the weight and how far does it drop, to say OK, how much work is done by the paddle wheel.

好，让我们看看重物的质量,以及它下落的距离，就知道桨轮做了多少功。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

So, as I say, it's a trivial matter to imagine a world in which the Evening Star exists and the Morning Star does not.

我说过,显而易见,想象在一个世界里,昏星存在,而晨星不存在

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You know that you're not going to decide the election, so what does it matter?

你知道你并不能决定选举结果,那投票还是不投票又有什么关系

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

As one examines their actions and lives," he writes, "one does not see that they had anything else from fortune than the opportunity which gave them the matter enabling them " to introduce any form they please.

他写到：，“当一个人在检视其行为与生命时“,他们所见的时运,不外乎提供他们,物质的机会,让他们能推行,任何他们喜欢的形式。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The answer to the question-- The question was, "Your baby's going to coo and 'ga ga, goo goo,' does it matter if you coo and 'ga ga, goo goo' back?"

这个问题是,"你的婴儿一直咕咕咯咯地说婴儿语,你也那样回应很重要吗"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

If God replaces my soul every 10 minutes, as long as he does such a way to imprint the very same personality on the soul, it doesn't matter any more than it did matter or not.

若上帝每十分钟改变一次我的灵魂，以此来将同样的人格,装进我的灵魂里，其实这一点根本,无所谓了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选