For example,in his play "The Comedy of Errors" Shakespeare borrows certain structural details from the ancient Roman playwright Plautus.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

So, think about the birches as a tool, another tool, but this time a tool for play, a tool for playing alone.

把桦树看成一种工具，另一种工具，但是这次是玩的工具，只是玩的工具。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And if you are prepared to stand up for about two and a half to three hours to watch a play,

而且你要准备好了站上大约两个半小时到三个小时，去看一场戏剧，

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He became a "free agent." For months,sports fans had tried to predict where the star would choose to play.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

Each of them is trying to play a best response for what they anticipate the other person's going to do.

每家公司都想采取预料的对方策略的,最佳对策来制定产量

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Janai Nelson and Crystal Granderson-Reid thought of the idea for the dolls during a play date for their children.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

They'll say, I usually play for more money and it's hard to concentrate or I'm just screwing around.

他们会说，我玩扑克常常是为了赢更多的钱,但是却难以集中注意力,或者我只是随便玩玩罢了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

These are for students who do not play for a school team but want organized sports with other students.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

They used to play cards, I'm sure. And they invited him to their homes for all their parties.

我相信他们经常在一起打牌,他们也请他到家中参加聚会。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

They have less than two weeks to go before they must perform the play for the Shakespeare in the Courts program.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

So we just basically did some basic deep breathing, helping them to remember when they used to play, the way when they really enjoyed it, what was different for them.

我们只是进行一些基本的深呼吸，回想当年比赛时，是如何享受比赛，那时有什么不同。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

While in high school, Roberto signed a contract to play baseball for the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican winter league.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

One asks for mournful melodies; Accomplished fingers begin to play.

一个人要听悲哀的音乐;,娴熟的手指开始演奏。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

By the end of the play, love wins over everyone and there is a marriage ceremony for the four lovers.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Let me play for you, what this neuron recording sounds like.

我来给大家播放一下这种神经元的录音。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

For example, a group of neighbors may gather on their street to eat food, play music and visit with one another.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

So the direction that music goes can also affect how we feel about it, our mood about it, so I think the next question-- I play another piece for you.

所以乐曲的走向,同样可以影响我们对它的感受,影响我们的情绪,因此我觉得下一个问题,我为你们弹奏另外一曲

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Smart card players, especially those who play for large amounts of money, closely watch the person who deals the cards.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

The essay that you read in its entirety for today, "Structure, Sign and Play in the Language of the Human Sciences," was delivered on the occasion of a conference about "the sciences of man" at Johns Hopkins University in 1966.

今天我们要读的是一整篇文章，名为《人文科学话语中的结构、符号和游戏》,这篇文章发表于1966年,在约翰普金斯大学召开的一个会议上，会议主题是“人类科学“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Doctor Johnson established a tennis camp for black children who were not permitted to play on tennis courts for whites.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

For me it was... I play on the golf team here, I was the captain of the team.

对我来说是……我在高尔夫球队打球，我是队长。

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They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

For the most part, they play electronic something.

他们大都玩电子类的东西，像电子游戏啊之类的。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The trip to Spain resulted in two works, a play called "The Fifth Column" and the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

VOA: special.2011.06.26

We know, for instance, machines can play chess.

例如,我们知道机器可以下国际象棋

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"It makes for this haunted sort of sound. It's a little bit like a wine glass, when you play a wine glass.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

I actually want to change that around, if I might, and play with that, because that's a really useful image for us: "takes the mask off literature and reminds us how we come to be sympathetic or Richard Wright how we come to think something." Think back to Richard Wright, who wants words to disappear, to be completely transparent and to leave you just with your response.

实际上，我想要改变一点，可能的话，玩弄一下，因为那对我们是很有用的画面：,把文学的面具卸下,我们是如何同情,或思考事物的，回想一下，他希望文字消失，而变成透明的，只剩下你们的回应。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Then in nineteen ninety-six, he came back to America to play for the newly formed Major League Soccer.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

And so if you are a bit of a geek and would like to play net/aces with this you can go to cs50.net/aces and I don't think Willie will give it to you to keep but you can borrow and play for some amount of time in exchange for some feedback on it.

所以，如果你有兴趣并想玩玩这个,那么你可以访问cs50。,但是我觉得Willie不会让你保管它,你可以去借，然后玩一段时间，但作为交换条件,你需要反馈一些意见。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

and they just play, like, weird techno music and then you go there for like, fifteen minutes.

他们会演奏一些奇怪的高技术音乐，我们会在那儿停留十五分钟。

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