Okay, now the polis from the beginning, and it never stopped being what I'm about to say, chiefly agricultural communities.

好的,现在这些城邦开始了,我即将说到的,永无止息的社区化进程,主要在农业方面

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I want to quote from the beginning of Roland Barthes' essay, which I know I only suggested, but I'm simply going to quote the passage so you don't have to have read it, The Death of the Author.

我想引用罗兰，巴特文章开头的几句话，我只是推荐这篇文章，从中引用几句,所以你们不用事先读，这篇文章就是《作者之死》

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So,I'm telling you from the beginning, but don't dream and think that somehow the Final's going to be so much different from your regular day-to-day performance, but to give you some reason to live after the Midterm.

所以我在开始告诉你们,但是,不要以为你们的最终成绩,和你们的平时表现,没什么关系,但这能让你们不至于期中的时候就绝望了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选