That is to say for many, many, many people literary theory had something to do with the end of civilization as we know it.

这就是说对于很多很多人来说,文学理论与,我们所知道的文明的结束有些关联。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I had just gotten over a serious illness that I won't bother to talk about except that it had something to do with the miserably weary splitting up and my feeling that everything was dead.

我刚熬过一场重大疾病，具体就不说了,只是这与我和妻子不幸的分离有些关系,我感觉万物都没有了生机。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Orpheus in a lot of ways seemed like the perfect model of a poet because he had the power to do something with his poetry.

从很多方面来看俄耳甫斯像是个完美的诗人,因为他的诗有实际的作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You see, they worked with the student's teacher and they had to do a little bit of history, something about the economy, a little bit of politics, and places to visit, and to focus on a festival because the Star Festival focuses on Tanabata.

你看，他们咨询了老师,查询一些历史资料，了解相关的经济知识，一点点政治状况，和参观地点，并集中介绍一个传统节日,因为“七夕节“软件集中在日本的七夕节上。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选