How do we have a conversation about what does it mean to be a well-rounded student at an American university today?

我们如何建立这样一个对话,就是在当今的美国大学中,如何才能成为一个全方位发展的学生？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So it's a measure of how well we can do to run the refrigerator.

这是衡量,我们运行制冷机的一个量。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

I can change everything overnight; it does happen. I put that in for a reason because sometimes some of you have not taken a physics course and you don't know how to do well in physics and slowly you catch on and by the time it's Final exam you crack the code; you know how to do well.

我能一夜之间扭转乾坤,确实有过这样的例子,我这样做是因为,有时你们中有人可能以前没上过物理课,不知道怎样学好物理,但慢慢地你赶了上来,到期末考试的时候,你忽然灵光一闪,考起试来得心应手

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

This is very important,which is why I am doing it: "If we want to know how fast a human being can run, then it is no use to average out the speed of a "good sample" of the population; it is far better to collect Olympic gold medal winners and see how well they can do.

这话非常重要，是我作这个研究的原因：,“如果想知道人类最快能跑多快，那从好的样本中测出平均数是“,没用的;,而应该收集田径类奥运冠军的信息,看他们能跑多快。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Well, one answer is because what I-- how I score on that test isn't going to tell you anything about me It's not going to relate to my grades It's not going to relate to how well I'm liked ? How do we know the SAT is useful?

一个原因是,我在那个测试中的得分,不会透露出任何我的信息,与我的学习成绩无关,也不会说明我有多受欢迎,我们怎么知道SAT有没有用？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选