So, I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him, as much as I could.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Why should I act in such a way if I have no expectation or reasonable expectation that those around me will reciprocate?

如果我对别人的报答,没有期望或合理的期望,我为什么要这样做？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I'm going to just give you two examples of the way Moses and God act as a check upon each other.

我会给大家举两个例子,就上帝和摩西克制对方脾气的例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The American Food and Drug Administration says R.F.I.D.tags act like an electronic safety net to make it easier to catch counterfeits.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

I think it's worth thinking about, at least for a moment, of the oddity of this terrible act of self-mutilation.

我认为这值得思考，至少值得思考一会，有关自毁形象的怪异之处。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So,I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him as much as I could.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

We can never just have it there before us or, as I say, if we can--if we can--it's a very, very difficult act of concentration.

我们永远不能只面对着它，或者，要我来说，如果我们可以的话，那将需要高度集中注意力，这是很难的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"I now lift this pen to sign this Americans with Act and say let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

A test suite that will make us feel good about things. For now, I just want you to be aware that you're always doing this balancing act.

测试集呢？一个测试集会让我们的工作,变的舒服多了，现在，我只是想让,大家意识到你们经常需要做这种协调工作。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Since I have not been informed that South Carolina declared war on the United States, I can only believe that this hostile act was done without your knowledge or permission.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

None. When you walk through that door it's an act of free will, and I will not have anything other than complete silence.

走过那道门,是你的自由，我不会做其他事,除非保持安静。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"It was a complete balancing act," "Sometimes I had to prioritize family over schoolwork without falling behind, but I somehow did it,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

But here I have the opportunities to someone something, and then you see them act upon it in a month's later, a year's later.

但我能有机会去帮助别人，并看到他们能因此在一个月后,甚至一年后，收到效果，作出改变。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

I would suggest something like national defense, education, communications and information act.

我建议颁布相关的国防,教育，传播及信息法案，因此政府要提供一种方法。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

And I think that's the tangibility of the Act that's obvious for everyone to see."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

How can I talk about or act in my life, ? pursuing my happiness isn't that selfish?

我谈论经营自己的生活，追求自己的快乐，这怎么不是自私？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"I condemn this shocking and shameless act and the terrorists who committed this crime."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Oh, I didn't act today with much honor did I?"

我今天可没为荣誉而讲课,不是么

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"All I can say is that we are determined to act in the national interest and the national interest means that we are determined to get this legislation through,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The FHA is still with us and we just had an FHA Modernization Act; Congress is starting to propel that forward I wanted to say a little bit about the math of mortgages.

联邦住宅管理局还在,我们有联邦住宅管理局现代化法,国会正在进一步实施这个法案,我想讲一点抵押贷款的数学知识

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

(LOUD BANG) Could you act human?I mean, I've got neighbors.

VOA: standard.other

In other words, as the judge said, what's always moral isn't necessarily against the law and while I don't think that necessity justifies theft or murder or any illegal act, at some point your degree of necessity does, in fact, exonerate you from any guilt.

换言之，正如法官常说的，情有可原，未必不可法外容情,当然我不认为，一句情有可原,就能为盗窃，谋杀以及其他违法行为正名，但有时，情有可原的程度,确实可能法外容情，赦免你的罪行。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

I said, "Here's a guythat's got his act together.

VOA: standard.other

And the creation of woman, as I said, is in fact the climactic creative act in the second Genesis account.

就像我所说，女人的创造，实际上是第二个创世故事中造物的高潮。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In other words, only if we really are sure that the historicist act of reading is effective and works, if I know the meaning of a text. Well, fine.

换言之，要是我们确定,阅读这个历史主义行为是有效的，有用的，如果我知道文本的意思，那么，很好。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I bring a million preconceptions to bear on what I take to be a simple act of looking.

在我做看这个简单的动作时,我已经有了百万个先入之见。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

However, the question is, how do I choose to behave, to act as a result of it?

问题在于，我要选择怎样的行为，去表达情感？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

You know, one of the things that I say and only half ingest, is that I know of no more selfish act and a benevolent act.

我说到的一件事，只说了一半意思，即最自私的所为就是善举。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

If I can just have it there before me, that is a very difficult and derivative intellectual act, and it cannot be understood as primordial or primitive.

仅是面对着它，对于思维来说非常困难，并且这不能被理解为是原始的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选