"I reckon if you give me until tomorrow," Ransie pleaded, "I might be able to scrape it up somewhere.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

And by this time all educated Roman men were expected to be able to speak Greek, well if possible.

那时所有受过教育的罗马男子,有可能的话，都要会说希腊语。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

But usually, if you are not able to work out something in terms of taking the exam at a different time,

不过通常情况下，你不太可能被允许换个时间参加考试，

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His friends became concerned. One by one, they asked him if he was able to drive home safely.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

If it weren't for the New Critics, none of you probably would have been able to sit patiently through any of your middle or high school English classes.

不过我现在要说的是，如果没有新批评派，在座的同学之中没有人,能耐着性子坐在教室里,听中学语文课。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And while you're there, tell us if you have been able to quit smoking, and what advice you might have for others.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Maybe it could refer to either the poet or the sun throughout the entire line, if you think of the mantle blue as being the actual sky that the sun is able to twitch over his shoulder.

或者两者皆可,从整句的行文看来，如果你们把蓝色的丝巾看作是真实的天空的话,那么太阳的确是能够在他的肩上轻轻颤动。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

If you have questions about life in America, we might be able to answer them on this program.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

That's important, too, because you need to be able to tell if the virus is present in the human population.

这一点也非常重要,因为你要能够分辨出,人群中是否有人感染了天花病毒

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

If he misses the shot and one his teammates is able to regain control of the ball, it is called an "offensive rebound."

VOA: special.2011.03.25

But if the loan to value ratio is greater than one, they won't be able to get all the money back.

但如果贷款价值比率大于1,他们就不能追回所有的贷款

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Then he said if the Princess wore black glasses she would not be able to see anything.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

If you go to the course website there is a sample concept sheet that you'll be able to read.

如果大家去课程网站,能看到一份示例,供你们下载阅读

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

If aphids,thrips or other insects invade your rose bushes, you may be able to force them off with just a strong spray of water.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Because if you can't find a discussion section that works for you, you won't be able to take this course.

因为如果你不能找到,一个适合你的小组，你就不能选这门课了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The idea is that lenders will be more responsible in making loans if they might not be able to pass off risky mortgages to investors.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

So the so-called lounge what you'll be able to find in just a week or so is timed with the first of the office hours if you so choose to join us for them.

一周左右的时间或者第一次上机的时候,你们就能看到这个所谓的休息室,你们到时候可以选择是否加入。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The patient would feel them, be able to examine them and,if successful, finally understand them.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

All right, what if I were able to mix these orbitals and produce what he called hybrid bonds?

如果我可以将这些轨道混合起来,成杂化轨道会怎么样呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"He will be able to tell me if the wine is really Amontillado," I said.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Well, if you're going to do that, you've got to be able to find what you're looking for in a page in two steps.

如果让你去实现的话，你肯定是通过两个步骤,去找你想要的网页中的内容的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Combinations of drugs are able to suppress the deadly virus in the body -- if not a cure, in the traditional sense but the next best thing.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

So, if you can't immediately know, and you don't all have periodic tables in front of you, so that's fine, but if you have a periodic table in front of you, you need to be able to count valence electrons, so work on that if it doesn't come naturally to you in terms of figuring that out.

如果你不能马上想到，而且你手上没有周期表，那还好，但如果你面前有一张周期表，那你就得具备从中查出价电子个数的能力，如果你不能自然而然地想到,请在这方面多下点功夫。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

He believed if he could only enter this kind of a hotel, he would be able to leave school, his teachers,and his ordinary, gray life behind him.forever.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

The citizen of the best regime he says must be able to sustain war if duty requires but only for the sake of peace and leisure.

最佳政体的公民，据他所说,如果有义务上的需要，必需要能承担战争,但目的必需仅限于为了和平与安逸。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The doctor also says researchers could be able to limit the number of cells that can form tumors if they limit the number of normal stem cells.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

.. Because you wouldn't have... You wouldn't be able to make money, you wouldn't be able to own property if there wasn't that socially, like, if society wasn't stable, and that's completely different from religion.

因为你不可能。,如果没有社会条件，如果社会不稳定,你就赚不到钱，更别提拥有财产了，这跟宗教完全是两码事。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

If dark matter particles exist, scientists say, they should be able to observe a small amount of light given off when they hit the nucleus of a xenon atom.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

If you write a song, and you should be able to sell that the rights to that song online

如果你写了一首歌，你应该能在网上卖它的版权，

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so that if you come up with some amazing invention, you have to be able to tell all the people about it.

这样如果你要是有了什么了不起的发明，你要能够把它告诉别人。

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