"If it could avoid a bloodbath and destruction and displacement, I think that would be a great achievement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

If it could only ditch this electron, it could have the same electronic structure as neon.

如果它能失去这个电子，它就能和氖有一模一样的电子结构。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

If it could gain one more electron, then chlorine would be iso-electronic with argon.

如果它能得到另一个电子，它就能和氩一样是电绝缘。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

And if it could happen in New York and it could happen in Michigan, I suppose it could happen in New York and Michigan.

如果它可以发生在纽约，也可以发生在密西根，那我猜它可以发生在纽约和密西根。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Even if the south could secede without war,he said, it still would not get any of the things it demanded.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Now if you're clever enough maybe you could parlay it into a sense of the meaning of the text.

如果你们够聪明,可以试着猜一猜文本的含义。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

If it is compromised, then the bees could not defend themselves against pesticides or fungal infections or bacteria or poor nutrition.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

If it were just a little bit different I could say, all right, I have a different approximation. But when it's this different, something is wrong. Right?

但是如果仅仅有点差异的话,我可以认为没什么大问题,我得到了一个不太一样的估算，但这确实有差异，出问题了对不对？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

If it is compromised,then the bees could not defend themselves against pesticide products, fungal infections, bacteria or poor nutrition.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Let's see if we could sing it together because we're going to do this in a different way in a second.

那我们试试把它唱出来吧，一会我们就要换一种方法了。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

An object in the solar system could be identified if it appeared to move from its place in the earlier photograph.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

It's almost as if -- could this be? It's almost as if Milton wants to narrate the events of the Creation and the Fall with the same kind of firstness that Moses did.

这几乎是--可能么？，弥尔顿几乎是想,像摩西一样第一次讲述,创世纪和人类的堕落。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It used to be that players in professional sports could change teams only if they were traded, sold or released.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

You can go ahead and use that equation, or you could figure it out every time, because if you know the total number of nodes, and you know the angular node number, then you know how many nodes you're going to have left.

你们可以直接用这个方程，或者每次都自己算出来，因为如果你们知道了总的节点数，又知道角向节点数，就知道剩下的节点数是多少。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

If that is the case, it may be possible that the moon could hold enough water for future explorations or even colonies.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

He would prefer to go by sea, if possible, because it's much quicker, but at least he could travel on the roads that the Romans built and maintained.

可能到话，他更喜欢走海路，因为那样更快，不过至少他能走,罗马人修建保养的路了。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Blaine replied: "If the presidential nomination is offered to me, I could not and would not accept it."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

It would be much easier and nicer if we could just simply get Israelis and Arabs together and the conflict would end.

如果仅仅是将,以色列人和阿拉伯人聚在一起，冲突就结束,那事情就简单得多，容易得多。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Some people worry that officials could take their land if it becomes polluted by oil in a storm.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

If I'm anonymous, it's not me and I could do terrible things without feeling the same moral responsibility.

如果我是匿名的，那我就不是我了,我就能干坏事,而不用感到有道德责任。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

If the Union force attacked before Stonewall Jackson got into position, Lee could not possibly hold it back.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

So, you could break even if you were very clever about it, and that's pretty neat.

所以如果你非常聪明,你就能做到“保本“,这听起来似乎很棒。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

But if the plan succeeds, it could serve as a model for America's biggest carmaker,General Motors.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

I guess it could be something if there was a tie, I won't bother writing that now.

我觉得也有可能是平局,这点暂时先不去考虑

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

If it becomes a madrasa or a college of inculcation only, that could be hugely problematic."

VOA: special.2010.08.05

I'm not sure if the Yale Library has this or not, but if they don't you could ask the librarian to get it.

我不太确定耶鲁的图书馆是否有这本书,但是如果他们没有,你们可以要求图书管理员购置

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Or it could be less. Or it could be more, if the jury wants to punish the losing party and set an example for others.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

if hedge funds could make markets completely efficient, it would benefit the world a lot--is one.

如果对冲基金能够使市场能够完全有效，它会给世界带来很多益处-这是一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I could never make a merit of being caviare to the crowd the way my quasi-friend Pound does. I want to reach out, if it were a thing I could do by taking thought.

我不能因为创作大众的阳春白雪而夸耀,就像我的半个朋友庞德一样，我希望伸展开来，如果这是我动脑经就能完成的事。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选