The farmers are paid back for the inputs if their crops fail because of drought or flood.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

They always mean or signify far more than they're supposed to if their job is simply to make a comparison.

他们总是比简单的完成一个比喻,而一位或者代表了更多的深层含义。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So when you go, for example, in your neighborhood, if there's one coffee shop and you like their coffee,

所以，举个例子来说，如果你住的小区有个咖啡店，而你又喜欢喝咖啡的话，你可以去，

在英语系国家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It is as if their brain dies before the other parts of the body.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Girls could be given some education, if their families were wealthy enough, but the cities didn't really concern themselves so much with girls' education.

女孩也能接受一点教育，前提是她出身富裕家庭，但总得来说女孩教育不受重视。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

And they promised better times for everyone if their candidate was elected.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

And what this means is that common sense tells us that somebody can be the same person even if their body undergoes radical and profound changes.

这也就是在说,普遍观点告诉我们,一个人,即使经历了身体上的巨变,也依旧是原先的那个人

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

If their plan failed, Lee would have no other choice.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

There are some very poor areas in Africa where farmers really run the risk-- if their crop fails it could be really bad; they would be approaching starvation.

在非洲有一些非常贫困的地区,那里的农民真的面临着巨大的风险,一旦庄稼歉收 他们的处境将变得很糟糕,他们将经历饥荒

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, they're less likely to tell their parents, because they don't want to have the game or the computer or whatever taken away."

VOA: special.2011.08.01

And I wonder if you can articulate how you understand the people who object to your positions, and how you articulate their views in some of your responses?

我很好奇，您能否告诉我们您是怎样理解,那些反对您立场的人们的呢？,在您的回应中，您是怎样驳斥他们的观点的呢？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But some people think cotton producers could make a better profit, if their crops could be used in Burkina Faso.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

So when you're writing a program in this language and many others, if you wanna make a comment to yourself or for other people who are reading this with their TF or fellow colleagues, you use what are called comments.

当你用这样那样的语言写程序时,为了便于自己或他人,阅读我们写的代码，我们必须得做一些注解,这就是所谓的注释。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The device might also reduce stress because patients will know if their fluids are at the right levels.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

After their release,they are much less likely to return to jail if they do some yoga there.

在狱中练过瑜伽的犯人,获释后较少会再进监狱。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The school's director, Raphael St.Hilare, says students outside Port-au-Prince have suffered a trauma, even if their communities escaped damage in the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Because,of course,if they take my place, they end up living or going through,rather,their death not my death.

因为即便他们代替了我的位置，他们还是经历了自己的死亡，而不是我的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The rules would require the investment houses to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission if their assets exceed a yet to be determined size.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

It's as if they might have maintained their beauty had they only refrained from it.

好像她们避免政治,就能永葆美丽似的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

After eight weeks, the women were tested to see if their symptoms of depression remained.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

There was an edge to them, as if the whole thing could collapse on their heads.

但他们总能把握好分寸,好像在担心什么东西,垮下来的话会压死他们似的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"If they do not feel as if their efforts and sacrifices in NATO are recognized and valued, they will be less inclined to make those efforts and those sacrifices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Somebody try and wave their hands in the air if they know the answer.

谁知道答案,请举手回答一下

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The scientists say if their work is confirmed, it could lead to further research on how lifestyle choices figure in the prevention and treatment of age-related decline and diseases such as Alzheimer's.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

And with many military alliances, you see when it comes to fighting and battle, if you look at history, not everyone wants to take their part.

像所有的军事联盟一样，当遇到战争时，纵观历史，你会发现不是所有人都想参加。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Nation says as more and more casting directors and filmmakers choose more natural looking talent, actors and actresses will become more cautious about having plastic surgery if their goal is to survive in the highly competitive business.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Another thing that you need to understand about these farms, if you're going to grasp their significance for the society that will come, is that they are small, really small.

关于这些农场,另一点要搞清楚的是,如果你要理解它们,所带来的社会意义,那是很细微和缓慢的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He even said the South had good reason to leave the Union, if northern Abolitionists continued their anti-slavery campaign.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

And, so, people would come down and they'd have their pictures taken with a picture, as if it was part of the true cross of the crashed Vendome column; because for once they had won, for once they had won.

所以,人们会来这里,和那张画合影留念,仿佛这是,旺道姆广场的纪念柱的墓碑,因为他们曾经胜利过,他们曾经胜利过

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

In fact, the London newspaper at that time and popular opinion sympathized with them, Dudley and Stevens, and the paper said if they weren't motivated by affection and concern for their loved ones at home and their dependents, surely they wouldn't have done this.

事实上，当时伦敦的报纸,以及舆论，是很同情达德利和斯蒂芬斯的，报纸上说，要不是因为他们,为了能活着见到家中的挚爱亲朋，他们肯定不会这么做的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选