No one knew if they could get the spacecraft back to Earth, or if they could survive long enough to return.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Things can't become holy and can't come into contact with the holy or the sacred if they are not first pure.

事物不可能变得神圣或是与神圣有联系,如果它们连纯洁都算不上。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

cause I go to 68th and it's straight road. They can just make it all the way if they want.

因为我去的是第68大街，从这儿开始都是一条直路，他们可以把自行车道一直修到底，如果他们想这么做。

自行车和纽约 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

If they had, they would have been tested to see if they needed treatment to prevent an infection like H.I.V.or hepatitis.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

And if they can identify those things, they can think about a life work, they can think about their calling.

如果他们能明确这些东西，他们就能思考一生的工作，思考一生的使命召唤。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But political observers point out that Republicans may worry about offending Hispanics if they try to block her nomination.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Now if they had taken another set of 446 anorexics, and again June was the month, then there would be some credibility in it.

现在如果他们选择另一组446位女性，然后同样做出六月的结论，这样可能就更可信了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

If the tests show a high possibility, a married couple must decide if they want to risk a pregnancy.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

At this point in the story, perhaps the view is that all know of God even if they ignore him.

从这点来看,即使每个人都忽略上帝，但都知道上帝的存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Jurors must find a defendant not guilty even if they are not completely sure the person is innocent of any crime.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

We can certainly think about the forms, but if they're non-physical they can't be grasped by something physical like the body.

我们当然能想象型相,但假如他们是非现实的,他们将不能被现实的事物,比如肉体,所认知

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Some spices can even be grown in a house if they are placed in sunny areas next to windows.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

They all tutoyer each other, even if they hate each other's politics, and they call each other by the informal name.

人们表面亲热,即使他们与对方的政见相对立,他们用非正式的名字称呼对方

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

But investors are demanding very high returns if they are willing to lend to the developing world at all.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

one of the big causes of companies not filing financial statements on time was if they had backdated the stock options.

公司是否按时发布财务报表的,一个很重要的原因,是他们是否有追溯期权。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He believed slaves could be made into good soldiers if they believed they had an interest in Confederate victory.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

It's like they're not smart enough to figure out that it's not there anymore, even if they see it move.

好像他们还不够聪明,不能明白,物体已经不在那里了,即使他们看到物体被拿走了

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

She said that if they could complete one hundred thousand hours of community service,she would give the graduation speech in May.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Some people said, "Well, if they had consented to a lottery, it would be different. Then it would be all right."

有人说，如果他们同意采取抽签方式，那就不一样了，那样就是可以的“

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

If they become infected, especially after the first three months of pregnancy, they can get very sick or even die.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Now you can all see these hats, and if they turn around to each other, they can see each other's hat.

现在你们都能看清这两顶帽子,如果他们转过来,就也能看到对方的帽子

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

If they become infected,especially after the first three months of pregnancy, they can get very sick or even die.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

But if they had fully adopted Greek customs, they were considered Greeks.

但是如果他们继承所有希腊风俗，会被认为是希腊人。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

He suggested that Western critics had never known real hunger, and wondered if they had ever watched their children go hungry.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Even if they are writer or an artist or whatever you are doing, I think it's a very inspiring place.

即使他们是作家或艺术家，无论你从事什么行业，我想这都是一个非常启发人心的地方。

自然历史博物馆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It also urges hospitals to establish a special telephone number for medical workers and students to call if they are injured.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Yeah, if they have a race riot round here, I'm gonna kill all the white folks with my poison."

当然，假如他们有那样的种族暴动，我会用毒药除掉他们，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

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

If they're being exploited, they've got big armies that can crush them like grapes if they get in the way.

他们眼睁睁地盘剥,强大的武装军队,能够粉碎任何反抗势力

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Some people asked me, if they bought the earlier version of the text, you can find the translation to the earlier version of the text on these question numbers.

有人问我，如果他们买了这本书的早期版本，你们找到这本书早期版本的翻译,关于这些问题的数字。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选