September fifteenth was chosen as the starting date because it is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Is it because necessary conditions for this high ? growth rate just aren't there in India?

是因为印度并没有促进其经济,高速发展的必须因素吗？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

I think the reason why triathlon is not so, so big is just because it requires a lot of time.

我认为铁人三项运动之所以不够普及，
是因为它需要大量的时间。

对体育项目的热爱 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

Is it because even cabin boys have certain fundamental rights?

是因为即便是船上的侍者也有基本权利吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

For example, the CN Tower in Toronto,Canada is not included in the tallest building category because it is a communication tower.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Is it because some people have a kind of built in sense of thumos, that wonderful Platonic term, pride, courage, love of risk that no society, ? not even a Hobbesian one, can do without?

是因为有一种,内在的激情，是柏拉图的术语，傲骄，勇敢，爱冒险，没有一个社会，甚至霍布斯的社会能没有这些？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The sculpture is exciting because it invites visitors to explore and experience art physically as well as mentally.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

I have read an entire page full of words and given it zero because it is not on topic.

我读到的是一整篇都是单词的文章,给了零分，因为跑题了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

It is also useful because the mold can be used over and over again to make exact copies of the ceramic form.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

And so part of the wilderness experience for me I think Mark Twain talks about wilderness and he says, I do it chiefly because it is difficult.

对于我来说，荒野的经验就像是,马克吐温在谈到荒野时所说，因为困难，所以我才去做。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He says the methane discovery presents scientists with a mystery because it is still not clear how the gas is being produced.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

And the way to tell it doesn't have parts is because it's invisible, because invisible things can't have parts.

辨别它是否有部分的方法,是因为它是无形的，因为无形的东西没有部分。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

However,this is more difficult because it is harder to control the diets of people and because they live longer than other animals.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

If the company increases the number of shares through a split that is not dilution because it doesn't really mean anything.

如果公司通过股票分割来增加总股数,这不是摊薄,因为没有发生实质性变化

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It is because of his work that the wild forest at Biltmore has an ordered and peaceful look.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

However, as you know, we didn't stop at the plum pudding model, which is good, because it's a little goofy, so it's nice to move on from that and move on we did.

我们并没有,停留在李子布丁模型上，虽然它很好,但这个模型有点傻。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The ice is important because it helps keep the Arctic cold and reduces extremes in the Earth's climate.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

On the contrary, he emphasizes, it is only because the wickedness of the Canaanites is so great that the Lord has to drive them from his land, and now he is giving you a chance.

相反，他强调，正是因为迦南人昭著的罪恶,上帝才将他们从他的土地上驱逐出去，现在他给你一个机会。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Special English is popular because it helps people learn American English while they learn about world news, science,American life and other subjects.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

That is interesting because it kind of looks to some extent like the way neurons look and this is often known as neural networks.

有趣的是,因为它看上去很像神经元的样子,所以通常都将它称之为神经网络

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Yet he tells us Covestor remains a private company after a few years because it is still too risky for most investors.

VOA: special.2011.01.07

I know it only because it is not everything else.

我知道这个符号恰因为他不是其他符号。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state the first to approve the new United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

A clock tells you what time it is, but you can also say what time it is by seeing how fast the particle is moving because you know it started with some speed.

时钟能告诉你现在的时间,但你也可以通过测量质点速度,来判断当前的时间,因为你知道它的初速度

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is The Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

This one cell, this one fertilized cell which is unique because it's the - its chromosome contains the combination of the sperm and the egg, develops into an embryo and then on birth develops into a human.

这个受精卵,是独一无二的,因为它的染色体,包含了精子和卵子的组合,并由此发育成为一个胚胎,之后形成一个人类个体

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

And he's saying that, you know, "This grasp right now is damaging tissue because it's badly designed, etc."

来到我们课堂的医生会说，“因为仪器设计不当，现在的抓取方法会破坏组织等等。”

MIT用数字说话 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The butterfly is the perfect work of art because it is both a representation and alive. It has eyes on its wings.

这只蝴蝶是一个完美的艺术作品,因为它不但是画像，也是,鲜活的，它的翅膀上有眼睛。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选