Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry, in Crane.

基督教信仰和践行的衰败,在克莱恩看来，并不是损失，反而是诗歌新生的机会。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The assertion is not that there is no other god, but that Israel will have no other god before Yahweh.

这个主张并不是说这里没有其他的上帝,而是说犹太人不能再有除耶和华以外的神。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Today,however, it is not the history but the beauty of the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks that captures our attention.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

In other words, in a way it's a disputed text and it is not written by Aristotle, but it's also a foundational text.

所以，诗学是一个充满争议的著作,它并不是由亚里士多德创作的，却非常重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The president says the aim is not to punish banks but to protect the larger economy and the American people.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

It is not exactly the same thing, but there is something real that it grows, that I'm not responsible for it that allows us simplicity.

并不是完全一样的事情，但是有一个事实,那就是树在生长，而并不是我让它在生长,就是这样简单。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

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

Why? This is not a Greek tradition, but it's very much a tradition in the East for kings to be considered by their people to be gods.

为什么呢？这并不是希腊传统，但在东方，统治者被人民尊为神明,却是一个重要传统。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Assured Labor is not charging anyone right now, but the plan is to have employers pay for the service.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Maybe everything you're now experiencing is not real, but rather is the product of some other, perhaps malevolent, creature.

或许你现在所经历的一切都不是真实的,而是某种邪恶生物制造出的幻觉

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The state-by-state information is not yet complete, but Marc Perry says demographers found a clear trend in population growth.

VOA: special.2011.03.14

And there are theories who say that by its definition film is not literary but it's a visual art.

也有理论家认它的定义说明,电影并非文学,而是一种视觉的艺术。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Most of the shaking is not very strong, but Alaska has had some of the biggest quakes ever recorded.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Matt. - So Matt, for you, what bothers you is not the cannibalism but the lack of due process.

马特，-马特，如此说来，真正困扰你的不是食人,而是缺乏正当的程序。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"Not everyone is Christian. But I would hope that most people who celebrate Christmas in any form understand its origins.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

All right. We've got a big majority, and both are logical ways of thinking, but it turns out that the majority is correct, which is not always the case, but the electron is not ejected in this case.

好，大多数人都这么认为，这两种看法都是合乎逻辑的，但结果是大多数人是对的，这种情况不经常发生，但是电子在这种情况下,确实不会被逐出。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But this is not a way to immediately transfer to four-year colleges and universities in other countries, including the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

You are going to read, you are going to learn, you are going to come to lecture, I am going to hit some high points, things that I find particularly interesting, but it is not sort of well, he said we are going to read this but then he didn't talk about it in class.

你们要去阅读，要学学习，你们要来上课，我要讲些重点，是一些我发现的很有趣的事情，但是不是你们想的那种，他叫我们读这里,但是他并没有在课堂上谈论这。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

The scientist says this mission has been planned for many years, but he is not sure when it will happen.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

He or she is not perfectly beautiful, but suddenly I start thinking about the nature of beauty itself.

他或她并不是无瑕疵的漂亮,但是我马上会想到美丽本身

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The deal is not final yet, but it calls for an Islamic system of justice for the area.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

So this is not all that interesting, but let's actually take a look at a 5th version of high that actually does something interesting.

这并不总是有趣的，但是当你看到该程序的第五个版本,会觉得有意思了。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The potato genome is not yet final but it shows the order of ninety-five percent of the genes.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

It's as if "thinking nothing" is not a passive activity, but an active one.

好像“脑子里一片空白“,不是一种被动行为，而是主动的似的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Rahman is not well known in the western world but he is very famous in his native India.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

But he says, "Others believe that the distinction between master and slave is not natural, " but is based on force or coercion."

但他还说：，“有些人却不认为,介于主奴间的区别是自然的，而是基于武力或威吓的缘故“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But this question is not about whether people can read, but whether or not they do read.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

I mentioned a little bit that this membrane is not just lipid bilayer but there's also proteins that are inserted into the membrane.

我之前说过,这层膜不仅仅是一层脂质双分子层,而是有很多蛋白质嵌插在膜上的

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But, I also read a poem, and this is kind of a signature-- not my signature, but the kind of course it is.

不过我还读了一首诗,算是一种签名,不是我的签名,是这种课程的

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选