"The way the system is now works for no one. It doesn't work for the immigrants themselves, it doesn't work for the government and it doesn't even work for some employers."

VOA: special.2010.07.03

Yeah, it's an anti-psychotic drug, some people with bipolar disorder even today still take it, it works really well for some people, for other people it doesn't work so well.

没错，它是一种用来治疗精神疾病的药物，患有躁郁症的人至今仍在用它来治疗，它对一部分人效果很好，但对其他人却不是这样。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

It's an argument that doesn't seem to have any empirical premises; it works from purely armchair philosophical reflection.

这是一个没有任何经验前提的论证,它完全只是躺在椅子上对哲学的思考得出

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Even if the research doesn't always communicate good news, it's about communicating what works, what is real, as opposed to our dreams , our desires, our hopes, our wishes-- that's not enough.

即使研究并非总是传达好消息，它传达的是行之有效的方法，可为的方式而不是空洞的梦想，渴望，希望，愿望-,那远远不够。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选