"Assuming that North Korea is responsible for the Cheonan incident, then it is appropriate for the government to respond at the level it has."

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

But it's a tempting philosophical thought to say, "Once I've shown it's better never to have been born, " it follows that suicide is the appropriate response."

但这是一个引诱人的哲学想法，“一旦我明白了最好还是不要出生，就会出自杀是合适行动的结论“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You certainly could make the case that it is not... their wealth is not appropriate to the goodness in their hearts, but that's not really the morally relevant issue.

你当然可以举出例子来。,说他们的财富与他们的良善不相当，但这与道义无关。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

He says it is not,however, appropriate to talk about whether a ransom payment was made.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

This is how I end the previous course, but it's the most appropriate place to start this one, because the Paris Commune hung over Europe for the next twenty or thirty years.

我上节课结束时就讲到这里,这十分适合作为这节课的开头,因为巴黎公社的阴霾,笼罩了欧洲接下来的二三十年

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

And I think in that sense it's appropriate,". Mr.Obama is scheduled to personally accept his Nobel Peace Prize at the December 10 awards ceremony in Oslo.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09