If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself, we say he looks like the cat that ate the canary.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

That's right. I feel like, correct me if I'm wrong here, it seems to me there is a particular opportunity for Muslims in America in a sense of, unlike say France, where there is a real like no head scarves in the school.

是的，我个人觉得，似乎对在美国的穆斯林而言,有一个特别的机遇，不像在法国那里学校里面都禁止佩戴头巾。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But when you're there, like say, on a weekday or weekend when it's like quiet,

如果你在一个安静的日子，比如某个工作日或周末，去那儿的话，

艺术画廊，来吧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The brain also needs a "cognitive rest," they say, by restricting activities like video games, texting and watching TV.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

How do you get there? You go to go here, here and these could be busy roads, and so parents don't want to do it because of safety reasons, so you see how--when the country used to be laid out in a grid, like say New York City still is today, then people walk to get to places.

那要怎么才能去呢,你得绕道这里,还有那里的繁忙路段,出于安全原因家长们不允许孩子们这么做,可以看到,规划为网格状道路的地区,比如依旧保留了传统规划的纽约,人们出行是靠步行

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

So I've never felt like a minority because,as you know, minorities are never supposed to say anything unkind about one another."

VOA: special.2010.08.08

I would go so far to say that something like a satanic sensibility may be one of our best guides in our reading of Milton.

我大可以这样说，这种撒旦式的艺术感受力,可能是我们阅读弥尔顿时的最好引导之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Critics say this graphic novel artfully expresses the survivors' bravery and shows what it was like to live through this disaster.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

I was hoping for a simpler answer, which is, just run it. Which is, yeah I know, seems like a dumb thing to say, right?

我希望一个简单点儿的答案，比如说去运行它吧，这方法看起来挺笨的对不对？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Historians also say it is possible that she chose to write to someone like Higginson so she would not be understood.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

singsong You just say that, just say it like 21 times, and our group does this together.

吟颂符咒,你可以一直重复，二十几遍也可，我们小组成员常一起念。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Others say it was a smart business move -- like his decision to create a regional sports network on cable television.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Ideas like this, as I say, are taken from the aesthetic and practical thinking about the nature of the work of art that one finds in Modernism.

这种观点,来自对,现代主义作品美学和实际的考虑。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But others say music like Lead Belly's would never have become widely known if it wasn't for the work of John Lomax.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

The sovereign representative acts, you might say, like a filter for the wills and passions of the people.

而君主代表的行动，就像人民意志和力量的过滤器。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Or,what better way is there to sell gasoline than to say that using it is like putting a tiger in your tank.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Just like positive psychology does not say "let's exclude " what's not working; let's exclude study of pathology".

就像积极心理学不是说，排除不可行的事,排除病理研究。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

They say we should drink water even before we start to feel like we need something to drink.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

At this point, we say something like, pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

这时我们会说，因为快乐是好的所以值得拥有。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Investigators say the writers may be working in countries like India, Nigeria or Indonesia and are poorly paid.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

But,like I say, you're welcome to bring other translations,other versions.

不过我前面说过，你可以拿到其他译本，其他版本。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Experts say forty percent of cancers could be prevented by avoiding health risks like smoking and tobacco use.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

So they say you should start like a Turkey and finish like an Englishman.

所以有个说法就是开始时要像土耳其人一样开始某事,而结束时要像英国人一样。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Some people who like to eat very hot chili peppers say that they can help you breathe better if you have a cold.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

I shouldn't even say script; that sounds like he's writing a nice cursive line.

我不应该称之为手迹,听起来像他们在写漂亮的弧线

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Is all that possible? Experts say one concern is that lawmakers will try to control company decisions like where to build new factories.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Because a lot of these ships go blub on the way back, or are taken by pirates and stuff like that, they say, "We want to insure this ship.

因为有很多船只在回程的时候会损坏,或是被海盗之类的匪徒抢劫,他们说,"我们想为这船提供保险

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

NASA scientists say the Earth-like planets are among one thousand two hundred thirty-five possible planets orbiting other stars that have been discovered so far.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

I think, in fact, a lot of women would say something like, I put my faith in God and I think I might bring down God's wrath if I did such a thing as to bet that my husband is going to die.

其实我觉得,不少女人会这样说,我是个教徒,我觉得如果我拿我丈夫的,性命去赌博,我会遭天谴的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So, suppose you fall in love with somebody and you decide you want to marry them and then somebody was asked to ask you why and you'd say something like, " "Well, I'm ready to get married this stage of my life; " I really love the person; " the person is smart and attractive; I want to have kids" whatever.

假设你爱上了某人,想要与对方一同步入婚姻的殿堂,要是有人问你为什么想要与对方共度余生,你大概会说，“现在我已准备好要开始婚姻生活了;,或“我真心的爱着他;,或“他聪明有魅力;,“我想要小孩了“，等等。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选