"There is always a distinction that needs to be made between the so-called 'technical fence' and the international borders between Israel and Lebanon, and the area where the tree that was to be cut yesterday is Lebanese territory."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

A forward contract is a contract made between two parties for execution in the future.

期货合约是指双方按约定,在未来某一日进行交割结算的合同

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I feel like there is a general distinction we made between the right to life that individuals possess and the fact that the government cannot take away a single individual's right to life.

我觉得这两者之间有明显的区别,就是个人所拥有的生命权,以及政府不能夺走,个人生命权的事实。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

This really disturbs me,he says. The 1996 alliance between Israel and Turkey, made Ankara Israel's closest friend in the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The distinction I made in the paper that we talked about in the class is between procedural justice and substance of justice in the university.

我曾经在一篇论文中做了一个区分,在课堂上讲到过，那就是大学程序性公正,和实质性公正的区别。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He made clear he sees a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party between moderates like himself, and staunch conservatives.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

I'd like to share some of the rough products with you, and how we made the connection between the Star Festival Story and the children's own story.

我将与你们分享一些初步的成果，并展示我们如何将七夕节,和孩子们自己的经历联系起来。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

But,it was suspended between mid-July and mid-October because of the rainy season, which made roads impassable.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

But in some parts of the class the distinction between nutrients and food is made quite distinct.

但是在我们的某些课程中,营养素与食物之间有明确的分水岭

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Mr Mandela's family made it clear that despite his frail health he hoped to make a brief appearance at the opening game between South Africa and Mexico to share his joy with the country.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

A sign, in other words, is made up of two sides in, as it were, a thought moment: a relationship between that which is signified and that which signifiesit.

所以，一个符号是由两面组成的，想一想，能指和所指,的关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

House Democrats have made some progress in recent days in bridging differences between liberal lawmakers focused on covering the uninsured and more conservative party members concerned about the cost of the reform effort.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

It doesn't work that way for a variety of reasons, but the main reason is that you want some decisions to be made at each space between two cells.

这出于很多原因,但主要的原因是,在每个细胞间隙,都需要决定信息是否继续传递

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn made the call after a first round of talks with Greek officials amid growing market expectations of a trade-off between new deficit cutting steps and practical EU support for Greek borrowing.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

They believed the world was made up of a struggle between human autonomy, on the one hand, and human dependency on the other, and you should never give up on that dependency.

他们相信这个世界是由两部分组成,一部分是人自身的自律,而另一部分则是人类与人之间的相互依赖,你永远不应该放弃那种依赖

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

It may have been true or maybe not, but it made people start looking at the past, what really happened between 1940 and 1945, or '44, end of '44, what really happened.

也许是真的也许是假的,但是让人们开始回首往事,在1940年到1945年间到底发生了什么,或者44年,44年末,到底发生了什么

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

You want decisions to be made there so you need some additional mechanism for decision making at the point of contact between the axon of one cell and the dendrite of another.

而想要做出决定,在一个细胞的轴突和下一个细胞的树突,的连接点上 需要额外的决策机制

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选