Their mobile phones could save them a trip. So,while it may not be good for plowing a field or harvesting vegetables, the mobile phone is becoming one of a farmer's most valuable tools.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

If one were faced with starvation, then seeking out fat as we discussed before, is a pretty good idea, but if one is not deprived of calories, then having fat may not be so helpful.

如果一个人面临饥饿,像我们之前讨论的去寻求脂肪,是个好主意,但是如果一个人不消耗热量,那么摄取脂肪就没什么用了

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 from that point of view it's probably good, but from the point of view of wanting to eat more foods that you prepare yourself and not eat process, and package, and things like that it may not be so good.

就这一点看来还是很不错的,而对于想多吃一些自己做的食物,而不吃加工好的精包装食品那类食物的人,评估就没这么容易了

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They do not like uncertainty, so that may be resolved with this agreement, but they also do not like it if there are too many mouths to feed, too many demands on the table."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

The fallen angels may be -- okay, they may be violating mother earth, not so great, but look what this violation produces.

这些堕落天使可能没有那么严重地侵略大地母亲，但是看看这侵略带来了什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We may be able to use them later. So we may not be able to give them a job right off the bat, but the longer we stay, we're going to need the more people and hopefully the more people we can help,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

So, even for me, some of it will be new and the timing may not be just right.

所以即使对我来说,课程还是有了新变化,时间安排也可能不是那么合适

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

So the right question to ask may not be, " "Why are some things unconscious?"

因此，问题或许不该是，“为什么有些心理活动是无意识的“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So whatever unusual experiences they may be having, they are not reports of the afterlife.

无论他们有多么不寻常的体验,那也不是他们的来生体验

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So your position may be not believed, and I want to claim that that's connected to the idea that you can't commit yourself to your policies.

也就是说选民未必相信你的立场,我要指出的是这与,你无法执行相应政治策略是相关的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Such a list may be long but not infinitely so.

这个问题清单可能很长，但不会是无限制的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

If you tried to do one alone it would not work, so we decided to divide it up imperfectly and there may be some repetition between our two courses.

非要分开单独来学的话是不可行的,所以我们只能退而求其次,分割后的两门课可能会有重复的部分

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But you know, sometimes what seems to be the virtuous may not necessarily be, so that would be an example.

但是现在你们知道了,有时候看起来低脂的食物并不一定低脂,这是个很好的例子

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Now it could be that you're hungry but you're working hard, and so you may not get your food for an hour until after you're hungry.

现在你很饿,但是你必须努力工作,直到一小时后才能吃东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

There have been cases,gruesome as they may be, in which entire groups of people drink poison together so as to die not alone, but die together,die as part of jointly dying,dying as a group.

有过一些例子，虽然听起来很可怕，一群人一起喝毒药以免孤单的死去，而是共同死亡，作为群体行为的一部分。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

These kinds of fats are not necessarily bad, and so things like olive oil in the diet tends to be protective and may explain some regional variations in rates of heart disease.

这些脂肪就不一定有害,所以饮食中橄榄油之类的对身体是有益的,这也解释了地域间心脏病发病率的差异

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

There will be things in the class that are not covered in the readings, and may or may not be apparent from looking at the slides online, so coming to class is probably a good idea.

课上可能还会讲到阅读资料中没有的内容,可能网上的课件上也不一定包括这些内容,所以来上课才是明智之举

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选