Naming expert Cleveland Evans explains that many of these names were traditionally female or male at one time or another.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The epic also explains and mirrors the rise of Babel as one of the great cities in the Ancient Near East.

史诗也解释并且映射了巴比伦王国的兴起,它是古代近东繁盛的城市之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So that explains one of our glitches here, but we have another glitch, and that second glitch comes between nitrogen and oxygen.

那么我们的第一种小偏差已经解释清楚了，但是我们还有另外一种，它在氮和氧之间发生。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

(..) One woman in Warsaw explains that she was happy the shield was canceled because she does not think Poland needs to be defended from anyone,even Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

So that explains why they're so reactive, they're all very willing to give up that one s orbital and then drop to a lower energy level.

这就解释了它们的化学性质为什么非常活泼，它们都很愿意失去那个，s，电子,然后降到更低的能级上去。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

(recording) As one woman in Warsaw explains, politicians and the press have been getting very upset about the missile shield, but ever since Poland joined NATO ordinary Poles have felt much stronger and more secure.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22