"It just is not a good idea." Swine flu parties are the latest version of chickenpox parties, where parents encourage their kids to share lollipops, spoons or whistles to spread the disease and get immunity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

What should we open course do to either encourage or facilitate local adaptations of materials.

我们应该怎么做,才能使这些材料适用于那些地方。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

But he also encourage people not to study philosophy, or not to end there, and to go study and do something that would actually fulfill the ethical mandates of philosophy.

但是他却告诉人们不要去学哲学，或是不要局限于哲学，而是要学些别的东西,因为其他的知识可以,实现哲学提出的道德任务。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Charles Bolden, the head of the US space agency, NASA,and Lisa Jackson from the Environmental Protection Agency,or EPA, came to this Washington,DC middle school to encourage these youngsters to focus on math and science careers.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

So I would encourage you all, regardless of what you think you may do next year, or you may go beyond that to like, really consider this.

我愿意鼓励所有同学，不管你们计划明年做什么，请大家超越那些想法，考虑这个机会。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Gohel says what no one could have predicted at the time was how Wilson's support for Afghanistan's mujahedeen would encourage Muslims from around the world to rally to their cause or what would come as a result.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

And the purpose of this course is to show you over and over and over again that starting with those one or two laws, you can deduce everything, and I would encourage you to think the same way.

这门课的目的,就是要反复告诉你们,从其中的一两条定律出发,你可以推导出一切,我鼓励你们用同样的方法来思考

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

If you've done a lot prior programming, this is probably not the best course for you, and if you're in that category, I would please encourage you to talk to John or I after class about what your goals are, what kind of experience you have, and how we might find you a course that better meets your goals.

如果你做过很多编程工作，这门课也许不适合你，如果你属于这一部分人的话，我会鼓励你下课以后找我,或者John谈谈你的目标何在，你有过什么经验，还有我们怎么才能给你,找到更适合你目标的课程。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选