He is exclusively concerned with fiction and how we read fiction, how we come to understand fiction, and how we determine the meaning of a work of fiction.

他只关注文学，以及我们怎样读文学，怎样来理解文学，怎样确定一部文学作品的意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But like the bottom line, if you read a lot, then you'll start to understand.

如果你读得多了，你基本就能弄明白了。

英语为什么这么难呢？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I actually thought it was hard to understand, just what was happening, the action part of the story. It might have been that I read it too quickly. Uh huh. Harder than "Menelaiad" to understand? No.

事实上，我认为它很难理解，就是到底发生了什么，即故事中的动作部分，也可能是我读得太快的缘故,所以不太理解罢，比《梅尼洛斯》更难懂吗，不是的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Second thing I would say that was valuable "Thank goodness, I did one year at Stanford Business School and learned how to read a balance sheet and understand the basics of cost accounting which is not mathematical rocket science.

我要说的第二件事是很重要的,感谢上苍，我在斯坦福商学院学了一年,学会了怎么看资产平衡表，知道恶劣,成本会计的基本知识。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Well enough, I guess, of that; although if you want to understand the optimism of that time just dip into Leaves of Grass, read Whitman's Old Pioneers.

我猜这足以驱使他写出这样的作品,但如果你想了解那个时代的乐观主义,只需去翻阅《草叶集》,读读惠特曼的《啊,拓荒者》吧

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

We had to be taught how to read him, how to understand him.

我们得通过学习才能理解他的作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

We have to realize that people don't read all the fine print and don't understand -if you have a precisely written contract in legal language, maybe they don't get it.

大众不愿阅读也无法理解,那些晦涩的法律条文,一份由法律术语写成的合同,对大众来讲无异于一部天书

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The first thing I want to be sure was all students understand about the mechanics of the course and the best way to learn about that was to read very carefully the paragraphs at the bottom.

首先我想确认,大家都能明白这门课的授课形式,大家最好都去仔细阅读,刚发下去的课程大纲,请看这一页的底部。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

I want to just highlight what's in Chapter 2, because I told you we're not going to cover the details in Chapter 2 in the course, but I give it to you as a resource so that you you might have other books which describe this which you like, and you've read already and so but I'm going to assume that you understand this information to some extent.

我想强调第二章的内容,因为我告诉过你们,课堂上不会细讲第二章,但我会把它作为阅读材料给你们,你们可能已经有讲述相关内容的书,这些书你们喜欢看,并且已经看过了,我就当你们,在一定程度上理解了这些知识

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

You need to be able to read that code and understand it as well as write your own.

你需要有能力,像编写,解读并理解那些代码。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选