When I was nearly twenty years old, they insisted that I learn a profession even though we were a rich family, and I really didn't have to work at all.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

The land was so rich and it was really cheap at first.

这片土壤十分肥沃,并且最初还十分便宜

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And she described it as, think of what it's like to have a really great conversation with a friend that you wish would never end, except God's this infinitely rich friend and so the conversation ends up seeming desirable forever.

她的描述是，想象一次精彩的促膝长谈,和某个朋友，你希望它永远不会结束，上帝是位极渊博的朋友,长谈似乎充满无限魅力。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"Where I think this film goes beyond what I usually expect of films like this is it creates this really in-depth,rich,complex relationship between these people and also this complex relationship that goes into the territory of nightmarish parenting."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09