The idea is to replicate the so-called Sunni Awakening in Iraq's Anbar province, where the U.S.exploited simmering resentment of al-Qaida to turn the tribes against the radical insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

Of course, to turn the on-off switch on is harder when somebody's in a coma.

当然要开启这个开关难度更大,当人陷入昏迷。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So here are the objections to Bentham's utilitarianism and now, we turn to someone who tried to respond to those objections, a latter-day utilitarian, John Stuart Mill.

以上就是对边沁功利主义的异议,现在再来看看另一位,他试图回应这些异议，近代功利主义者约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Electoral observers say that Sunday's vote appeared to draw a big turn-out.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Let's turn to page 1010, the lower right-hand column.

现在请翻到1010页，右下角那栏。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

They take this makeshift communication system developed by adults and, again, they turn it into a full-blown language, suggesting that to some extent it's part of our human nature to create languages.

他们继承了成人发展出来的临时交流系统,将这个临时交流系统,再次发展成一种成熟的语言,这表明从某种程度上来说,创造语言是我们人类本性的一部分

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Now at first glance...and in fact, I think, at second glance it's going to turn out to be true-- you might think that the answer to this question would depend on two basic issues.

乍看之下...实际上,只有深入考虑才能得出真相,在回答这个问题前,需要先弄清楚两点

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选