How had the country existed half-slave and half-free for so many years, Lincoln asked.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

So the status of slave was lowest, ; freed persons was next highest in Roman Law; and free people were next.

所以罗马律法中，奴隶的地位是最低的，然后是自由人;,接着是自由民。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So, you have to feed the slave all year round to work only a small part of the time, that's not very profitable.

你不得不整年的喂养奴隶,而他们只有少量时间在工作,这是很不划算的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So I went to work and tested him and worked him like a slave.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

So this maintained, even when-- why would a person free a slave?

这一直保留到。。。,为什么主人要释放奴隶？

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So,I went to work and tested him and worked him like a slave.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

And if you want to understand why so many white Southerners, especially in the Deep South, went to such great extents to save their slave society, remember the kinds of arguments and language used by its defenders.

如果你们想知道为何如此多的南方白种人,特别是南方腹地的人们,想要最大程度地保住他们的奴隶制社会,那就揣摩一下这些辩护者所使用的论断,和他们的语言,措辞

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

He's playing with Freudian slips. Of course, what he's thinking about all the time is the master-slave game, and so here it comes out, when he's talking about his brother's diving: "He's a master diver. You really have to slave away at it."

他在开Freudian滑倒的玩笑，当然，他一直想的是,主人-奴隶的游戏，当谈到他兄弟的潜水时，他提到了：,“他是个跳水能手，你真得埋头苦干拼命练习这个了“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

They were playing slaves and masters, and he was the master, and she was the slave. So, he's imagining their future and talking about it with Magda when they're older.

他们在扮演奴隶和主人，他是主人，她是奴隶，他正在想象他们的未来,当他们老了的时候他会跟Magda谈起今天的事。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选