And so--like the chainlet--it takes that stone-like distillation of life, turning rain to stone, turning life to the representation by your tormentor.

就像那条链子，它提取了,生命中如磐石般不朽的精华，将雨水变成石头，将生命变成,折磨你的人笔下的画像。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I guess Apollo must have then said, he's reached wisdom and so he sent a rain storm to put the fire out and he lived through that.

我猜阿波罗一定曾经说过,他很有智慧,所以就派遣暴风雨来浇灭火焰,而他也确实经受住了这一切

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选