"It's because we have the prevailing wind at the moment coming from the north, pulling the material down towards Western Europe that we're seeing the impact on the travel of so many people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

So, his letters come out of this western land, New Mexico, and a land of criminality, the reform school.

他的信从新墨西哥这片西部的土地而来，还是寄宿学校这种犯罪滋生地。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We're somewhere having the western war in those places Those are hotspots religiously because they have so much religious significance.

我们就会有这样的战争冲突,它们是宗教的热点区域因为,它们有宗教意义。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So, he remained very Russian, but it was the importation of more western ways of looking at things that were very important.

因此他还是一个很正宗的俄国人,但鼓励引进更西欧文明式的思考方式,这对于落后的俄国来说还是非常重要的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

So your average highly educated Western parent does give their children feedback -do give their children feedback based on what they say.

受到普通高等教育的西方家长,确实会根据儿童所说的内容,而给予他们反馈

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So, it seems to me,that Western civilization,ever since, has been a composite of these two traditions.

因此,在我看来,西方文化从那时至今,都是两种传统的复合物

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So musical notation: the first grid pattern in Western culture-- but it does lock us in in interesting ways that we may-- you perhaps have never considered-- compared to how music is made in other cultures.

因此音乐记谱法,是西方文化中最早的网格图示,但这也限制了我们以某种有趣的方式,你们也许从来没有想过的方式创作,相对其他文化中音乐创作的过程而言

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Much more from Plato. So again it raises the issue, if you want to know most about the most influential aspects for Western civilization, would it be better for you to take an entire semester on Plato than it would on the New Testament?

源自柏拉图，所以又回到这个问题上了，如果你想了解,西方文明最有影响力的方方面面，那是不是参加有关柏拉图课程,比新约课程更有用呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Now, Western cultures, as I've said, are highly invested in an ethics of autonomy and so debates we have in our culture tend to be framed in terms of an ethics of autonomy.

我之前说过，西方文化，具有强烈的自治道德,所以我们文化中的争议,都是从自治道德的观点出发的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选