Now, my mama always told me that miracles happen every day Some people don't think so, but they do.

VOA: standard.other

And response back is "Well, yes, we had people at the table, but they were Oxford educated and they didn't represent the rank-and-file people in my culture."

而他们得到的回应是,“是的，的确如此，可是那些人读的可是牛津大学,他们并不能代表,我们的普通民众“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

You know, I couldn't invite a hundred people and buy them all shoes, you know, to my daughter's birthday party, so

我不会请一百个人来参加我女儿的生日聚会，还给他们每人买双鞋，所以，

富家孩子的生日 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I had family members, I had people in my community, that told me, 'You can't be an astronaut."

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

I don't know if that's true of you, but it certainly is true of people of my generation.

我不知道你们是不是也这样,但对于我们这代人来说确实如此

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"My feeling on climate change is, I don't know that what we do as Americans or as people is what's causing most of what's happening.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

The idea of working in an office, pushing papers 70 to 80 hours a week, although as lucrative as it might be, wasn't something I felt I will be really using my own personal skill set to benefit people on a mass level.

在办公室里一周做，70到80小时的琐碎工作，虽然会很赚钱，但是这并不是,我能真正用自己的能力,去造福大众的工作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Again, I don't want to make too much of my estimates because different people would estimate these things in different ways, but that's the theory.

再说一次，我不想太过强调我的估算,因为不同的人,会用不同的方法估算这些数据，但这只是个理论。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

My hope is that if I do it well enough, people who aren't philosophers and are interested exclusively in conceptual analysis will get something out of it.

我希望如果我做得足够好，可以让那些不是哲学家但是,对概念分析感兴趣的人,得到一些启发。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

The point is this is why lots of people thought, "I don't like this guy sending people around and taking my taxes, but I don't want to get offed by some marauders.

这就是为什么许多人会有这样的想法的原因,"我不喜欢有人派兵来统治我们,收我们的税,但我更不希望遭人劫掠

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

There's different theories about why, but my point right now is simply that people don't necessarily know this but still they're subject to this.

有很多不同的理论对这种现象进行了解释，不过现在我的看法是,人们并不理解这种现象,但却仍然会这样去做。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It may be obvious to you, the developer or the computer scientist or the engineer, well, obviously, I just click, here, here, here, here, here, here and voila, out comes my ticket, but most people don't have an interest in that process and a lot of people, this person in particular, just don't necessarily understand that process.

这对于开发人员，或者计算机专家或者工程师,可能是显而易见的，呃，显然地，我只要点击这里，这里，这里，这里，这里，瞧，我的票出来了，但是大多数人没有兴致,来做这些步骤，很多的人，特别是这个人，不见得懂得这些步骤。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Yes, to me personally, I feel like it all depends on one's personal morals and like we can't sit here and just, like this is just my opinion, ... of course other people are going to disagree but Well we'll see, let's see what their disagreements are and then we'll see if they have reasons that can persuade you or not.

对，就我个人来讲，我觉得这完全取决于一个人的道德修养,而不是我们在这坐着说得清楚的，当然这只是我一家之言，其他人肯定会反对，但是,这个到时再说，先看他们的反对意见是什么,再来看他们的理由是否能说服你。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

People don't get scholarships for merit. People get, at least that's my understanding.

人们不因为成绩好得奖学金。人们，至少按照我的理解，

对于奖学金制度 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It certainly wasn't available to me or most people of my generation.

我及我那一代人读书的时候,还没有。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Wouldn't natural selection favor the people who take introductory psychology, come to my Valentine's Day lecture, listen carefully to the big three and the more interesting four, ? and then go out there and put them into practice?

自然选择会不会青睐,那些学习心理学导论，在情人节来听我讲座，专心致志听我讲影响吸引力的三大因素,和四个有趣因素，然后在生活中应用这些知识的人？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选