APEC leaders said Sunday that it is unrealistic to expect a full and legally enforceable agreement to be negotiated by then.

VOA: special.2009.11.21

It is autonomous in the sense that it is a pure, uncluttered and uninfluenced declaration of fact or falsehood.

科学是自主的，因为,科学就是单纯的,不受外界影响的，关于真伪的论断。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Do you think that it is worthwhile to spend a great amount of money on prestigious products?

你认为在名牌上花大价钱值得吗？

不需要名牌 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Today,the solution to the problem is so common that it is difficult to understand that there was a problem at all.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

But I don't think that it is very relevant if you think that it is better that a baby should die.

但我认为这与你的想法无关,无论你是否认为一个孩子的死亡是件好事。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Jane Goodall has said that it is often easy to feel upset about the destruction of the natural world.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

And we saw that in fact in this case delta S of mixing, we calculated it, saw that it is positive.

实际上如果我们计算气体混合过程中,熵的变化，我们会发现这个量是正的。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

The chairs tilt back so that it is easy to look up and watch a movie projected on the ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

It might look a little bit similar to a question we just saw, but hopefully you'll find that it is, in fact, not the same question.

它看起来和我们刚看过的一道题很像，但希望你们能发现，这不是同样的题。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

However,the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

To say that there is evil in any institution is only to say that it is a human institution."

如果说邪恶一定存在于某一种制度中,那一定是在人们心中

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

But she says the most important thing about jazz is that it is about right now.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

And the humor, such that it is, revolves around the ambiguity of rules that generate it, like this versus like this.

像这样的幽默,正是利用了创造幽默的规则的模糊性,像这样而不是那样

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Yet writers recognize that it is impossible to put human meaning in such a place.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

So I don't want anybody feeling that if he or she is down here that it is hopeless at this point. It is not.

我不想让任何人感到,来到这的他或她,在这点上是无望的，不是这样。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2011.07.24

Another way of looking at it is that it is an aristocratic way of thinking and feeling.

从另一个角度看,这是一个,贵族式的思考和体验方式

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

By "difficult," it is meant, I think, well, first of all that it is in some sense set apart from common speech, as a specialized and highly self-conscious use of language.

艰深“的意思，我认为，首先，某种程度上它是和平时谈话有所不同的，专业性极强，对语言运用自知也很高。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And they say that it is likely that two species are probably gone forever.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

After we took some from these guys, we decided that it is OK to go a few months in cash flow negative while... But very barely cash flow.

当风险投资资金到位之后，有几个月现金流出现负值也可以接受,但其实没有什么现金流。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

Farmers know that it is necessary to make hay while the sun shines.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

I believe it's clear that it is and that people who do so are people who understand more than the core efficient markets theory.

很明显,能够做到这一点的人必然了解到,比有效市场假设更深层的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "I think Afghanistan is still winnable, in the sense of our ability to ensure that it is not a launching pad for attacks against North America.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

This does not mean it is a class you wish to be taught, nor does it mean that it is the right class for you.

可能这门课并不是你希望的那样，也可能并不适合你。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

They will tell you that it is a jungle out there.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

The right to property is a natural right in the sense that it is prepolitical.

财产权某种意义上可以说是,先于政治的自然权利。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But scientists found that it is not just what they ate.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

For those who are already engrossed in the reading of Ulysses, as well as for those who hesitate to begin it because they fear that it is obscure, the publishers offer this simple clue as to what the critical fuss is all about.

针对那些已经完全沉浸于这本书的人，以及那些因为害怕内容晦涩而还犹豫不决的人,出版商提供了一些简单的线索,告诉大家这部伟大之作的简要涵义。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

For Plato" he says "also is of the opinion that it is impossible for the disorders of the state ever to be taken away until sovereigns be philosophers."

对于柏拉图，他说道,也相信只有当一国君王,自己成为了哲学家,才可能将一国的纷乱扫尽“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选