So if you end up not doing well, the moral of the story is not to go running off and dropping the class, but to figure out what you did right, what you didn't do right, how to make the second paper better and the third paper stronger, again.

所以如果你们最终没有得到好成绩，这个课程不是让你们退却或是退课，但是去想想你所做的对的事，和不对的事，和怎么样让接下来的论文写得更好。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

That the phonebook was sorted alphabetically and that the array of numbers on the board behind the second row of paper itself was sorted alphabetically.

电话簿是按照字母顺序排列的,而且黑板上第二排后面的一系列数字,也是按字母顺排列的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The second thing I want to say is less about paper writing, and more about the trajectory of this course and what we're seeing in common between these novels.

第二件我想说的事情是，不是关于写论文的，而是关于这门课的轨迹的,我们会在这些小说里看到一些共同点。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The first paper is going to ask you to write about one short poem; the second will ask you to write about two or more poems, or poems perhaps by two authors, or perhaps a poem and some other kind of text or image.

第一篇论文会要求你们介绍一篇短诗;,另一篇则是要求描述几首诗，或者是任意两位作者的诗，又或者是一首诗以及一篇课文或者一幅图画。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

But then it will also be taught at the second level, which is for every paper that you'll read, every paper that you'll write, you'll always be thinking, "Ok, how can I take these ideas and apply them to my life?

而教学内容的另一部分，你们读每一篇论文，写每一篇论文时，都需要思考，如何把这些理念运用到生活中去？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选