And I don't want to overplay the social importance of this, but go back a couple of years to what was happening in the aftermath of Katrina and realize how bad things get when things fail to be coordinated.

我不想再过分的强调它的重要性,不过我们不妨回顾一下几年前,卡特里娜飓风的灾后过程,就会认识到缺乏协调沟通是多么可怕

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

In fact one of the frankly best things I ever did as an undergraduate was, perhaps fittingly, take this course pass-fail.

实际上我上本科时做的最得意的事,恰当地说，就是把这门课的成绩看成及格和不及格两种。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

I would say that in Biomedical Engineering, largely, we're still at the stage where we're trying to understand how things work and how they fail, and what materials are the right ones.

我要说的是,生物医学工程很大程度上,仍旧停留在试图探索产品的工作原理,以及寻找产品存在缺陷的原因,和选择正确材料的阶段

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选