She thought she could change the way people thought of her.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

How did that change happened, was that always there, were you always looking at how did this thought affect the way we actually live our lives?

这种转变是怎样发生的？,这种转变一直存在吗？还是说您总是在思考,这种思想是怎样影响我们的,生活方式？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

We have the thought that these things are eternal, and indeed, beyond change, in contrast to the empirical world.

我们认为这些事物是永恒的,而且,与现实的世界相比,它超越了变化

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He even thought that competition helped drive change.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

That didn't happen to me -- once I got into the lab, I didn't want to leave. So, I thought, "You know what, I think I'll change the medical school plans and now I'm going to go all the way -- chemistry major, chemistry grad school."

这很好，但我不是这样，我一进入到实验室就不想离开了，所以我想“你知道吗,我想把我学习医学的计划改成化学-,我要学化学专业，读化学研究生“

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"A much diluted bill and one that will leave many of the liberal Democrats unhappy because they thought this was their chance to get sweeping change."

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

The banks weren't willing to lend more than five years because they didn't trust you; they thought things would change and whatever.

银行不愿批准期限超过五年的贷款,因为他们不相信你,他们认为世事难料

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

in the last year we've had the decision the BBC wouldn't broadcast the conference against climate change because they thought it was too partisan, wouldn't have an appeal for the fund for the victims in Gaza, but is quite prepared to give Nick Griffin prime time TV,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

It doesn't change from the day you were born to the day you die-- or so they thought.

从出生到死亡时都不会改变-,或者说他们这样认为。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

This was thought by many to be a positive change but in game rich environments where there was a lot of meat available, people could actually get many more calories per hour-- that is secure more food that would help fend off starvation compared to what they could get for people cultivating food.

很多人都认为这是一个积极的改变,然而 在那些富饶地区,获取肉类轻而易举,同样时间内,人类可以获取更多能量,相对那些靠种植获取食物的人类来说,这些地区有足够多的食物来抵御饥荒

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And another philosopher, Descartes, in thinking about God's omnipotence, thought that it wouldn't be good enough if God as omnipotent couldn't change the facts of mathematics.

另一个哲学家，笛卡尔在思考上帝万能的时候觉得，如果万能的上帝无法改变数学,那么便不能称为万能。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And when we put together the class, this is precisely what we thought about: how you affect change and those people whom you change will hopefully influence others and so on and so on.

我们在组织课堂时，心中就有这个想法：,你如何影响改变，那些被你改变的人,希望能进一步影响其他人等等。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

A bold claim would say, "The facts about death, if I thought about them, would change my behavior, but not because it would give me a reason to change my behavior-- " simply because it would influence my behavior."

一个大胆的观点会认为，“关于死亡的事实，如果我考虑了它们，就会改变我的行为，但不是因为它给了我改变行为的理由-,只是因为它影响了我的行为“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选