He said the United States must build up its sea power,too, if it wanted to be a great nation.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

No English poet before Milton ever suggested that he had been chosen by God at birth to be a poet.

在弥尔顿之前没有英国诗人敢说,自己是被上帝选中去做诗人的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Because I am very, very proud to be a Texan. As I think you'll find with most people from Texas.

因为我为自己是德克萨斯人而感到无比骄傲。我想你会发现许多德克萨斯人有同样的感受。

德克萨斯美女 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

You don't have to be a VIP celebrity." Some experts say famous people may bring public awareness to an issue.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

And if it is going to be a standing wave then this must be an integral number of wavelengths.

如果这有个驻波的话,那么周长就是个整数。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

There used to be a time when the quickest way to travel across the western United States was in a stagecoach.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Right add to it in a second, but the idea is class is going to be a template for creating instances.

对象的实例的模板,现在，这真是一个很蠢的模板，我马上会去完善它,但是首先我应该先建立起它来。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

For another,she pretended to be a woman who cleaned houses so she could report about illegal activities in employment agencies.

VOA: special.2010.10.10

It can mean a measuring rod. And so it comes to be a list that accounts as authoritative in early Christianity.

量杆的意思，所以它是一列书目,它在早期基督教里是权威的。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Jack London's many stories truthfully explained just how hard it was to be a gold seeker in eighteen ninety-seven.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

It's going to be a stronger bond because it's more stabilized when it when it comes together as a molecule.

这将是一个更强的键，因为它会变得更加稳定,在形成分子之后。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But Mr.Ker-Lindsay says Serbs are conflicted because they understand that their country's future has to be a part of Europe.

VOA: special.2011.05.28

This is going to be a function, I only need two variables, and here I've got three variables down.

我们只，需要两个变量，而现在这里有三个变量。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

John Grogan wrote that he briefly considered the possibility that his dog could be trained to be a show champion.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Premise 2: To be a practical idealist, the foundation of it has to be the belief that change is possible.

第二前提：,作为一个实际的理想主义者，它的基础必须是,相信改变是可能的。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He returned to the United States with the aim of planning what was to be a victorious comeback.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

The great Achilles, respected still in the afterworld would immediately turn it in to be a complete nobody on earth.

伟大的阿基里斯,死后在下界都受到尊敬的人物,都情愿立刻成为世间的一个无名小卒

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

So you don't have to be a critic; you have to be strong; but you know what? You can be the average man, because this is a story about the average man.

所以你不需要当一个批评家;,但是你要坚强，知道么？,你可以是平常人,因为这是一个平常人的故事。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Then,the Crimean War broke out. I felt that sad for him that there had to be a war.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

What does it require to be a successful mechanic, to do all the mechanics problems?

怎么才能当个成功的力学家,并能解决所有的力学问题呢

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

She was very intelligent. At a very early age she decided she wanted to be a writer someday.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

You have to be a big company to do it and if you have a big company you've exhausted the risk of-- never goes away completely.

你的公司得够大才能做保险这项业务,如果你有个大公司你就能减小风险,不太容易被风险击垮

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But,the Web site Internet Movie Database reports that the book is already "in development" to be a movie.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

At the same time, he fears that being a poet means -and this is a fear that literate young men and women have to this very day -- to be a poet means in some way not to be acting responsibly or politically.

与此同时，他也担忧成为一个诗人意味着,这是直到今天文青和文艺女青们共有的一种担忧,成为一个诗人某种意义上,意味着不能负责地践行政治行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"The Fantasticks" is about young love, children leaving home and what it is like to be a father.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

But refining in just the right way is going to turn out to be a surprisingly not straightforward matter, at least that's how it seems to me.

但是让人惊讶的是，要正确地修改它,并不是那么直接而简单的，至少在我看来不是。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He stopped moving forward and prepared to defend against what seemed to be a strong Confederate attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

I take chances no one else will--great driver," but above and beyond that there does seem to be a psychological effect manifested here and manifested elsewhere, which is a motivation to feel good about yourself.

我敢冒别人不敢冒的险，我是个好司机“,但除此以外,但似乎存在着一个心理原因存在于这个效应,和另外的效应中，那就是自我感觉良好的动机。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They weren't eating all the time, their eating was confined to three meals a day, it was more likely to be a social event because the family was together, and the food had more--you had a better personal relationship with food.

他们不是一直在吃东西,他们会规律的遵守每日三餐,可能那时候吃饭更像是个社交活动,因为家庭成员们都聚在一起,而且食物也更多,人和食物之间的关系更和谐

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选