So in a sense it tells you this work of art is of a piece with what you already know; it's familiar in those ways, and you shouldn't be afraid of it.

在某种程度上,这告诉了你这件艺术作品,其实是你早已认识的东西;,你已经通过那些方式了解了它，不用怕它。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We can't know anything certain about the eternal and the immortal world of Paradise Lost except through these faculties we have and those are uncertain, imperfect, fallen human capacities of reading.

我们无法了解任何确切的,有关中的永恒不灭的世界的认识,除非那些借助于已有的不确切不完美的阅读技巧。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But he tries to find people who are old men, who knew the apostles.

但是他尝试找到那些长者，那些认识使徒的老人。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So, imagine growing up in a place like that where the past was so-- was written not only in the death of people that you knew, because everybody you knew died basically.

所以想像在这种地方长大,那种历史真是,不光写在那些你认识的死者上,因为你认识的基本上都死了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

I think that's because there's a growing recognition that that's what you need to know and that the countries that are emerging successfully are those that have well developed financial institutions that are adopting the technology.

我认为这是因为在那里越来越多人认识到,这才是他们所急需的知识,并且那些成功崛起的国家,都拥有完善的金融机构,并且能够应用这些技术

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

As long as we have five it will go; but, it's really fun and you'll know people around here, if you're above a first-year student who have taken this, and it really rocks, it's really great. And Brian Reilly is going to do this.

不过只要有五个这课就开,不过这门课真挺有意思的,而且你能在这认识一些人,如果你比那些上过这门课的大一新生强的话,真挺带劲的,真的不错,布莱恩·莱利负责法语课程

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选