There is a book review, a short book review, to be written towards near the end of the class.

我们还要写一篇简短的书评,在临近期末的时候完成

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He says it's a short book and "I think clear" he writes.

霍布斯说那是本简短,并且清晰易懂的书。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It's a huge book which is all about this short story by Balzac, "Sarrasine," that he begins this essay by quoting.

这本大部头的书都是在讲巴尔扎克的短篇小说《沙拉辛》的，在文章开头他引用道。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I'm a little short but I was doing OK. But I did do some research when I saw this book last year.

虽然款项很少，但是我还做得不错,我去年看这本书的时候，做了些调查。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.

因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选