You had a semiotic system, whereas before, yesterday, or a minute ago you had no language at all.

一个符号系统诞生了，然而之前，昨天，或者就是一分钟前，根本就没有语言。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

在我所有的梦中，在我感到无助和恐怖的时刻，他总是冲向我，一会儿在水中左右摇摆，挣扎。

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This poem, this entire poem before this point hasn't been sung by John Milton at all.

这首诗，这一句之前的整首诗,完全未被弥尔顿歌颂。

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I'm going to post PowerPoints for all the lectures, hopefully at least the day before the lecture takes place, so I posted this last night.

我会把课程所有的幻灯片挂到网上,希望至少在上课的前一天完成这件事,因此我昨天晚上把今天的幻灯放上来

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He said, "Look at all of this I've never been exposed to before.

他说：“我从未经历过,这一切。

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