And we Americans are going try to live up to them to prove that governments can in fact, be based on these values.

我们将试图,坚持这些价值观，从而证明事实上政府可以建立，在这些价值观之上。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Ultimately, we reach the conclusion that if we're to think of literature, we're to think of something that is made up: not something that is based on something but something that is made up.

最终，我们得到结论，如果我们要想到文学，我们就得想到虚构的一些事情,不是基于其它事情上的事情，而是虚构的一些事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The imperative of preserving a distinct identity based on giving up the worship of other gods or older gods and observing all that is written in the law of Moses is reiterated in Joshua's farewell address in Joshua 23, and in the covenant renewal ceremony in 24.

保存明确身份的需求,建立在放弃对其他或更早神灵的崇拜之上,并且要遵守写在摩西五经中的所有律法,《约书亚书》第23章约书亚的告别辞中多次重申，在24章中重立契约的仪式上。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选