According to Eliot, the modern world lacks a center, a kind of set of collective beliefs and commitments that would enable communication between us.

根据艾略特所说，现代世界缺少一个中心，缺少一套共有的信仰和承诺,来促成人与人之间的交流。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

I have to try to understand what you're saying and I have to refer it to what I want to say, and the circuit of communication between us has to stay open as a result of this mutual and developing understanding of what we're talking about.

我需要试着了解你正在说什么,并且与我想说的话进行联系，我们之间的交流要进行下去,这是我们对于谈论内容的相互发展着的,了解的结果。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We're going to talk in some detail, not a very high level of detail, but in some detail about how this communication takes place between cells and how the information is passed down one of these cells today.

我们还要讨论些细节问题,但不是太深,今天只讲细胞间通讯的发生原理,和信息怎样从一个细胞传递到另一个细胞

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选