Galileo's only using, of course, his telescope in the first place because his human capacity for vision is insufficient to see the truths of the heavens.

他唯一一次用到望远镜,是因为仅凭人类的视力,并不能够看到天堂的真理所在。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.

这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You really have, therefore, for in some way the first time in history, a dream of making all of his empire basically universal, a dream of a universal vision, for one world, under one kind of culture, one kind of language.

因此某种程度上说，这是历史上第一次出现，梦想建立统一的帝国，同一个世界的愿景，同一种文化，同一种语言。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

After crossing, the Israelites then celebrate the Passover, and that makes a strong link then to the Exodus led by Moses, also at the time of the first Passover. Moses had a vision of God at the burning bush. He was told to remove his shoes, his sandals, because he was on holy ground.

过河后，以色列人庆祝逾越节，这与,在出埃及记中的摩西有鲜明的联系，也是在第一次,逾越节摩西在燃烧的树丛中看见了上帝他被要求,脱掉鞋子，他的草鞋，因为他站在圣土上。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选