That seems to me to be some horrible penalty you've imposed on me, that you've reduced me from being a human being, able to engage in the full range of reflection, and simply turned me into something like a rat.

更像是,强加在我身上的酷刑，我本来是一个人，能进行各种反思，却被变成一种老鼠般的生物。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So, if those are the distinctive characteristics that earn the human being certain rights over creation But also give them duties towards creation, And the human is distinct from animals In being created in the image of God, To be godlike is to perhaps possess some of these characteristics.

那么，如果这些都是与众不同的特点,它们让人类有权利管理其他创造物,但是也让他们对其他创造物负有责任，人类与其他动物不同,因为他们是依照上帝的形象所创造，与上帝相像便可以获得一些这样的特点。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

If you can interfere with any stage in RNA processing you can stop a gene from being expressed and this is a very hot topic in molecular biology now and human therapeutics.

如果你能干扰RNA加工的任何一个阶段,你就能阻止一段基因的表达,这也是当今分子生物学,和新型疗法中非常热门的话题

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

He takes blood from the slain General Kingu, The leader of Tiamat's army, the rebels, And he fashions a human being with the express purpose of freeing the gods from menial labor.

他取了被屠杀的将军Kingu的血液，他是Tiamat军队的将领，是反叛者，于是他创造了人，意图明确,不再劳烦众神做低贱的工作。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选