But of course this is a poor, black child growing up in the South, and his expectations, what his mind can imagine, is always going to be greater than what the world can deliver.

但要记得，这个黑人穷孩子是在南方长大的，他的期待，他想象的东西，总好过现实。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Yes, this is a book about the privations of growing up in the South poor and black, but it is very much, very consciously, a book about the development of someone who attends to language.

书的着重点的确是,记述在南方成长的穷孩子，但作者刻意地描述了，一个关注语言人的成长经历。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, if you imagine this is growing up as the polis comes into being, let me describe what a hoplite was like and then try to describe what the phalanx was like and how they operated and what are some of the consequences of their coming into being.

假设该战术是随城邦的形成而发展起来的,那就让我来描述一下,重装步兵的组成,方阵的组成及其运作方式,包括该战术发展起来之后所产生的影响

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选