The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher. They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book, that would give some account of its origin and give some defense for its publication and its content.

你们所读到的那篇短文就是在法国出版商的要求下写的,他们希望他写些什么来让人们对这本书产生更多的好感,来交待这本书的缘起,并且为它的内容和它的出版进行辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In fact, this poem's power lies, I think, in its -not only its inability but its unwillingness to specify the content of that revelation.

实际上我觉得这首诗的力量，我想，在于,它不着重写启示的内容,也不愿意去写,启示的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The purpose of new form is not to express new content, but to change an old form which has lost its aesthetic quality lost its power to take the film away from our eyes].

新形式的目的不是要表达新的内容，而是要更换已经失去美学价值的旧形式,不能调整我们看世界的旧眼光了。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Three ounces of meat might have x calories or it might have y calories depending on what the meat is, how much salad dressing gets thrown on a salad, how much of this gets or that gets put in a food will vary its calorie content a lot.

三盎司的肉也许有x卡路里,也许有y卡路里,取决于肉的种类,色拉中放了多少色拉酱,在食物中有多少这个或那个,也会导致卡路里含量的差异

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选