I'm a little short but I was doing OK. But I did do some research when I saw this book last year.

虽然款项很少，但是我还做得不错,我去年看这本书的时候，做了些调查。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

From a personal perspective... in the short term, I'm actually more career-oriented,

从个人角度来看……短期内，我更看重事业的发展，

事业和人生都重要 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I'm going to let shoppers leave, and then, in a very short time, I'm going to pick up again and talk about Richard Wright.

我会让试听的同学迅速离开，之后我会继续跟你们谈谈理查，莱特。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Consider one thinker, and I will, I'm going to read you a short passage and I'm going to come back to this again later in the semester, from Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, chapter 31 of Leviathan, where Hobbes gives us a very personal statement about his intention in writing this book.

细想以下这一位思想家，我将朗读一小段文章,然后在学期后段,再回到这个主题来，这是取自贺伯斯的《利维坦》,第，31，章，贺伯斯提供了十分贴切的陈述,关于他撰写本书的动机。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选