It usually follows from this that somebody like this points out that whereas we all know that a democratic society is the best society to live in, poetry prefers feudal society: it makes better poetry.

赞成这种观点的人指出,虽然我们都知道,民主社会是最适合生存的，诗歌却更喜欢封建社会：,因为封建社会更适合诗歌创作。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And again it makes sense if you think the dialogue is a kind of pedagogical tool to help you get better at philosophising.

而且如果你认为对话这本书,是一个教育学工具能帮你进行,哲学的研究推理，那就很有意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

What makes it so much better to be alive now in terms of your likelihood to die of an infectious disease than it did in London in 1665?

是什么让生活变得更好呢,从传染病死亡率的角度来讲,与1665年的伦敦相比

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

His name is Carl Icahn, who is one of the biggest Wall Street-- powerful and enlightened people on Wall Street-- who can also maybe tell us something about how he makes money or how he makes it a better world.

他叫卡尔·伊卡恩,他是华尔街一位有影响力,有见识的商人,希望他也能和我们谈谈怎么赚钱,或者如何让世界更美好

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选