If we do that, the Greeks would have said, "That is stupid and absurd to think for ten seconds you'll realize that's no good."

如果我们这么做,那古希腊人会说,"那是一派胡言,你只要想个十秒钟就能明白这样没好处"

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Do not think of a pink elephant for the next three seconds ? and I am sure no one thought of a pink elephant right?

在接下来的十秒钟里不要想粉色大象,我肯定没有人想一头粉色大象，是吗？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And runners proved the doctors and scientists-- proved that they were right and ran the mile in two seconds and 4 minutes, one second, but no runner could run the mile in under 4 minutes, ever since the mile was actually timed-- when they started to time runs.

跑手们证明了医生和科学家…,证明了他们是对的,一英里跑四分钟两秒，四分钟一秒，但没有跑手能少于四分钟，从一英里跑计时以来-,当人们开始计时跑时。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选