And that in some sense they would live on in this society which they had improved and made a better thing.

因而在某种程度上来说他们在今天依然活着,活在这个他们所改良的美好世界

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I think I mentioned to you that the Greeks improved upon it and made it a true alphabet by taking some signs that they didn't need for their own language by turning them into vowel sounds.

我想我向你们提到过希腊人将这种字母表改良,并使其成为真正的字母表,他们把一些并不需要的符号,变成元音使用

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

For example, how cancer diagnosis has improved, what are some of the causes of cancer in the environment around us and how can we protect ourselves from it, and we'll talk about treatments for it as well.

例如癌症的诊断手段是如何进步的,我们周围环境中有哪些致癌因素,以及我们如何保护自己免受其害,我们也会讨论到癌症的治疗手段

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