He assumed that such a course would lead to progress and the general improvement of the human condition, and it was that sort of thinking that lay at the heart of the scientific revolution and remains the faith on which modern science and technology rest.

他认为这将会引领进步,全面提升人类的生存状况,正是这个学说成为了,科技革命的核心并为现代科学技术,的发展奠定了良好的基础

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So, fuel economy and environmental conservancy make a lot of sense if you care about such things, of course.

所以，油价和环境保护,是很有意义的,如果你关心这样的事，当然会更好。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

And that's not simply because Satan bears such a strong resemblance to Milton, as, of course, he does.

这不单单是因为撒旦与弥尔顿是如此相像,当然了，他们确实很相似。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But again, these are the extreme circumstance that do make a difference, such as I said, a homeless person, of course, income will make a difference to that person.

这些是能产生区别的,极端情况，比如我举的无家可归者的例子，收入当然会改善他的境遇。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Such states, of course, did not need a bureaucracy for there were no vast royal or state holdings that needed management and not much economic surplus to support a bureaucratic class.

国家无需官僚体制,因为没有庞大的皇室家族,和国家财富需要管理,也没多少经济盈余能够维持官僚阶级

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But in society today, and we'll talk a bit about security topics -- and such throughout the course, for cryptography -- for encrypting things like your credit card information and bank accounts -- you don't use 32 bits, you don't use 64 bits, you generally use 1024 bits, 4,048 bits.

但在当今的社会上，我们将讨论一点安全方面的知识,贯穿整个课程，密码学-,加密一些像信用卡信息,银行账号之类的东西--你不能用32位，你也不能用64位，你通常要使用1024位，4048位。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Second reason we don't want over-qualified students in the class, it sounds a little nasty, but the second reason is, an over-qualified student, somebody who's, I don't know, programmed for Google for the last five years, is going to have an easy time in this course, but we don't want such a student accidentally intimidating the rest of you.

我们不希望高水平的学生来听课,还有一个原因，虽然听起来，有一点儿令人不快，但是第二个原因是，我们不希望，某位我不知道的高手，在为谷歌编写了五年的程序之后，很轻松地上这门课，从而使得周围同学,感到威胁。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But if you have enough energy, or you have too much energy stored in your body and body fat, then the brownie's not such a good idea because it provides too much, and of course not nearly the nutrients that the broccoli would provide.

但如果你的身体能量充沛,或者能量过多,体态肥胖,那么布朗尼提供过多热量,不是首选,提供的营养素也不及花椰菜

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

One has roommates, one has parents, in our own day and age, who of course share such a belief in the absolute singularity of the truth.

一个人在自己的岁月和日子里，有室友有父母,他们当然共享一个自己的真理信念。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The extent to which Milton succeeds in justifying such a God in Paradise Lost will be, of course, one of the questions that we will be exploring over the next couple of weeks. So You will read for Wednesday's class the first two books of Paradise Lost.

在失乐园中弥尔顿成功地证实了,这样一个上帝,扩展出了一个我们下几周要研究的一个问题,所以在周三前阅读失乐园的前两部。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It's a fantasy, of course, because no such brainwashing is going to be possible, just as the fallen angels - if you look at line 607 - will be barred from drinking their fill of the river Lethe, forgetfulness is impossible.

当然这是一次幻想，因为这种洗脑,根本就不可能实现，就如同那些堕落天使一般,如果看第607行7,他们被禁止喝忘川之水，遗忘是不可能的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选