I went to see a rich girl I knew. In the morning she pulled a hundred-dollar bill out of her silk stocking and said, "You've been talking of a trip to Frisco. That being the case, take this and go have your fun." So all of my problems were solved.

我去看望我以前认识的一位有钱的姑娘,到了早上，她从丝绸钱袋里取出一张100元的支票说：,“既然你那么向往到圣弗兰西斯科的旅行，拿着这个去寻找你的快乐吧“，这下我的问题全部解决了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Just to amuse yourself, not for any kind of punitive think-about-the-exam exercise, but it would be fun to take these categories and think about these other countries, particularly those who were absolute states, other large important states in Europe and see to what extent you have these factors there.

我们可以做件有趣的事,纯粹为了娱乐,不是为了考试练习,即用同样的方法分析其他国家,特别是那些绝对主义国家,以及其他重要的欧洲大国,看看这些因素对政治结局的影响程度

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

And, at the very beginning there was a train that went around the Wall of Paris, more about the walls of Paris another time, that's fun to talk about, and Parisians would take picnic lunches, and they'd get on the train, and then they'd hear these large explosions and realize that they could get killed by these large explosions.

一开始的时候,有一趟火车,是绕着巴黎城墙行驶的,下次我们多讲讲巴黎的城墙,这挺值得一谈,巴黎人会带着午餐便当,坐上火车,然后他们听见了巨大的爆炸声,突然意识到他们可能会被炸死

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选