And so it seemed a natural move for early Christian writers to use this existing pastoral form when they wanted to speak on subject of priests or ministers or affairs of the church.

于是用现存的田园诗来谈论,关于牧师或教堂事务的话题,成了早期基督派作家非常自然的转变。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Yeats, I said, wanted to speak for and to the Irish people, as well as to explain Ireland and Irishness to an English-speaking world abroad.

我认为，叶芝，想为爱尔兰人写诗，并把爱尔兰及其民族特色,介绍给整个英语世界。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It's what allowed you to speak so powerfully to people in your first novel, and you've always wanted to write an autobiography.

让你在第一本小说里,掷地有声地向人们说话,所以你想写自传。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But if you were going to be elite-- he wanted to establish cities throughout his empire that would be actually Greek cities, and he wanted to have the elite people all be able, at least, to speak Greek.

但是如果要成为精英阶层-,他要求帝国里的所有城市,都建为希腊式城市，要求所有精英阶层至少能够，说希腊语。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选