For what it's worth--and I don't actually think that what I'm about to say is worth all that much-- I'm going to share with you my own pet belief.

不论这的价值如何，我并不觉得,我将要说的这些有多少价值-,我只是想分享一下自己的拙见。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And in the ancient world, the reason for this was that this very small rectangle--;it's about 150 miles long and 70 miles wide, about the size of Rhode Island--this very small rectangle lies on the way to anywhere worth going in the Ancient Near East.

在古代，战争的原因是,这小块矩形，长150公里，宽70公里，与罗德岛大小相当，这小块矩形处于要道,这条路通向古代近东的任何地区。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Remember, I said I'm doing this because I expect to have a hundred pounds-- I said one dollar-- I'm going to have to pay out a hundred pounds because this one-period bond, worth one hundred pounds principal, is coming due so I have to pay it out.

回想一下,我说过我会这么做,是因为我会得到一百英镑,我口误说成了一美元,我将要偿还的数额是一百英镑,因为这张一年期,一百英镑面值的债券即将到期,于是我不得不将其支付

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选