If you have a set of blocks, mechanical, physical blocks,and I tell you to build something and I say, oh, by the way, you have to cut the blocks in smaller pieces, you are going to get angry, aren't you?

如果你要一个区块，力学的，物理区块，我告诉你要去建造东西,我说，顺便说一下，你必须将一整区块切成小块，你会生气，不会吗？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

It's not that the facts about death give you reason to stay in your room and sulk.

不是说关于死亡的事实,给了你呆在房间里生气的理由。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

A lot of people are saying, "Enough of this kind of effete culture.

很多人都在说，“我们已经厌倦了这毫无生气的文化。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It's just that the facts about death cause you to stay in your room and sulk.

而只是说关于死亡的事实,导致你呆在房间里生气。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选