He wanted to make an instrument that could play a note longer than notes played on a traditional acoustic guitar.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

And, if we wanted to try to fit, say, hydrogen, into this scheme that we have, we have to do what?

如果我们想要让他们符合我们的原理比如氢气，我们需要怎样？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

and I knew if I wanted to be good, as good as I wanted to be, I needed to come here.

而且我知道，如果我想变得更好，变得和我想的一样好，我就得到这里来。

和纽约的留学生 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He wanted to express his feelings for the form of the skyscraper while deepening his understanding of architecture, engineering and construction.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

I hadn't set out with a plan that I wanted to teach at some of the best universities in the country.

一开始，我并没有给自己制定目标,一定要在这些最好的大学执教。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

he wrote a letter to Rand. He wrote that he wanted to discuss the relationship between psychology and Rand's ideas.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

But before we do that, I wanted to just make a few concluding remarks about source theory and the Pentateuch.

但在我们开始之前，我想做一个总结,并且来源理论和摩西五经。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Lawmakers in Congress wanted to make it possible to send mail all the way across the United States by land.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

First of all, he wanted to imbed in his upcoming high potentials the user application of really advanced investment theory.

首先，他希望,即将到来的潜力人才,学会运用,先进的投资理论。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

He said the United States must build up its sea power,too, if it wanted to be a great nation.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

We wanted to quickly catch up and surpass everyone in terms of search quality for Chinese users.

希望能够通过该项目在为中国网民,提供搜索的质量，迅速赶超别人。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

But when the others finally asked his opinion, he admitted that he wanted to continue taking care of the baby himself.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

But imagine I actually wanted to gather them together. I wanted to collect them, so I could do something with them.

把那些除数都显示出来,这很有用，但是请想想下我想要，把它们放在一块。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Jefferson had a wish. He wanted to discover a waterway that crossed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

So somewhere, maybe in pre-incarnational time before Franny became Franny, she wanted to be an actress.

可能是在神灵化身之前的时代,在弗兰尼变成弗兰尼之前，她想要成为演员。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He wanted to recognize the people who have created what he called "the most popular music of our time."

VOA: special.2009.10.19

So, I taught myself how to program because I wanted to learn how to draw a map on the screen.

所以，我自学怎样编程，因为我想,学习怎么在屏幕上画一张地图出来。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

Supporters of slavery wanted to organize a constitutional convention that could put Kansas into the Union as a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

He wanted to go all the way to the Ganges River, but his army forced him to turn back.

他还想继续向恒河进军，但是他的军队迫使他返回波斯。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

She's named after my sister-in-law." "Well I always liked the name Sebastian, so I wanted to name our older son Sebastian.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

He wanted to build institutions that would be used for the sole purpose of perfecting the slave into the perfect worker.

因而需要建立一些特殊机构,这些机构只用于一个目的,就是能够让奴隶变成完美的工人

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota wanted to see how NSAIDs might affect prostates that are enlarged but not cancerous.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

There's something else I wanted to say to indicate this notion of men being the polis as opposed to anything tangible.

我还想说点其他的,来解释一下人是城邦人,而不是任何实体地方的人这样的观点

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"So when I came out of the Army, I had already decided I wanted to be part of breaking down segregation.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

This textbook is very detailed and it may be-- I've had some reaction by students-- more than you wanted to know.

这本教材编写得非常详细,也许会,我听到过许多学生的反馈,涵盖面实在是太广了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

She said Ian Shaw was among several people who could not find paying jobs but still wanted to work.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

What I wanted to show you was a clip that actually my daughter brought to my attention just this past weekend.

我想给你们看个链接,事实上,是我女儿让我注意到的,就是上个礼拜

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

They wanted to start a fight. They would wait for someone to be brave enough to try to hit it off.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

So, you would say, if you wanted to convey that bill was the hitter and John was hit, "Bill John hit."

因此,如果你想表达,比尔打了人,而约翰被打了,就要说"比尔约翰打了"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It's been said that to quote anybody is necessarily to misrepresent him, and this fact is obviously a very good thing for Lady Mary Chudleigh since Milton would certainly not himself have wanted to suggest that women are superior to men.

有这样一种说法，引用任何人的话都难免曲解其原意，很显然这对玛丽·恰德莱夫人的论证是有利的,因为弥尔顿的原意绝对不可能是说,女人的地位要高于男人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选