"I think he ought to do what General Petraeus did and that is decide on exactly the number he needs and we debate it and the president makes the ultimate decision,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

We're reproducing the problem that the two brothers were rehearsing in their debate.

问题再次出现,两兄弟再次详述了他们的争论。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We will debate equality and inequality, affirmative action, free speech versus hate speech, same-sex marriage, military conscription, a range of practical questions.

我们将讨论平等与不平等，平权行动，自由言论与攻击性言论，同性婚姻，兵役制等一系列现实问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It would be impossible to explain the entire debate, so we will just tell a few stories about some great artists.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

The debate over that question is fierce, and it's one we're going to leave for another day.

对于这一问题的讨论相当激烈，我们将留下这个问题以后讨论。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So for me personally, I'm in the health care business and in America we're having this very important debate about health care.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

It's not a debate that we're going to be engaged in here in this semester.

这不是辩论,是我们在这里在这个学期要做的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"At least we will have better clarified for the American people what the debate is about."

VOA: special.2010.02.27

And then the second half of the class, we turn our attentions to more of these issues of disagreement and debate within early Christianity, around issues such as Judaism and the Law,women's positions, politics,and the interpretation of scripture.

本课的第二部分，我们会把注意力转向早期基督教内的,分歧与争论，比如犹太教与摩西五经，妇女地位，政治，圣典解读。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

As citizens of a vibrant and varied democracy, how do we engage in vigorous debate?"

VOA: special.2009.06.05

And it probably--One--There's--Evolutionary psychologists debate the function of why we talk funny to babies.

进化心理学家们在争论,我们为何要以如此好玩的方式来同婴儿讲话

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Obviously we think that debate is healthy. We're going to help the foreign minister answer the questions that have been raised in this debate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

Now we can debate what Jefferson got right or wrong there, or what's held up, but do note how he said both sides were either jealous or zealous of their own liberties.

现在我们讨论下他说的哪些对哪些不对,或者哪些还未有定论,但是请注意他提到双方对于自由态度是,用词的区别,一方珍惜一方热衷

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"We need to have a debate about how we feel about whole body imaging and the privacy trade-off, and it is a legitimate issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Now to the extent that this discussion is actually about the virginity of the Second Brother and the Elder Brother's sister, it seems, I think, to border on the ridiculous; but the debate, I think, we have to take seriously.

后来这兄弟俩谈论的对象,转到了自己的妹妹的贞洁的时候，就显得有点愚蠢了;,但我觉得这段辩论应当好好研究。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"In fact,what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it."

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

And so we will read these books and we will debate these issues, and we'll see how each informs and illuminates the other.

所以我们要读这些著作，讨论这些议题，并了解两者是怎样互相补充互相阐释的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"During the debate on Iraq we always said it's keeping us from getting Afghanistan right,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Why are we having a debate over Social Security?

为什么我们对社会保障存在争议呢

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"We recognize that there have been questions raised in the political debate in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

If we have a debate about abortion in this class, people--some people might say, "Look. The fetus is a sentient being and as such it has a right to survive and shouldn't be killed by its mother."

如果我们在课常上以堕胎展开辩论，有些人可能会说，“胎儿是有知觉的生命体,所以它有生存的权利,它的母亲不应该扼杀它”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

That is what America is about, is we have a vigorous debate.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

"Where ideas are suppressed, we provide space for open debate.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

It is why they are wondering what kind of political solution wants to propose and I think the debate will be how we can get out of Afghanistan without any kind of defeat."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"We hope as this debate goes forward we will have a chance to meet with you and your administration and the Congressional ideas that work that states can implement, so we can all work together."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

"I think it is important for the American people and all of us to have a genuine discussion debate as everyone has said about the strategy, the exist strategy with clarity and that is precisely what we're asking,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

"But what we showed here is that we can make progress when we are willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

One of the questions I've asked is: are safe sex,condoms and antiretroviral drugs a sufficient response to the health catastrophes that we face? The debate and anger over the issue drew the attention of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who spoke at the closing ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"There's a new recognition in the global debate that while security efforts in Afghanistan are exceedingly important,critical, we can never succeed if we don't manage to build a basic state with basic governance that can provide basic security in the area between Central Asia and South Asia,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27