"The trouble in the street was caused by a man who had almost been run over by a horse and carriage.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

A thousand times in a thousand ways anybody who studies the American Civil War period is inevitably asked, "So what caused this war?"

每个研究美国内战史的人,总会不可避免地被人们反复问道,"究竟是什么导致了这场战争"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

In Neurobiology last year, we were told of a rat who was tested a particular center in the brain where the rat was able to stimulate his brain and caused itself intense pleasure repeatedly.

上学年的生物神经学课提到个实验,老鼠的大脑有一特定区域,让老鼠自行刺激这一区域,从而不断获得强烈的快感。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

The court's decision came as a blow to the more than 5,000 families who say that the mercury in thimerosal caused their children's autism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The idea that emerged the memory of the '81-82 recession is very strong in our imagination because we think that it was caused by lax monetary policy by liberal thinking by the soft-hearted liberals who just didn't want to create any pain and suffering.

出现的观点,在我们的想象中,81-82年的经济衰退很严重,因为我们认为它是由于,松懈的货币政策，不拘一格的思想,那些仁慈的不想制造任何痛苦和疲劳的,自由主义者引发的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Foreign jihadis are the ones who are calling the shots. They are the ones who are behind the waves of suicide bombings, which have caused horrific civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23