And so, that simple fact is why we would expect animals to care for their children, because children are the means through which genes replicate.

所以，简单的事实是,我们为什么期待动物关心后代，因为后代是基因繁衍的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Why do we care more about future non-existence ? than past non-existence?

为什么我们更在乎未来不存在的事,而不是更在乎过去不存在的事？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You remember in the first lecture I said there's a difference between the history of criticism and theory of literature, one difference being that the history of criticism has a great deal to do with literary evaluation: that is to say, why do we care about literature and how can we find means of saying that it's good or not good?

你们还记得吗，第一节课我说过,文学评论历史和文学理论有一个重大区别，那就是文学评论的历史,很大程度上与文学评估有关：,意思就是我们为什么要关心文学,还有我们怎么能说一部作品是好还是坏？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So, fairly simple idea, who knows why we actually care what the values of X or Y are at least in this out of context.

看，非常简单吧，天晓得为啥我们关心x和y的值,在这里我们只是断章取义罢了。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选