"It is time for Democrats to put away the political playbook and simply say publicly what they are suggesting privately: that this bill still needs some work, that both parties should come together to do that work on behalf of the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

That's the crucial thing: if they're not willing, the use of the sign doesn't work, which confirms the idea that nothing can be changed simply by individual agency in and of itself.

这很关键：,如果他们自己不愿意使用，符号就没有意义，这也就应证了我们的观点,没有人能单独改变一个群体符号的使用方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So, hunger sets in and it becomes extremely sad and tragic, and attempts to break out simply don't work; but, it had its light moments, and I can never resist those.

饥饿来临,一切都变得如此悲惨,而尝试逃跑只是徒劳,但这其中也有些趣事发生,我对这些逸事总是没抵抗力

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

"He is an imam and I am a rabbi and we are both simply teachers humble before God,' "Hopefully,helping others to stop along the way, so that we can find out how strong we really are when we simply work together."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

I'm simply saying swap X with Y, but this 2 won't work, because where are X and Y defined?

我只简单地说交换X和Y，但是这两行不起作用，因为X和Y是在哪里定义的呢？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The work is not, in a sense, written simply as a sort of timeless philosophical treatise, but as a dramatic dialogue with a setting, a cast of characters and a firm location in time and place.

但本书的著作目的，不仅是,永恒的的哲学论述，更是戏剧性的对话，内含场景，人物,及一个确切时间与位置。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选