Then, as one who'd waited precisely for her maledict voice to hoarsen, I outshouted her in these terms: "Therefore come to bed, my equal, uncursing, uncursed!"

我瞅准时机，等她的咒骂声一减弱,我大吼起来，盖过了她的声音：,你不是要平等吗，那就床上见，别老跟我念咒了“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And pessimists might be those who say, "No, no. On balance, " the negative of death outweighs the positive-ness of life."

而悲观主义者可能会说，“不，不，总的来说，死亡的负面性要盖过生命的积极性“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I suppose, again, the optimist says, "Yeah, death is bad, but life is good, sufficiently good to outweigh the badness of the fact that we're going to die.

我假设，再一次，乐观主义者说，“死亡不好，但是生命好，好到足以盖过我们会死,这个事实的坏处。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选