Later, as I grew worse, I could see the bags in the daytime with my eyes open and I was gripped by the fear that they were going to fall and drench me with some horrible liquid.

从那以后我的病情越来越糟，白天醒来就看到那些袋子,我担心它们坠下来,可怕的液体流到我头上。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Why in the world, over that period of time, would people's relationships with food get even worse?

但是为什么在那之后,在这个世界上,人和食物之间的关系变得越来越糟呢

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

You've got horses which you need for the army but also which they start slaughtering; you've got cattle but you have enough food to last for maybe a month; there's always a lot to drink because of the caves, that is, the wine cellars that people had, but things get worse and worse.

你有军队所需的马,但是士兵会把马杀来吃,你有牛,但是这些食物只能,维持大概一个月的时间,喝的东西总是不缺的,因为他们有酒窖,就是用来储藏葡萄酒的酒窖,不过事态还是变得越来越糟

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

That is another question we want to ask And I think about the five days of pure rain, where people were soggy at the first night and it only got worse.

这也是我们想要问的另一个问题,以及“我们怎么成长“，我想到了，And，how，do，we，grow…,连续五天瓢泼大雨的一次,人们在第一天晚上都湿透了，状况越来越糟。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

People are really bad at guessing about this, and they become worse and worse.

人们实在不擅长估测这些,而且变得越来越糟

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选