Milton anticipated and lovingly invested all of his energy in his future literary power and his future literary fame.

米尔顿预测到了他将来在文学领域的力量和声望,并且钟情的将他所有的精力投入到文学中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Yet even there, when I imagine an eternity of thinking about math--or for that matter, an eternity of thinking about philosophy, which I obviously like even more than math-- the prospect seems an unattractive one.

即使如此，当我想到让我永远,思考数学问题，或者说，让我永远思考哲学问题，显然和数学相比，我更钟情于它-,但这个提议也变得无趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He would be quite famous in his line of work. Whether Magda was his wife or not, one evening when he was wise-lined and gray at the temples he'd smile gravely, at a fashionable dinner party, and remind her of his youthful passion.

他会在他的行业中变得相当有名，不管Magda是否,成为他的妻子，等他有了智慧的皱纹，两鬓斑白了,他会有天晚上在一次上流社会的晚宴上，庄重地微微一笑,对她提起自己少年时代的钟情。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选