I'm sorry, if I'm going to do Bush I got to work on that, don't I?

抱歉,如果我要是布什的话,面子工程一定少不了的对吧,太可怕了

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

This helps us to explain, for instance, why in so many cultures the concept of saving face is so important, even if to most modern Americans it seems relatively trivial.

这就很容易解释，为什么很多文化里的面子问题,会变得那么重要，而对许多美国人来说,那都是小事一桩。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Or I have once been to a party and I found my shirt was misaligned, seriously misaligned, not one button but--Anyway, so--and so I feel when this happens I'm very immature.

或者有一次我去参加聚会,我发现我的衬衫扣错了，扣得很错，不只是扣错一粒纽扣，发生这种事时，我觉得太没面子了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

This kind of ritual honor all the time I mean after all we have a president who just likes to speak like a Texan, he doesn't do all that honor stuff.

这种走过场的形式到处都是,毕竟我们的总统在讲话的时候,很喜欢装成德州佬的样子,他不喜欢做面子工程

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Well we could begin with George Washington Alright, for your sake, we toss in John Kennedy ... who cut taxes. -Because... the Kennedy tax cuts and the Reagan tax cuts ... were both major tax cuts. -Did you hear me ask him ? for a one-word answer? Did you hear me?

那干脆从乔治·华盛顿谈起得了，真是的,好吧，看在你的面子上，姑且把他算上吧,他好歹也减税了，-因为。,肯尼迪的减税和里根的,都不可等闲视之，-我不是让他,只回答一个字吗？他怎么说这么多？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

That's honor, personal honor.

这就是荣誉,一个人的面子

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选