But the only firefighters who qualified for immediate promotion to lieutenant or captain were whites and two Hispanics,no blacks.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

This is the modern city, not as a scene of fragmentation or despair, but rather a place of ascent and aspiration.

这是一座现代化的城市，并不是破碎或绝望的场景，而是一座在上升的渴望之城。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And you don't always wind up with the right answer or wrong answer, but just different points of view.

最后不一定有答案的对错，只是不同的看法。

哈佛的讨论文化 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But he needed the continued loyalty of those border states, like Maryland and Kentucky, or risk losing the Civil War.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Then they'll be like, "That's the stupidest idea ever," or "That's somewhat interesting but maybe this and this and this."

之后他们会喜欢它，“这是最傻的想法，“,或是“这很有趣,但可能这样或是那样更好。“

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

But with threats, a language barrier and fear of the legal system, victims are often unwilling or unable to seek help.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

They are amoral, some of them are nicer and better than others But they're not necessarily morally good or righteous.

他们是没有道德原则的，其中一些比另一些和善一点,但他们并没有道德上的美好和正直。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Deny thy father and refuse they name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn, my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet." She's a Capulet.

否认你的父亲，抛弃你的姓名吧，也许你不愿意这样做，只要你宣誓做我的爱人，我也不愿再姓凯普莱特了，她姓凯普莱特。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

He wrote several long poems, but is best known for his one hundred and fifty-four short poems,or sonnets.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

So there attention to tape the lecture to tape me and sometimes the slides, but not tape your faces or voices.

因此他们需要录制的是课程,也就是我和后面的幻灯片,而不会拍摄同学们

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But the judge questioned the remaining jurors and discovered that eight others had also gone online to research or discuss the case.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

They're pretty impressive looking. But they would be big, but still that would be a lot easier to transport and handle than a whole box or closet full of scrolls.

看起来觉得不可思议，它们虽然很厚，但它们仍然比较容易携带使用,相对于装满卷轴的箱子或书橱来说。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

But another NASA project, the Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite,or LCROSS, could provide answers to what lies deeper beneath the moon's surface.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

The abstract is not life and everywhere draws out its contradictions. You can refute Hegel but not the Saint or the Song of Experience.

抽象的不是人生，处处都,显露出矛盾，你可以反驳黑格尔,但不能反驳圣人或经验之歌。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

He had money and fame. But they did not cure his loneliness,his drinking, or his marriage problems.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

I won't say that they're thoughts and emotions or things, but what characterizes an instance here, it's the internal parameters that specify what is going on.

但是这里特性化,这个实例的东西是，是内在的详细说明，要做什么的参数,因此实际上在一个。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The problem may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

There are no arguments in Homer's Iliad or Odyssey. You hear strong and compelling stories but no arguments.

没有辩论存在于荷马的《伊利亚德》,或《奥德赛》书中，你可以读到强烈,与令人信服的故事，但没有争辩。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about five percent, or two and a half days.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Nowhere in the Old or New Testament do we find the institution condemned, but frequently recognized and enforced."

我们在旧约和新约中都没有发现,奴隶制被谴责,相反的,它频繁地得到认可并强制执行"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

But he says only one or two students usually choose it each year, and no one did in the graduating class in May.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

But f or Gadamer and his tradition, it's a little different.

但是对伽达默尔和他的传统，这有些不同。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But supporters said it was the best way to protect the United States and its European allies from countries like Iran or North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

That's something physicalist or dualist can say but and this is not of--to make a good promise they offered earlier, it's not the only view available to physicalists, or for that matter dualists.

物理主义学者或二元论者都可认同,这个观点，但如同他们之前提到的,这并不是物理主义学者眼中,唯一存在的理论，二元论者也是如此。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

She has no compromise to offer but the Constitution, and no concession or surrender to make.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Gibberish, or so it sounded, or Greek but making no sense to anybody, and then the priest would listen to this stuff and he would say, what Apollo said through the priestess here is, and he would give the message.

就像是胡言乱语,也许听上去像是希腊语,但普通人无法明白,其他的祭司听完这些就解释,阿波罗想要通过这个女祭司说的话,接着他会给出具体内容

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But a quick one turned into one or two, and soon those became one too many.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

So even that wasn't loud enough okay, so we we really need to get people-- That was very clear, very nice, but we need people to stand up and shout, or these people at the back can't hear. So your name is?

这样声音还是太小,所以我希望,之前的同学的解释清晰正确,但以后请大家站起来大声点说,否则后面的听不到,你的名字是

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But focusing on things that are sustainable and scalable so that when we launch more schools or go into the next market or whatever we do, we're going to set ourselves up to have the same success that we've had without hurting our self in the current position.

还要关注可持续发展的事物,以及规模容易扩大的事物,当我们向新的学校扩展时,或是进军新市场时，目标就是获得,跟以前一样的成功,并且不破坏现有的水平。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选