Ribosomes change the design into living matter of all kinds.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

And there will be a little bit of history in there, but this is mostly modern chemistry and represents the basic properties of matter, and it's basic properties of all matter, including living matter, which was what really interested me, that connection between chemistry and biology.

它们都有一些历史，但都是最现代的化学,代表了物质的最基本的性质，而且是所有物质的最基本性质，包括生物，这个让我很感兴趣，因为它连接着化学和生物学。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

We die while it's still the case that living another ten years or twenty years or for that matter five hundred years-- would still or could still have been good for us.

我们死的时候,接下来的十年，二十年,或者五百年-,对我们可能是美好的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选