The image here that comes to mind for me is one of these deposed kings who ends up waiting on tables to make a living in New York.

我此刻想到的一幅景象,便是一位被废黜的国王,沦落到要在纽约靠当侍应生谋生的结局。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now this isn't the first time in this course that I've paused over a moment at a crossroads where you can't possibly take both paths but where it is obviously very, very difficult to make up one's mind.

现在是这个课程中第一次,在一个分叉路口停下,我们不可能同时走两条路,但是这也显然是非常难以决定的一个地方。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选