"You can't just preach lofty goals and wait for somebody else to act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Another is the admonition not to throw your pearls before swine, not to preach to those who can't hear, or won't be perceptive.

第二个是一句警句：,不要在猪的面前乱扔你的珍珠，不要对那些失聪者，和不可感化者布道。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This was no Saint Francis with enough time to knock out a few canticles or to preach to the birds or do any of the other endearing things so close to Franny Glass's heart.

圣人弗朗西斯没有足够的时间去,来唱颂歌或者向鸟儿告解或者做任何,其他讨喜的事情，正合弗兰尼的心意。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The pope said Angolans have received power from the Holy Spirit to be the builders of a better tomorrow for their country and said he came to Africa to preach "this message of forgiveness, hope and new life in Christ."

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

The church shouldn't be under the control of the bishops -this is Milton's argument -or prelates, a common seventeenth-century word for bishops, but the church should be led by preachers: men who were chosen by their congregations to preach.

弥尔顿认为,教会不应该在主教的完全掌控之下,或者这里可以用17世纪指称主教的常用词，高级教士，反而教会应当在布道者的领导下：,在那些被教堂会众所选出布道的人的领导下。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

This novel--as you will soon see, Onnie Jay Holy once you get to the parts where Onnie Jay Holy begins to preach-- this novel is very much a critique of sentimentality.

这本书--你很快会看到，当你一读到,开始传道的部分-,这本书就几乎成一部对多愁善感的评论。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选