However, if you do happen to be an English or a literature major or someone who's just very serious about reading at that level, you will find plenty to chew on here.

然而，如果你刚好主修英语或是文学,或是任何以主修的水平很认真阅读的人，你将会在这里发现很多值得咀嚼的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I think most people are quite serious about their studies.

我想绝大多数人都非常重视他们的学业。

图书馆经常人很多 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I had just gotten over a serious illness that I won't bother to talk about except that it had something to do with the miserably weary splitting up and my feeling that everything was dead.

我刚熬过一场重大疾病，具体就不说了,只是这与我和妻子不幸的分离有些关系,我感觉万物都没有了生机。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Since they do not think about the things that are serious, they get excited by tiny things."

尽管他们不会考虑国家大事,但零星琐事都却能令他们激动万分

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Just like there's no danger in talking of the mind from the physicalist perspective there wouldn't be any serious danger in talking about a soul.

如同从物理主义的角度探讨心灵一样,探讨灵魂也不是什么特别危险的事情

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So, although we joke about these kinds of experiments, and they are fun to talk about because they are unusual and cute, there is also some serious implications of this kind of work that one might think about.

尽管我们觉得这些实验十分好笑，说起来也有趣,因为它们不同寻常，而且可爱，但实际上是由深刻含义的,我们可以思考一下这类研究的含义。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选