It's pretty remarkable that the whole edifice is set up by just one person.

值得注意的是,整个物理大厦,是由一个人搭建起来的

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Why the interest rate clears-- it's a mysterious phenomenon, because it's a market phenomenon and each person only sees his or her own contribution to the market and not the whole market.

为什么这个利率能让市场出清...,这是个不可思议的市场现象,每个人只能看到自己在市场中的行为,而不了解整体市场情况

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Somebody could give a talk and we could throw smarties at them the whole time and then you could-- then the other people would say, "The person looked kind of upset during the whole talk.

假设有人在做演讲,我们不停地发表自以为是的评论,然后你会…,然后另一个人会说，”这个人整个演讲中都很烦躁“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

There's this whole sense that the thing is precarious and you'd better kind of mind your Ps and Qs, or whatever the expression is, and be a good person or this whole thing could kind of be literally flooded away.

从这个场景中可以看出堤坝相当不稳定,你最好想想干过什么缺德事儿,或者捅过什么篓子之类的,总之得做个好人,否则,这整个城市就可能真会被大水冲走

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选