And then Zeus, Athena and especially Aphrodite, looking down on him, took mercy and brought the statue to life.

宙斯，雅典娜，特别是阿芙罗狄蒂，俯视他，深感同情，于是把雕像变活。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

For days I had dreamed about a huge, white boat floating on a vast body of water, but when my mother took me down to the levee on the day of leaving, I saw a tiny, dirty boat that was not at all like the boat I had imagined.

那些天我总是幻想着一艘,巨大的白船徜徉在宽阔的河上，但当出发那天,妈妈将我带到岸边时，我只看到一只又小又脏的船,完全不是我想的那样，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

the battle took place over some land that was being contested on a frontier and they would go down to that area and pick a spot and there they would go and fight with one another.

战争爆发是为了争夺国境线上的争议地区,他们会到那个地区,挑好地方,然后在那里大打出手

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选