So we work very closely with students not so much about what they want to study, but more about what problem are you trying to solve."

VOA: special.2009.09.24

For now I want to tell you a little bit about what open course ware is and also share with you some work experience with our first public launch of the site.

现在我想谈谈,什么是开放课程软件,并且与你分享一些,第一次开放这个网站的工作经验。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

I only want to suggest to you with this long preamble that much of the work that lies before us is actually in the past and we have already accomplished it.

我之前讲这么多，只是想让大家知道,这么多的疑问我们之前已经遇到了,并且已经解决了。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But first of all I wanna welcome you to the Inner Core and I want to say just by introduction how inspiring it has been to work with you over these last years since I've been here. You were part of the group that hired me and I thank you so much for that.

首先，我想欢迎您来到人性讲堂,我想说,仅仅为介绍之便,自从我来到普林斯顿大学以来,近年来跟您的合作是多么的激励人心,当初雇用我的小组里，您正是其中一员，非常感谢您。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So what I want to do in this class is be honest with you and tell you, "You've really done work here to be extraordinarily proud of yourself" versus "Yeah, you've done something okay" or "You've done good work.

所以我想在这个课程里和你们坦陈相待，你们真的是在学东西,让自己及其骄傲“,而不是说你们做的差强人意“,或是你们干的不错。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

We want to be more--a bit more sophisticated than that, if you will, and use other terms, so we'll talk generally about Beethoven's composition or Beethoven's piece or Beethoven's work or his master work or chef d'oeuvre or however fancy you want to get with it.

我们想用些更精确的词藻,用其他措辞表现,我们一般会说贝多芬的音乐创作,或贝多芬的乐章,贝多芬的乐曲,他的杰作,或名曲,或是任何你想到的花哨词汇称呼它

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

So I introduced Hirsch in that context, and now I want to go back to him a little bit and I want to work with two passages which I have sent you all in e-mail-form and which I have neglected to put on the board, but they're so short I don't think that will be necessary.

我在刚才那个问题中提到了赫施，现在我想再次讲一讲他,并分析下我用邮件发给你们的那两段话,我忘记把它们放到黑板上了，但它们很短，我想那样也没有必要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选