"I can't answer that question." "But why can't you answer that question."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Why can't you take to the Hustings, persuade your fellow citizens that taxation is unjust and try to get a majority?

你何不去参加竞选，劝说你的同胞,收税不公正的，并争取到大多数人的支持呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

I mean, why can't the government just provide some type of a tax benefit

我的意思是说，为什么政府不能就提供某些税收优惠，

发挥创造力的瞬间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Today we tell you about some new understanding of why cutting the main branch of a plant or tree can lead to better development.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Why can't he write love poetry, secular poetry, instead of this much more disciplined, much more difficult mode of sacred and prophetic poetry ? that he seems already to have wedded himself to?

为什么不写爱情诗，世俗的诗，而是这些,拘束难写的庄严的充满套路的,他似乎长久以来一直都在写的诗呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

People can't afford them. That's why we don't really have a malaria vaccine yet, because no one in rich countries really suffers from malaria.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

You know, I'm thinking thoughts like, "Why can't I see my body in the mirror?

我在想,为什么我在镜子中看不到自己的身体呢

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"You can imagine the impact that this would have on whole communities throughout the country and why there would be such passions that have been passed on from generation to generation even at the remove of one hundred fifty years."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

So one answer to the question is why can't I give up my natural rights to life, liberty, and property is well, they're not, strictly speaking, yours.

第一个答案解释了为什么我们不能放弃,我们的生命，自由和财产权利，因为严格来说，它们不是自己的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"Well,counsel,I would disagree with you except you can point to me why would I have the most reason to lie?

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

I was taking my younger child home from a play date on Sunday and he asked me out of the blue, ?" "Why can't you marry your mother or your father?"

周日我带我的小儿子去玩，回家的路上,他突然问我，“你为什么不能和你的父母结婚“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

What, you think I regret saving you? I can see that you do.I just... I don't know why.

VOA: standard.other

I mean we can, we can sort of understand why OK, the total energy, if we measure it, we measure a process which is not reversible.

例如我们易于理解为什么，当试图测量一个不可逆系统的总能量，给出的或许。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

That's why in earlier forecasts we can get around 15 to 15.5 million foreign visitors.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

As we go across the row what happens is that the ionization energy actually increases, and we can think about logically why it is that that's happening.

当我们沿着行,向右走的时候，可以发现电离能是逐渐升高的,我们可以从逻辑上思考一下为什么会这样。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

She argued that women can already drive buses, trams and trolleys, why not metro trains?

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

You find it in datable places and that's why we can give this some kind of date, such as in Egypt.

你会发现它属于一个可确定年代的地区,这正是可甄别此文明所属年代的原因,例如在埃及

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Different foods, much more genteel: cosmetic issue." cooking techniques and lifestyles can explain why some people of some cultures are leaner, healthier and living longer than others.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

If you can figure out why fails on three letters instead of 12, you'll be more than half way to solving the problem.

如果你能明白为什么程序,在输入三个字母的单词的时候没法运行,你就已经解决了问题的一半了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

It's the only time we can play.You'll see why.

VOA: standard.other

But Eudora Welty was once asked why Southerners can be such great writers, or such good storytellers and she was a wonderful storyteller.

但有一次她被问到,为什么南方总是出伟大的作家,或者是杰出的小说家,她自己就是个很出色的小说家

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"That's why the city of Jakarta said no direct access to the community but we can provide them with the Master Meter, we can also provide them through water kiosks and also public hydrants."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

That's why Humbert can be instantly delighted in the list of names.

这就是为什么亨伯特一看到名单就觉得有趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Why not Africa? Fashion can help Africa."

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Can you tell me why I'm sure the Earth has an acceleration?

你能告诉我为什么我确信地球有加速度吗

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

But if you can give them education and language and ways to express themselves, which is why we focus on the arts, that gives them another kind of freedom that otherwise they wouldn't have."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Is there any sort of an explanation for why God says you can't eat of this tree when he's given all of the fruit bearing trees... on what's going on and you're going to be reading a wonderful and interesting gnostic interpretation.

有没有一些解释来说明,为什么上帝要说你不能吃这棵树的果实,他给人类所有结果实的树。,对于你现在正在阅读和即将阅读的东西,有许多睿智有趣的解读。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It is why they are wondering what kind of political solution wants to propose and I think the debate will be how we can get out of Afghanistan without any kind of defeat."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Why would that be and can you believe that?

为什么会是这样,你们相信吗

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The section when you do today is always the most popular section of the year, you'll know why after the section, and you can tell me afterwards if you think you figured out why.

今天你们要做的分组讨论,一直是每年最受欢迎的部分,讨论完了你们就明白了,如果你明白了的话,课后告诉我

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选