You come upon the canyon suddenly, when you reach its edge.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

Now we are about to come upon Ramadan, and are you planning anything special for yourself and for the students at Princeton? What's your hope for someone who's about to embark on Ramadan, and Muslim who's in your care?

我们马上就要过赖买丹月了，你为你自己,和普林斯顿的学生准备了什么呢？,你希望那些要开始斋戒的人和，你的学生做些什么呢？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The reason for that I think is that the early times in which these civilizations arose saw all kinds of dangers coming, and the most--the swiftest, the least suspected, the one that could come upon you overnight came from the sea.

在我看来原因是,在这些文明所诞生的早期世界危机四伏,而来的最迅速,最难以预测,最可能,一夜之间骤然降临的灾难,正来自于海上

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Some of them have surgical masks or other things to cover their noses. We've just come upon the large plaza near many government buildings downtown.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

The modern state, as we have come to understand it, is based upon the separation of civil society from governing authority.

我们所了解的现代国家，是根据,区隔公民社会与统治当局的角度来看。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I will come down and speak with you there, ; and I will draw upon the spirit that is on you and put it upon them; they shall share the burden of the people with you, and you shall not bear it alone.

我将在那里降临，与你说话，也要把降于你身上的灵份赐予他们;,他们就和你同样当这管理百姓的重任，免得你独自担当。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

That is heaven's part, our part To murmur name upon name, As a mother names her child When sleep at last has come On limbs that had run wild.

这是天国的本分，我们的本分,喃喃念着一个个名字，像一个母亲叫着她的孩子们,当睡意最终降临,那跑野了的四肢。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选