My path in life was fundamentally altered by just a handful of courses at this place and this was in fact one of them.
在哈佛所学的一些课程,从根本上改变了我的人生道路,这门课就是其中之一。
Galileo, I have already indicated that Hobbes had met, William Harvey, Rene Descartes; a handful of others who were part of what we think of as the modern scientific revolutionaries.
就像伽利略,我提到过霍布斯曾经遇见过他,威廉哈维,笛卡尔;,还有其他很多人,这些都是我们认为的现代科学的革命者。
A handful of people would, the vast majority would turn.
只有少数人选择往前开,绝大多数都选择转弯。
But there are a handful of claims that people make about death suggesting that they think, and they think we all think, that death is mysterious or unique or hard to comprehend.
但是有部分关于死亡的说法,在他们看来,或者他们认为大家都认为,死亡是神秘,特殊,或者难以理解的。
Just so I get a show of hands: how many people have heard of Roger Bannister? Ok. A handful.
举下手:,多少人听说过他?好的,只有少数。
He had written a large handful of college exercises and assignments in Latin, and he had obviously made a favorable impression on his teachers, one of whom, at least, he stayed in touch with for years.
他用拉丁文写过大量练习,和作业,很显然,他也给老师留下了良好的印象,他还跟其中的一位老师保持了很多年的联系。
Very few people, just a handful of people.
只有极少数人。
Is it any coincidence ? that graduates from this university and a handful of others not unlike it ? find themselves in high positions of government, of business, of law, and the academy?
从这所大学毕业的学生,难道都是偶然,而他们有些还在政府,企业,法律相关及学院中执牛耳岗位,将这个阶级形容成?
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