"Because there are only a couple of previous records of eruption at this particular volcano, it is difficult to judge either how long the activity will go on there, or how long the volcano might then be dormant before it goes active again."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

So a bit of uninteresting math, a bit of focus on sizes of types, but any questions on syntax or concepts thus far before we now put this to the test?

一些比较无趣的数字，一些关于类型的大小,在我们现在进行试验之前,你们对这其中的语法或概念有什么问题吗？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

I find that every time we do our meditation on Thursday, I'm always running to make it, or something happened before I get there, I'm like "Oh my God, meditation!"

我发现每次我们周四,要冥想时，我总是匆匆赶过去，或者是到达之前发生一点事故，我就好像“天哪，要冥想！“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

All right, before I move on, are there any questions about details of the class or requirements, or readings, or anything people are having trouble getting on top of?

好了,对于在我开始讲课前,讲的关于课程以及要求,还有问题吗,大家还有没有不懂的地方

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And later on if you right before or right during you give the dog some food you--you ping a bell the bell will cause the saliva to come forth.

,在喂食前或者喂食过程中,你摇铃,铃声就会加速唾液的分泌。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

You may take on a long-term project and then die before you've been able to complete it; or alternatively, you may peak too soon and then continue to stick around in an anti-climactic way.

你可能承担了一个长期的项目,然后在你能完成之前就死了，或者，你可能太快达到人生高峰,然后继续在平淡中徘徊。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I used to... you know, I lived and worked out of Sloane Lab up on the hill and it was easy to have office hours before or after class but now you have to make a special trip.

我以前...,我以前的工作和住的地方都是斯隆实验室外的,小山上,那时的开放时间设在课前或课后对我来说都很方便,但是现在你们就得费点儿周折了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

So, what happens with all this is that absolute rule impinges directly on the lives of ordinary people more than kingly, or queenly, or princely, or archbishoply power had intruded on the lives of ordinary people before that.

随之而来的结果就是,绝对王权统治,比起之前的王室以及教会的统治,对普通民众的直接影响要严重地多

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Article in the September 29, 2008, of Washington Post said that and I quote, Joshua may be one of the most discreet White House Chief of Staff ever, seldom talking on the record to the press or appearing before outside audiences.

008年9月29日，华盛顿邮报的文章说到,我引用一下，约书亚可能是最谨慎的,白宫办公厅主任，他很少向媒体公开发表言论,很少出现在大众面前。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选