来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：基础物理 第1集 第1集》

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  I will have to find out when it is good for you.
  我会找一个适合你们的时间的
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  I used to...
  我以前...
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  you know, I lived and worked out of Sloane Lab
  我以前的工作和住的地方都是斯隆实验室外的
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  up on the hill
  小山上
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  and it was easy to have office hours before or after class
  那时的开放时间设在课前或课后对我来说都很方便
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  but now you have to make a special trip.
  但是现在你们就得费点儿周折了
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  So, just give me a little bit of time to find out
  所以 给我点时间考虑一下
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  maybe by soliciting e-mail responses from you
  或许我会用电子邮件发一个小问卷调查
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  what would be a good time for my office hours.
  然后我来决定什么时间最合适
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  But for any procedural things, like, you know,
  但是任何程序上的问题 比如
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  this problem set was not graded properly,
  这次的作业判得不对 等等
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  and so on, there's no point e-mailing me
  这些情况给我发邮件是没有用的