他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

He had some motive in telling this fable.

他们一起练习讲英语。

They talked English together for practice.

他讲了一个笑话使聚会活跃起来。

He livened up the party by telling a joke.

The two passages that I'm about to read juxtapose the viewpoints that I've been trying to evoke in describing Gadamer's position.

我要读的这两篇文章在某些观点上是并行的,我在讲伽达默尔的看法时想激发的就是这些观点。

You know, speak even if you're not sure exactly what you're saying is totallycorrect,

即使你不能确定你讲的内容是否完全正确，你也要开口讲出来，

All right. So much for the introductory lectures which touch on aspects of the materials that we'll keep returning to.

好了，这就是导读课程了,我们讲到了我们接下来要讲的材料的内容。