He had two brothers and two sisters, and it's amazing, when you read his memoirs, how invisible they are.

他有两个哥哥和两个姐姐，令人惊讶的是当你读他的回忆录时，几乎看不到他们。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's difficult, philosophy and social thought, but it's not difficult because of the element of surprise.

这很难，哲学和社会思想，但它又并不难在惊讶这个成分。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And what has been a surprise and pleasure to us: students have decided to commute in from as far away as Europe and Asia.

即让我们惊讶且欣喜的是：,远在欧洲和亚洲的学生,也决定赶来。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

You're struck by the equality from the standpoint of riches of the dead nobility. No great distinction and no great riches either. You're dealing with a poorer world and a world that doesn't have this kind of outstanding monarchy.

贵族们那种在死亡面前一切平等,一视同仁的观点,很令人惊讶,那时没有很富有的阶层,只有赤贫阶层和,没有掌握权利的君主阶层

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It poses other kinds of difficulty, let's say; but in the case of fiction, in order to be engaged, in order to enter the hermeneutic circle properly, we need the element of surprise, as I say, as a way of distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction.

它的确带来了其它困难，我们可以这样说;,但是在读文学时，为了投入进去，为了合适地进入解释循环，我们需要“惊讶“这个元素，正如我所说，作为区分文学和非文学的一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选