After all,it is not every day you can look out of your bedroom window and see a monkey or elephant standing outside.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

instead of a stone dropping, nowadays there's a monkey that's falling down.

现在就不是丢石头了,而是有只猴子掉下来了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Grandmother killed by a monkey? No.

梦见奶奶被猴子吃掉的？没有。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Dancing to the music would be the man's small monkey dressed in a tight-fitting, colorful jacket similar to a military uniform.

VOA: special.2011.03.13

So, if you're woken up during slow-wave sleep you're going to be thinking "Did I take the-- yes, while I was dreaming I was thinking about the garbage," but if you're woken up during REM, "But a monkey was eating my grandmother," and that sort of thing. So, there is a distinction.

在慢波睡眠中醒过来,你会想“我倒垃圾了吗？,原来我睡觉是想着倒垃圾了”,但如果你在REM睡眠中醒过来，“天啊，有只猴子在吃我奶奶”,这就是真正的梦和半睡半醒的想法之间的区别。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"There was an ancient monkey with a long and curly tail.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25