It is surprising how many expressions that Americans use every day came from the card game of poker.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Can you give us a few examples of places where this is banged in conflict and perhaps how your own thinking, in discussing this, may have involved, expanded, taken surprising directions?

能不能给我们举一些,这些不同点之间发生冲突的例子,或者说你在思考这些时，你的想法，是如何不断充实又变得新奇的呢？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I know that may seem like a surprising thing to say when I've just sort of gone on my little gleeful amount about how I'm going to fail all of you, but it's worth my saying you guys are so smart.

我知道这说起来很奇怪,当我有些幸灾乐祸的说,关于我怎么让你们全部不合格，但是这值得我说你们聪明非常。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Sometimes it is surprising to learn how much oil the seeds contain.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

as the creature was nicknamed, was especially surprising to scientists because of how she walked.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24