"This film is very much a thriller in a lot of ways with a surprise ending and with terrifying elements to it and very much a genre piece;

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

It may surprise the company directors how much we made or how little we made according to the accountants.

公司管理层们可能会对会计结果表示惊讶,不管他们赚的是多是少

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While at the same time as I say congratulations, I want to remind you that I think it comes as no surprise given the lateness of Labor Day this year that this first test came rather early and for many of you much of this material you had seen in high school.

当我对你们表示祝贺的同时，我也想提醒你，今年晚来的劳动节,并非是什么惊喜,第一个测试来的比较早,你们中的绝大多数在高中已经见过了。

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(Speaking) While much admired around the world, the announcement still came as a surprise as some Nobel observers believe it is too early in his presidency for Barack Obama to receive the award.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

They can't imagine -they don't have the power of imagination to think what the next crisis will be like, so it catches them by surprise.

他们无法想象,他们根本想象不出,下次危机爆发是什么样,所以危机发生时他们措手不及

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"And what's a little surprising about that is that you don't come to Congress to make friends because if you do, you're not coming to be independent and have your own mind and so what a great surprise it has been to make such great friends."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

Well--since I myself don't believe in souls, it's hard to surprise you to learn that I don't think the soul theory of personal identity is right.

因为我本身不相信灵魂的存在，所以你们肯定能想到,我认为人格同一性的灵魂论,不是正确的。

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And this is no surprise if what we are is the workings of our physical brains, but it is extremely difficult to explain if one is a dualist.

如果我们的本质就是生理大脑的活动,那这也就没什么可惊奇的,但对于二元论者来说,解释这些却是非常困难的

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We don't have to worry about how you solve it, but it's problem in mathematics and the answer will be--surprise, it's going to be oscillating back and forth and that'll come out of the wash.

我们没必要去担心这个方程该怎么解,但这个数学问题的答案将会是令人惊讶的,弹簧会来回振荡,问题就迎刃而解了

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But at another level,at some deeper level, it comes as a surprise to him.

而在另一个更深的程度上，他非常的惊讶。

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Does it have to be a surprise, and so on?

需要出其不意吗,等等

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Well, the reason for thinking otherwise, the reason for not being utterly dismissive of this suggestion, is that when people get ill, terminally ill, it often seems to take them by surprise.

其他的想法产生的原因，人们没有完全摒弃这个假设的原因，是当人们得病，病入膏肓时，这通常让人措手不及。

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As such, it shouldn't be any surprise to you that what I'm going to do as we run through each of these arguments is to say, "I'm not convinced by it and here's why."

因此,你们大可不必惊异于,我接下来的举动,当我们讨论这些论点时,我会说,我并不赞同这个观点,我的理由是

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