I quickly stood up. My back was against the cave wall.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Because Albert Einstein, who I had on my wall,as a undergrad he meant so much to me, not only we both play the violin, the most brilliant mind and intelligence in the 20th century.

我还是大学生的时候，我家墙上有一副爱因斯坦的画像,他对于我来说非常重要，不仅因为我们都拉小提琴，20世纪最聪明最有智慧的人。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

and to kind of throw away my ideas that are perhaps a bit too creative, a bit too off the wall.

放弃我那些过于新奇、太异类的想法。

发挥创造力的瞬间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Carefully,I made my way to the wall and looked over.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

When I give a talk on Wall Street or even somewhere else in the world I sometimes ask my audience, "Did you take my course?"

当我在华尔街做讲座时,或者是世界上其他的地方,有时候我会问我的听众,你们有谁上过我的课吗

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"We'll go into a restaurant for instance and previously it was, 'Where can I sit with my back to a wall?

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

and my friend Laura fell backwards, onto the wall.

然后我朋友劳拉向后摔倒撞在了墙上。

在工作室发生的事 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I went over to Africa as a socialist, and after about five or six years of hitting my head against the wall, became a small "c" capitalist."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

I tie a spring to my back and I anchor it to the wall and see how much the spring stretches before the two forces balance.

我把弹簧一端系在背后,另一端固定在墙上,观察两个力平衡时弹簧的伸长量

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

I finally backed down because I met a man on Wall Street, a very prominent Wall Street person, and he said, "You know, my son started to take your course."

我最终还是让步了,我遇到一个在华尔街工作的人,一个非常杰出的华尔街人士,他说,我儿子原本选了你的课

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选