The soft music, the low voices of the people around him and the soft popping of champagne corks whispered into Paul's ears.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

When Thoreau sits on his little stool outside his cabin at Walden Pond and he hears the train go by over the ridge, and he puts his hands over his ears he doesn't want to hear it-- he's representing something.

在瓦尔登湖的木屋外,梭罗坐在他的小凳子上,他听到火车的声音穿越桥梁,他捂住了耳朵,他一点也不想听到这个声音,他代表着某种想法

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

See the merry limbs in hot Highland fling Because some wizard vermin Charmed from the quiet this revel When our ears were half lulled By the dark music Blown from Sleep's trumpet.

看那在苏格兰高地舞欢快的四肢,因为一些男巫,神往陶醉于这狂欢中,当我们的耳朵半听着,在黑暗音乐边的是小号的声音。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Some people's ears produce wax like busy little bees.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

And once again we, our ears,hear this aggregate of sound and then we say, "Oh,it's got that,that,that,that," and we extrapolate out of that information that it is this particular chord.

然后再来听到这样的声音的聚合，然后我们可以说，“哦，到了那里，那里，那里，那里”,然后我们能够推断出这就是我们所指的那个和弦。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

That measure freed the slaves in the rebel states of the South, though Lincoln's words fell on deaf ears.

VOA: special.2009.10.15