Edgar Allan Poe did something unusual for writers of his time: he used a narrator in a story to describe what was happening.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

This is a degree that exposed very, very unusual for people at their aging stage.

这展现了年长阶段,人们不同寻常的一面。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

This was a pretty unusual objective for a company with no capital and with no people and no anything.

通常一个公司不会定这样的目标,如果没钱，没人，一无所有。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

It was not unusual for the love of science to compete with the love of a woman.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Maybe the better arguments for the soul focus not on the everyday but on the unusual, on the supernatural.

或许更好支持灵魂存在的论证应着眼于,不寻常的,超自然的现象,而非日常所见

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In those days, it was unusual for a woman to be the head of a business.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

This is after the man from the filling station has given Haze some gas and not charged him for it, a very unusual act of kindness in this novel.

这是在一个加油站男人给了海斯一些汽油后,且没有向他要钱，这是在这部小说中非常少见的善行。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He did it without any help. This is very unusual for a comic strip artist.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

They have not evolved to tolerate some of the man made sounds that have very unusual and unnatural physical characteristics. These sounds are for example explosives, industrial noise, musical instruments, power tools, and headphones.

还没有进化到能忍受,某些怪异，超出常规的人为声响,如爆炸，工业噪音,乐器，电动工具和耳机等等。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

With specially cooled tracks and racing equipment, it is not unusual for luge athletes to reach speeds of one hundred forty kilometers an hour or more.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The title of the book may seem a bit unusual for a children's story.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

This is fairly unusual for plants, he says, and extremely unusual for animals.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

This was unusual for such a mainstream, commercial group.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

Iranian and U.S.diplomats were aware of one another's presence at the Moscow conference, but said it is not unusual for them to attend the same international forums.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

In Cairo,many were startled by the development, with some commenting that Mr.Obama had only been in office for under a year, and that it was "unusual for such a young president" to win the peace prize.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

A good place for watching unusual-looking people is Venice, an area on the west side of Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Miz Mead began her studies of cultures in an unusual way for a woman of her time.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

And,we will tell about plans for an unusual laboratory in the state of South Dakota.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

It is really more famous for the unusual people and animals you can see here.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

They chose a less unusual name for their son, Moses.Singer Ashley Simpson and her husband, singer Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, named their son Bronx Mowgli Wentz.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

So he took an extremely unusual step for an American president.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

"The Fountainhead" is an unusual novel for many reasons.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

He also searched for unusual connections between existing ideas.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

Clara Barton was an unusual woman for her time.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

She is known for choosing unusual instruments and sounds.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

I'm Doug Johnson. This week, we listen to music from young singer Jazmine Sullivan, answer a listener question about the word 'mosaic', and, head to Miami, Florida for a visit to an unusual museum.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

Authorities here depend on the public to keep an eye out for unusual packages or passengers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Dr.Chan said all countries should immediately activate their pandemic preparedness plans and countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.

VOA: standard.2009.04.29

As Michael's Jackson's family presses authorities for more information about the singer's death, fans are recalling his life as a man of unusual talent who touched the lives of millions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

In addition,the nine justices will also hear arguments about whether sentencing juveniles to life in prison without paroles for crimes other than murder violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01