when I've been surprised. When we had like a surprise we got to go out to someplace very fancy, didn't really know what was going to happen ahead of time.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

What do people want to dream about? Well, psychologist-- the findings were totally not going to surprise you.

人们想梦见什么？心理学家-,发现了很出乎人意料的答案。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And what has been a surprise and pleasure to us: students have decided to commute in from as far away as Europe and Asia.

即让我们惊讶且欣喜的是：,远在欧洲和亚洲的学生,也决定赶来。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He says what happened next came as a big surprise.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

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

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

MIT So, at MIT things are very different, and keep an open mind, explore new areas -- take advantage of being at this amazing place for science and technology and you may surprise yourself in what you really enjoy learning about.

所以在，一切都很不一样-,你们要保持开放的胸怀，探索新领域,要利用好在这个科学技术圣地的优势,你也许会对你真正对什么感兴趣而感到惊讶。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"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

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

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

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

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Defamiliarization" means precisely pulling you up short or taking you by surprise, making you feel that what you thought was going to be the case or what you thought was the state of affairs is not the state of affairs.

陌生化“就是指让你“突然停下“,或者说，令你惊讶，猝不及防地，让你感觉,我以为会发生的,或者你原本以为事情处于这个状态，而事实却并非如此。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Well, it's no surprise; this is what a housing bubble does.

不必惊讶,地产泡沫是始作俑者

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选