1. But the windowing custom is only one example of the surprising views of marriage that have existed around the world.
    但是爬窗这种风俗仅仅是世界上存在过的、让人感到吃惊的婚姻观点中的一个例子而已。

2. The noise pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise.
    这个有关噪音的污染调查还揭示了一种出人意外而同时可能会引人意外而同时可能会引人发笑的老式噪音源。

3. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.
    然而，最令人惊奇的是它能够在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至刚耕过的田里。

4. This was surprising because I had trained mostly on the platform.
    这是惊人的，因为我主要只是进行了跳台训练。

5. The not too surprising result was that the children whose parents were simply supportive were happier than average but were not particularly intense in their concentration when studying or working on something.
    结果并不太意外。支持型父母的孩子所感到的快乐程度高于平均水平，但学习或做事时却不是那么高度集中精力。

6. Not surprising in these hard times, the students' major objective "is to be financially well off.
    在这些经济不景气的年代，学生们的主要目标是想 "在经济上富裕一点。

7. Neither is it surprising that "people skills" are useful, which amounts to saying it's good to be nice.
    "与人交往的技巧"非常有用，此说也不令人吃惊，这就等于说与人为善是对的。

8. At the same time she made a surprising discovery: "It was fun, but oddly enough, I like doing cards best."
    与此同时，她还惊讶地发现，"这很有趣，但说来也怪，我还是最喜欢做贺卡。"

9. At first it was just plain surprising.
    起初这对人们绝对是个震惊。

10. Ms. Mbogo's victory was even more surprising because she was voted in by her colleagues on the District Council, all men.
    更令人感到意外的是，姆波戈女士是由区议会的同事们投票选出的，而那些人全是男性。