This apple is probably edible, this dog probably barks and has a tail and eat me-- eats me and doesn't speak English.

这个苹果应该能吃的，这只狗应该会吠的，有尾巴的-,会咬我的，不会说英语的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The writer is the first man to map it and to name the natural objects it contains. Those berries are edible. That speckled creature that bolted across my path might be tamed. That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.

而作者本人则是第一个为它绘制地图并为每一个自然事物,命名的人，这种讲过是可以吃的，那只身上带斑点,从我身边窜过，的动物也许能被驯服，树木之间的那个湖泊,可以叫“蛋白石湖“，或者，更艺术的，“洗盘水湖“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There's an angler fish at the bottom of the ocean that has a rod sticking up from the top of its head with a lure to capture other fish to fool them in thinking that this is something edible and then to themselves be devoured.

在深海中生活着琵琶鱼,这种鱼的头顶会长出鱼竿状的长刺,用于引诱和捕获其他鱼类,让它们误认为那是食物,然后它们自己就被吃掉了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选