The squeal of the air raid sirens in the Iraqi capital preceded the ringing explosions, cutting through an eerie silence that enveloped the city as night fell.

在伊首都响起凄厉的空袭警报后，爆炸声开始响彻四方，打破了夜幕下笼罩城市的令人不安的寂静。

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But at the other end of the city summer is already offering us, by way of contrast, its other riches: I mean its silence and its boredom.

但在城市的另一端，夏日以一种相反的方式向我们展现它的繁余。这里我指的是，静寂与乏味。

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I wish I had better peripheral vision as cars, trams, bikes and pedestrians seem to float by from all directions in silence -- their sounds lost in the white noise of this uniquely lively city.

从四面八方过来的汽车，电车，自行车和行人在我身边消无声息的流动，他们的声音融合在这个特别生机勃勃城市的白色喧闹里，我多么想能在这个城市里再多看一点风景。

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The crowd held a moment of silence, then marched to the city's old railway station, where the first trains departed for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex.

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It has all the commotion of a medieval city, and the cemetery's oppressive silence, for a moment, is gone.

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And the Cardiff City Stadium's biggest crowd of 26, 049 was stunned into virtual silence when Emnes struck to extend Swansea's unbeaten run to seven Championship games.

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