Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches.

也许第一株植物只是发出了痛苦的叫声，或者是在向自己的树枝发出信号。

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She let out a little cry of pain.

她疼得轻轻叫了一声。

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Jeff's hand touched the hot burner and he gave a cry of pain.

杰夫的手碰到了滚烫的炉嘴，痛得大叫了一声。

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Babies cry more to this pain of other babies than they do to their own pain, suggesting that their response is to some extent a response to the "otherness" of the characters.

婴儿哭得更厉害时,是听到别的婴儿的哭声时,而不是听到自己的哭声时，这表明他们的反应,在某种程度上来说,有一种源于“他人”的特点。

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For one thing, one theory is that babies hear other babies cry, because babies are so stupid they think they themselves are crying; if they're crying they must be in some sort of pain so they cry some more."

例如，有理论说婴儿听到别的婴儿哭，因为婴儿都笨得要命,他们以为是自己在哭;,他们会以为自己哭了，那一定是痛了,所以他们就哭得更厉害”

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The tea parties, remember, also started with little more than a (strikingly ungrammatical) cry of pain.

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It was a cry of pain.

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But the realization that it takes such extraordinary effort to give kids what many would consider ordinary leaves can make you cry tears of pain or anger.

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