After thousands of years, the Central Plains han languages have already taken place in the great changes in the Chaozhou-Shantou, then still retains the eight ancient Chinese tone.

历经千百年后，中原汉族语言早已发生了极大的变化，潮汕话却仍然保留着古汉语的八个声调。

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They also, because the system worked out better for their purposes, then jumped to nine to eight, which gave them the whole tone.

另外，由于这个体系比预想的还好用，于是他们转而采用九比八的比例，从而得到了全音。

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The president waxed nostalgic at times. "Eight years ago I said it was time to change the tone of our politics. In hindsight, I clearly should have been more specific."

奥巴马一度用怀旧的口气表示：“八年前，我曾说过我们是时候该改变一下我们的政界风气了，事后我才明白，我当时应该说的更具体一点的。”

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They also, because the system worked out better for their purposes, then jumped to nine to eight, which gave them the whole tone.

另外,由于这个体系比预想的还好用,于是他们转而采用九比八的比例,从而得到了全音

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"This is a chance for Iran to bring a new tone after eight years of Ahmadinejad, " said Ehsan Ahrari, a Virginia-based strategic affairs analyst.

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But play was sloppy from the outset, with the teams combining for eight turnovers in the first 6 minutes to set the tone for a clumsy first half.

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The tourists recalled Sahid Afridi to open the batting with Elahi and he set the tone with three boundaries in making 13 from eight deliveries before he was caught by Herschelle Gibbs off Makhaya Ntini.

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