起初，这个项目是为了让病人在下午忙碌起来，而不是让他们坐在那里抽烟。

At first the project started as a way to keep patients busy in the afternoon, rather than have them sitting around smoking.

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当电视里高声播发那个可怕的消息时他们坐在那里感到恐惧。

They sat there horrified as the television blared the awful news.

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他们坐在那里干嘛？

Why did they sit there?

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Let's say oftentimes orchestral musicians, they're sitting there and they're not playing so they have to be able to count for a long period of time.

时常,管弦乐团的乐手们坐在那里,却不需要演奏,因此他们不得不打很长一段时间的拍子

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They picnic and they barbecue, and just sit out on the grass and just relax. You know it's a beautiful park.

他们在那里野餐，露天烧烤，或者简单地坐在草地上放松。那是一个很美的公园。

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They were sitting there, looking at the eye chart.

他们坐在那里看视力表。

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