"If they would only purr for 'yes', and mew for' no ', or any rule of that sort," she had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation!"

“要是它们只在‘是’的时候发出呼噜声，而在‘否’时候发出喵叫声，或有任何类似的规则，”她曾经说道，“那人与猫至少可以继续交谈！”

youdao

You'll understand the material better when you have a chance to explain it out loud and will be motivated to stay on task in order to keep up with the conversation.

如果你有时间将你学到的东西解释出来的话，你就能更好的理解，或者你会为了保持对话交流而继续充满兴趣地学习。

youdao

You see, we really want you to keep up a running conversation with us.

你知道，我们的确希望你能不断地与我们对话。

youdao

It may take you a few minutes (it took me 30) to realize that you cannot keep up with the conversation unless you are one of the tribe.

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