Unlike previous findings showing the early mastery of tone at two years old or even before, ours shows that children did not acquire most of the tone categories around two years three months.

与以往研究所发现的儿童声调在两岁甚至更早就已获得的论断相悖，我们的结果表明儿童在两岁三个月之前尚未掌握多数调类。

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This suggests that reducing gastric tone does not necessarily reduce gastric sensitivity, weakening the link between these two parameters.

这表明，胃张力下降未必降低胃的敏感性，两个参数的联系减弱。

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The enthusiasm which followed the handshake between the two leaders, however, has not changed the fact that the tone of both leaders' speeches did little to add to any spirit of rapprochement.

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Both Stimac and Mihajlovic called for calm ahead of the contest and will be expected to set a dignified tone on Friday, but the two coaches did not always see eye-to-eye during their playing careers.

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Not too surprising, you might think, given the remarkably contrasting tone of the economic news out of the two countries in recent decades.

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