At dusk, a huge drum begins to beat.

在黄昏，一只巨大的鼓开始敲击。

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WHEN Marine ecologist Enric Sala first set eyes on Kingman Reef, a remote spot in the Pacific, his heart started to beat like a drum.

当海洋生态学家恩里克·萨拉第一次看见太平洋遥远的金曼礁时他的心就像打鼓一样开始怦怦直跳。

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Psychologists asked 19 young men to dance to a drum beat from a German nightclub tune.

心理学家首先让19为年轻男士随着一段德国夜店曲调的鼓点跳舞。

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Behind him, chanting to the beat of a drum, would stream 200-300 laymen, monks and nuns, walking across Cambodia for peace.

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They sang as they dug, their tuneless songs keeping time to the beat of a cooking pot drum.

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But, interpreted as a general call for tax reform, the Forbes drum-beat is likely to attract a growing band of followers.

ECONOMIST: The Steve Forbes drum-beat