他们很少说话。

They seldom speak.

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他们很少说话，一开口就是有关古人智慧的冗长的陈腔滥调。

When they do speak, which isn't often, it is in long stilted phrases about the wisdom of the ancients.

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该情节体现出一种讽刺，那就是，籍贯美国男性在公共场合比女性说话多，但在家里，他们很少说话。

This episode crystallizes the irony that, although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they rarely talk at home.

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