Now the air was heavy with the hush of suspense and expectancy.

现在，空气中充满了焦急和期待的寂静。

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At once there is a hush in the air, as though the street is singing a silent benediction. Tall, leafy mangroves line both sides of the road.

然后突然周围的空气都安静了下来：高大茂盛的红树整齐地排列在路两边，就好像街道在唱着一首无声的祝福曲。

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At once there is a hush in the air, as though the street is singing a silent benediction.

空气中立刻有了一种安静，仿佛整条街道都在吟唱着一曲沉默的祝福曲。

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One might have thought already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate world, for there was an awesome hush and a feeling of vague expectation in the sultry and stagnant air.

这是世界历史上最可怕的一个八月，周遭的一切凝神敛息，闷热凝滞的空气中弥漫着一种模模糊糊的预感，让人油然想到，上帝的诅咒马上就会降临这个堕落的世界。

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One might have thought already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate world, for there was an awesome hush and a feeling of vague expectation in the sultry and stagnant air.

这是世界历史上最可怕的一个八月，周遭的一切凝神敛息，闷热凝滞的空气中弥漫着一种模模糊糊的预感，让人油然想到，上帝的诅咒马上就会降临这个堕落的世界。

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