While he points out that in our culture we feel very uncomfortable with the absence of words, with the absence of sound or noise.

他指出，在我们文化中沉默，让人不适。

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Basically our government was fairly silent about that part of it.

一般情况下我们政府对此是沉默的。

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We have to fill up all the gaps.

我们试图打破沉默。

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