The more pessimistic Venetian residents say the countdown has begun and that if the exodus continues at this rhythm, in 2030 Venice will have become a ghost city with no more citizens, just hordes of tourists.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

No sooner has the speaker asked this question -- and you see this rhythm, this dynamic, appear continually throughout Lycidas - he asks the question, and then immediately he acknowledges the inadequacy of the question.

刚问完这个问题--这种节奏，这种动态是贯穿《利西达斯》始终的,-刚问完这个问题，弥尔顿又立即承认了,这个问题是不适当的。

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Okay? There is no pitch to it. It is just rhythm.

这里没有音高,只有旋律

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