A child cried, and a woman sang softly to quiet it.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

And that's how it actually gets to be so quiet when you have on, supposedly, these quite expensive headphones.

所以你戴上它后会觉得,周围非常安静，可想而知,这种耳机非常贵的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

but it's important to get some peace and quiet sometimes, so I do go to Central Park for that.

但有时候得到一些平静和安宁也很重要，这种时候我就会去中央公园。

街上的售票员 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The garden was quiet. The purple flowers on Giovanni's favorite plant seemed to glow in the evening's fading light.

VOA: special.2011.01.29

So for those of you who haven't read, Richard's father works nights and sleeps during the day, and during the day the children therefore have to be very quiet.

可能有人不清楚，理查的父亲日出而息，日落而作，因而小孩白天不敢出声。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

She says this monument is a quiet place for people to come to terms with loss caused by the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

And it turns out that when it was quiet, the arm was moving to the left.

事实上，当寂静的时候，手臂在向左移动。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

The woman of action was ordered to remain quiet for months in a dark room, or become blind.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

We go to these concerts and we have to be so quiet.

我们去听这些演奏会时都要保持绝对安静

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

A new mother,for example, quickly learns to try to sleep when her baby is quiet, even in the middle of the day.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

For if I say that this is to disobey the god and because of this it is impossible to keep quiet, you will not be persuaded by me on the grounds that I am being ironic.

因为假设我说那是违悖神意,所以我无法保静默，你们不会被我说服,反而会以为我语带讽刺；

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And then we drop in on parties." Some families like to take it easy on January first and enjoy a quiet day of rest.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Secondly, as we go to the more advanced part of the course, we'll take a result from this part of the blackboard, stick it into the second part and keep manipulating, so if I screwed up in the beginning and you guys keep quiet, we'll have to do the whole thing again.

其次,随着我们课程的深入,我们需要把黑板这边的计算结果,抄到黑板的那边,不停地这么做,如果我一开始就写错了,而你们又不出声,我们就得全部重新来过

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

My quiet father whose voice could hardly be heard in church sang to the oysters!

VOA: special.2009.02.14

" To sit a class and be quiet?"

坐在教室里发呆“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Representative Conyers spoke about what this woman of quiet strength meant to the nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

San Diego is very quiet, mellow, just kind of go to the beach and hang out.

圣地亚哥很安静，很温和，就是去去海滩，散散步。

洛杉矶VS圣地亚哥 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"A nice quiet place," I said to myself as I got ready for bed.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

So it's really nice to have quiet, green space you can go to,

所以有一个安静的、充满绿色的地方可去真的很好，

讲述伦敦的生活 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

You can spend quiet time looking at the mountains off to the east.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Colony is a Latin word ultimately for colonia and the Roman colonies were, first of all,garrisons that they planted in land they had conquered to keep the people quiet.

殖民地是拉丁词Colony的衍生,对于古罗马的殖民地来说,首先,派兵驻守占领的城市,震慑当地民众

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

She would live in a quiet hotel and have no work to do.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

They are used to obeying rules, they are more quiet.

他们习惯于遵守规则，更加安静。

关于罗马尼亚 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

you should be given the opportunity to be quiet.

你应该有权保持安静。

对于义务投票制 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Why do we have to be so quiet?

为什么我们要保持如此的安静

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Millions now quiet will swarm out and sting us to death.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Why do we have to be quiet?

我们为什么要保持安静呢

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

It was also quiet -- a place to think.

VOA: special.2010.05.10