"Quiet Nights" combines the sensual beat of Brazilian bossa nova with the smooth sound of jazz.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

You can certainly get in here and move and flow and go with the beat here.

当然可以在这里,合着节拍,翩翩起舞

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And by this time Mark Antony had palled up with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and Octavian beat both of them, and he became the sole ruler of the empire in 27 BCE.

安东尼与埃及女王克利奥帕特拉先后自杀，屋大维击败了他们两人，于公元前27年成为了帝国的独裁者。

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But,for many minutes, the heart beat on with a quiet sound.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

With syncopation the impulse can come suddenly off the beat, and it gives it a little snap or jazzy aspect to the music.

在切分音里,冲动会突然打乱节拍,让音乐听起来突兀,奔放

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Outside waves and winds beat the light house with giant hands.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Some of them have to do with merely digesting food and moving the body around, and making the heart beat,and the lungs open and close.

有一些只负责消化食物或者身体活动，让心脏跳动，让肺部呼吸。

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So let's listen to a little bit of this music and I want you, maybe as a group to tap with your foot, your hand whatever, just the beat as you hear it.

我们一起来听一下,我希望你们也许以组为单位,一起用脚打拍,拍手,随你喜欢,一起打拍子

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