WHEN Marine ecologist Enric Sala first set eyes on Kingman Reef, a remote spot in the Pacific, his heart started to beat like a drum.

当海洋生态学家恩里克·萨拉第一次看见太平洋遥远的金曼礁时他的心就像打鼓一样开始怦怦直跳。

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At dusk, a huge drum begins to beat.

在黄昏，一只巨大的鼓开始敲击。

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On February 12 and 13, the much-loved dragon boat races will see more than 3000 paddlers compete to the beat of a drum on Cockle Bay.

在2月12日和13日，将有超过3000名桨手在科克湾参加非常受欢迎的赛龙舟，随着鼓点声划起浆来。

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There is a kind of drum beat of thematic material as these scenes pile up.

剧情在不断变换,的场景下不断上演。

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The brain perceives all of this complex information and it processes it and it extrapolates from it the beat, but again nobody in music-- except the bass drum player in a marching band-- nobody in music ever does anything except just play the beat.

我们的大脑感知了所有复杂的信息加工后,推算出了拍子,不过没有人,除了军乐队的低音鼓手,没有人在音乐里仅仅只是打鼓点

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Why not go sit in a park and beat a drum?

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Behind him, chanting to the beat of a drum, would stream 200-300 laymen, monks and nuns, walking across Cambodia for peace.

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Here is a man who can take his instrument and produce from it the sweetest-sounding violin or the power-pumped beat of a drum kit.

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