The sounds of doors opening and closing. These sounds were well-known to her after eight years as his secretary.

作为他的秘书，这些声音对她来说，工作了八年之后，是再熟悉不过的了。

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Yet it isn't surprising, and if we are not to spend the next four to eight years alternating between exasperation and confusion as he sounds off, we need to learn a new way of listening.

在未来的四到八年里，当他大放厥词时，如果我们不想在恼怒和迷惑之间切换的话，就需要学习一种新的倾听方式。

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Eight important topics are included, such as "vowel sounds", "consonant clusters", "stress and rhythm", "sounds in connected speech", "intonation" and so on.

全书分为八大主题，将语言的元素逐一分解，并针对所有发音的细节作详细介绍，包括：母音、子音、子音群、重音与节奏、 连音、语调等。

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And this is a very fast speed, of course, it's about 700 million miles per hour. So, one way to put that in perspective is to think about how long it takes for a light beam to get from earth to the moon. Does anyone have any guesses? Eight seconds, that sounds good.

当然这是一个非常快的速度，它大约是每小时7亿英里,为了更形象化，我们,看看光从地球到月球,需要多少时间，你们猜猜是多少？,8秒，猜的不错。

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