With phones ringing and colleagues chatting, typing and moving around, open offices are notoriously noisy and distracting — and the sound levels can have a significant impact on worker well-being.

伴着电话铃声、同事聊天声、敲击键盘和走动的声音，开放式办公室变得非常嘈杂分神，而且噪音会极大危害员工的健康。

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The South entrance of the school, a car to drive, the sound noisy place, of course, not for reading.

学校的南门口，是个车来车往、声音嘈杂的地方，当然不适合读书。

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So even if you're in a noisy environment like this -- and we all spend a lot of time in places like this -- listen in the coffee bar to how many channels of sound can I hear?

（噪音）即使你在一个像这样嘈杂的环境中—— 我们很多时间都生活在这样的环境中——在咖啡厅里，你可以听到多少种声音？

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