Even oral proficiency in foreign languages is sought in silence as if it too could be mastered like other subjects — through osmosis and rote memorization.

人们甚至以沉默方式谋求掌握外语口语，似乎也可以像其他课程一样通过潜移默化和死记硬背予以掌握。

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Moments of silence were also held from Canada, down through the United States and even across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.

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