About listens respectfully: Some speeches, very important, calmly is listening quietly well.

关于聆听：-些话，很重要，静静听着就好。

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The children all sat quietly listening to the teacher telling stories.

孩子们都乖乖儿地坐着听老师讲故事。

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But it's Bjarnsholt's latest discovery that reveals microbes' gift for language: the bacteria aren't just talking amongst themselves, but also quietly listening in on signals sent by their human host.

巴恩·索特的最新发现显示了微生物们惊人的“语言”天赋：细菌们不但彼此谈话交流，同时还偷偷地监听他们人类宿主发出的信号。

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And so during the summer of 2011, the security services sat quietly listening and assessing Naseer's plans.

BBC: The joker who wanted to be a bomber

He sat in court quietly listening on his first day, briskly answering routine questions about his rights and his lawyer.

BBC: Profile: Bradley Manning

He's small, bespectacled and sits quietly listening.

BBC: In court with Bradley Manning