The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing, but Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth

水里的游鱼是沉默的，陆地上的动物是喧闹的，空中的飞鸟是歌唱着的；但是人类却兼有了海里的沉默，地上的喧闹，与空中的音乐。

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Suddenly, the silence was broken, not by gunfire, but by the strains of Silent Night arising from the German position.

突然间夜空的宁静被打破，不是由枪声，而是由从德国阵地中传来的《平安夜》的曲调划破。

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But what we don't like is silence, and almost anything is better than the embarrassment of a quiet party and silent guests.

可是我们不喜欢沉默，几乎任何事都比一个沉默的聚会和安静的客人带来的尴尬要强。

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In Boston, at Logan International Airport, where two of the hijacked planes originated, the usually busy runways were silent as airplanes remained still, marking a moment of silence when the first jetliner crashed into the World Trade Center.

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So they all stayed silent, and all the while young boys suffered in their own silence.

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On her blog, for instance, she recommends that everyone take a few minutes of silence in the morning and before sleeping to be still and silent, which helps her to be more calm and focused.

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