The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence.

天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。

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In just one second, everything went from a loud, happy, wonderful moment to total silence.

仅在一秒钟内，所有的喧哗、欢乐、精彩通通变成了沉寂。

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In that state of silence, there was room now for everything hateful, everything fearful, to run across my empty mind.

在这种沉默状态中，如今有余地让充满憎恨与惧怕的一切东西，蹿过我空荡荡的心。

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With everything hanging on her final jump, Friedrich had the bar raised to 2.06m and, with total silence in the stadium, looked to have cleared it until she clipped the bar with her heel.

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