You must immerse yourself in the setting. The idea is to get background and use your observations to set the tone.

你必须将自己融入背景之中，通过了解背景和观察来定调。

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Your online identity and reputation are shaped in much the same way as your real-life identity, except that when you're online you don't always get a chance to explain your tone or what you mean.

你在网上所形成的的身份和名誉的方式跟在现实生活中的方式大致相同，除非当你在线时，你从来不去解释你说法的语气和话语中的意思。

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Watching you gradually tone-up and progress in here has become my primary inspiration to get in shape.

看着你的毅力和进步已经成为我坚持下去的最大动力。

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Within that there was a much smaller British press operation, very different in tone but struggling to try to get some real information out because of the tutelage of the Americans over the whole thing.

BBC: NEWS | In Depth | 2003 | Reporters Log | Reporters' log: Final thoughts

But the movie loses its tone tragic moments, including a suicide, get treated in a flimsy way, and camp triumphs over content.

NEWYORKER: The Good Girl

Likewise, when it's time to get some shut-eye, a warm red tone that promotes sleep can be dialled in.

ENGADGET: Alt-week 12.08.12: The oldest known dinosaur, lighting up a space station and the black marble