He heard something else instead.

他听到了别的声音。

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He heard something interesting outside today.

今天他在外边听到了一些有趣的事。

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Just at that moment, he heard something rustling from behind him.

就在那时，他听到了身后的沙沙声。

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At the same time he heard and felt the fall of something upon the floor.

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In fact, the first PhD degree in engineering was awarded to a fellow named J. Willard Gibbs at Yale in 1863 for a thesis he did on how gears work or something, I forget exactly what the details are, but have you heard of Gibbs?

事实上 工程学的第一个博士学位授予了,一个名叫约西亚?威拉德?吉布斯的人,在一八六三年的耶鲁,他的论文是关于传动装置是如何工作的,细节方面的东西我记不清了,你们听说过吉布斯这个人么

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On Tuesday, Barrichello tried out the new car only to have his session end prematurely when he heard something wrong with the engine.

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Then he remembered something he heard seven years prior when working at a pallet-repair factory.

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However, when, just a few days later, Gordon Brown set out the (questionable) arguments that underpin his belief that there is no model for delivering health care with equity and efficiency that is superior to the National Health Service, he was heard with something close to awe.

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