During a night terror, which may last anywhere from a few minutes up to an hour, the child is still asleep.

夜惊可能持续几分钟至一小时，发作时小孩仍处于睡眼中。

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A night terror is a relatively common occurrence that appears mostly in young children, typically between the ages of 3 to 5 years. 2 to 3% of all children will experience episodes of night terrors.

夜惊是一种相对常见的现象，以幼儿为最多见，尤其是3 - 5岁儿童。在所有儿童中，有2% - 3%的儿童会有夜惊发作。

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And now at the dead hour of the night, in the horrible silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.

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Day and night I begged my mother and father to take the bag away shaking with terror because no one saw them but me.

我无时无刻不乞求我的父母,指着那些袋子，让他们带走,我怕的发抖,由于除了我再也没人能看到。

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Authorities say an intelligence tip related to a possible terror strike in the capital ahead of Independence Day ceremonies August 15 led to the arrests Thursday night in the parking lot of a shopping district in the old part of the city.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

Their story, together with previously unseen footage of that night, gives a real sense of the terror of those trying to escape.

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And she wasn't torn from me in a terror of rending steel, stamped out by a sudden monster roaring out of the night.

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