“I remember once he was particularly quiet, ” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, “and I asked him what he was thinking about, and he said, ‘These letters just tear you up.’

奥巴马先生的高级顾问大卫·阿克塞尔罗德说，“我记得有一次他特别静默，”顾问说，“我问他在想什么，他说，‘这些来信读了就让人心碎。’

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They had just been preparing to walk as the letters came in; and her uncle and aunt, leaving her to enjoy them in quiet, set off by themselves.

那两封信送来的时候，他们刚刚要出去溜达；舅父母管自己走了，让她一个人去静静地读信。

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What does a bookworm have in common with a black-tufted marmoset? They both like a little quiet. Or so say scientists in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

你知道书呆子和毛茸茸的黑色狨猴有什么共同之处吗？他们都比较安静。反正英国皇家学会的《生物学快报》上是这么写的。

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