Dinner party hosts are told to place quiet people at the head of the table and facing the door so that they will feel more garrulous.

宴会主人被告知让安静的人面对门坐在桌子的上首，这样他们会觉得更唠叨。

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Sara walks into a quiet restaurant. Sitting near the window is large table of well dressed men and women.

Sara走进一家僻静的餐厅，坐在靠窗的一张大桌子周围的是一些着装讲究的男士和女士。

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He suggests starting the day with 15 minutes of tranquillity, whether it's a cup of coffee at the kitchen table or quiet reverie on the train to work.

他建议每天至少保持15分钟独处的时间。这段时间里你可以在厨房操作桌上喝杯咖啡，或者在上班的列车上做会儿白日梦。

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It is best done at meal time in the evening at a well-lighted table in a quiet corner, or under a tree in the morning.

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The cast of characters building to the punch line is in constant flux, but as it happens, this is the group gathered around a kitchen table on a quiet street in Bethesda, Maryland, one night this past spring.

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