More than once, Mr. Dimmesdale had gone into the pulpit, with a purpose never to come down its steps, until he should have spoken words like the above.

丁梅斯代尔先生不止一次在登上布道坛时打定主意，不把上述这番话说出来，就不再走下来。

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I attempted to mask my ignorance by keeping my head down and not speaking unless spoken to.

我试图掩盖自己的无知，每天低着头干活，除非别人跟我说话，否则不主动交谈。

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Interludes of spoken Sufi poetry interrupt the music, typically beginning at a low register and gradually ascending to a climax before calming back down to the beginning tone.

包括苏菲(Sufi)诗中的音乐间隔，从低音域开始逐步攀升至高音，然后降到初始调。

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And the words continue to echo down to the present day, spoken to us today by children who were not even alive then.

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The culture, even down to the dialect spoken, was created and designed by and for men.

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This symbolic system of notation also has shown scholars how writing first developed to provide a permanent record of information rather than as a way to set down spoken language.

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