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Welcome to English in a Minute!
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目。
Cicadas are noisy insects.
蝉是一种很吵的昆虫。
One very large group of them appears in the U.S. every 17 years. And they are incredibly loud.
在美国，蝉每17年就会大规模的出现一次。它们非常吵。
Loud Enough to Wake the Dead.
足以唤醒亡灵的声音。
So, like I said, Jonathan, I can do that for you.
就像我刚说的，乔纳森，我可以帮你。
What, Anna? I'm sorry but I just can't hear you. What is that buzzing sound?
你说什么，安娜？对不起，我听不见你说什么。是什么嗡嗡的？
Cicadas! Millions of cicadas. They are loud enough to wake the dead.
是蝉！数以百万计的蝉。他们的声音大得足以把死人吵醒。
What are you saying? What?
你在说什么？什么？
Noises cannot really bring someone back to life.
噪音并不能真正让人起死回生。
But when we say something is loud enough to wake the dead, we just mean it is extremely loud.
但是当我们说某个声音大到足以唤醒死者时，我们要表达的意思就是，这个音量非常大。
And that's English in a Minute!
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。
