No one would call her a pushover.

没有人认为她好说话的人。

Doing nothing and complaining is outright hypocrisy. You don't have to be a whisper.

什么事都不做而抱怨彻头彻尾的伪善。你不必当小声说话的人。

He enunciated every syllable, as if he were talking to someone mentally handicapped.

他字顿说得清清楚楚的，仿佛在跟某弱智的人说话似的。

Native speakers of English tend to speak very fast, and at first I was just stunned and looked at them with a dazed expression on my face.

英语为母语的人说话般很快，只能惊愕地脸茫然地看着他们。

Question 24. What do we learn about the quantity and quality of the speaker's work?

关于说话人的工作数量和质量，们可了解到什么？

For instance, the North and South had promised to silence the loud speakers they have at the DMZ. Both sides have used those to blast propaganda and music across the border.

例如, 北方和南方已经承诺要让他们在非军事区听到的那些大声说话的人闭嘴。双方都利用这些手段在边境地区进行宣传和音乐宣传。

Yeah, yeah, I heard all that and that other man who you're always talking to.

啊，听说了切，你总和他说话的那人。

These are facial expressions that seem to be at odds with what someone is saying, or inconsistent with how they would be expected to behave in a given situation.

这些表情看起来很怪，因为说话人做出的表情与们想象中应有的表情不致。

I began to think of myself as a designer rather than a shy person that couldn't read very well or speak with any confidence.

认为自己设计师，而不不能好好朗读也不能自信说话的害羞的人。

Reading a phrase like, Oh shut up in a text, instead of hearing it spoken aloud, makes it easy to misunderstand the speaker's intention - their aim, or plan of what they want to do.

读文本中像" 哦，闭嘴！" 这样的短语，而不听别人大声说出来，就很容易误解说话人的意图——即他们想做之事的目的或计划。

Usually, things that talk are people, not machines, right?

通常，会说话的就人， 不机器，对吗？

Someone like Kevin who just doesn't stop talking, he rambles on and on.

像凯文这样不停说话的人，他漫无边际。

When this happens, most soft-spoken people, sometimes the people with the most valid opinions by the way, are lost in the din.

当发生这样的情况，反而说话较温和的人看法最有根据的，却总在喧闹中会受到漠视。

This glove translates sign language into speech to help people who cannot speak.

这手套可将手语转化为语言，帮助无法说话的人。

The man who is now speaking is our boss.

正在说话的那人们的老板。

And if you shut down all the folders in your mind and listen like a lion, and focus on the one person speaking to you, it is a gift.

如果你关上脑中所有储存想法的文件夹，并像狮子狩猎般倾听，并专注于跟你说话的那人身上，这份礼物。

Everyone who speaks with him just feels so chilled out!

每跟他说话的人都会觉得很放松！

We don't want to make our listener feel uncomfortable by talking really really fast.

们不想让听们说话的人因为们的语速太快而感到不舒服。

And Jerry's horse! I tell you he was fat with good food.

还有他的马，他的马专吃燕麦，可不乱说话的人，这些都真的。

In his dictionary, Webster sought to describe and officialize the way Americans spoke.

在他的词典里，韦伯斯特试图描述美国人说话的方式，并使其官方化。