And perhaps the explanation has got to be the ubiquity of death is this kind of background, constant hum.

也许应该这么解释，死亡的无处不在,是一种背景的，持续的嗡嗡声。

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just in a sense that when she was taking, say, I don't know, class like C.C., which is Contemporary Civilization, or Lit. Hum.,

就好像她在上论当代文明，或人类文学这样的课程时，我不太清楚，

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We'll get to those, but we'll start with ordinary, everyday, hum-drum facts about us.

我们之后会讲到那些,但是我们将从我们自身常见的,日常事实讲起

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If you want to hum the piece quietly to yourself, that's fine; that's good.

如果你想自己跟着曲子,小声哼哼,没问题,那很好

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If I hear lots of buzzing out there, that means you're into it, so hum the piece a little bit to yourself, Musorgsky's "Great Gate of Kiev" Here and Pictures at an Exhibition and see if you can write down those particular symbols.

如果我听到了很多嗡嗡声,就说明你们都投入进去了,那就自己跟着曲子小声哼哼吧,穆索尔斯基的《基辅的城门》,以及《图画展览会》,看看你是否可以写下那些特殊符号来

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