我儿子布兰登第一天上学哭了，甚至连那位在六岁儿童心目中和蔼可亲、声音柔和的菲利普斯老师也不能把他劝诱到座位上去。

My son Brendan cried his first day of school. Even Mrs. Phillips, a kind, soft-spoken master of the six-year-old mind, could not coax him to a seat.

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她讲话的声音柔和而抑扬顿挫，有些威尔士口音。

Her voice had a soft Welsh lilt to it.

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他说话的声音很柔和，但充满了恐吓的语气。

His voice was soft, yet laden with threat.

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