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Although fish do not produce sound the same way that humans do, they are by no means silent. When scientists brought listening devices down under the sea, they heard a large collection of whistles, beeps, and grunts. Poets who spoke of the silence under the seas did not realize that the underwater world is quite noisy.
    盡管魚類不像人類一樣發(fā)聲，可它們絕不是默不作聲的。當科學家把收聽設備裝到海底，他們聽到了大量各種各樣的口哨聲、嘟嘟聲和哼哼聲。詩人們在描述海底的寧靜時并沒有意識到水下世界其實是很喧嘩的。