The sounds of doors opening and closing. These sounds were well-known to her after eight years as his secretary.
作为他的秘书，这些声音对她来说，工作了八年之后，是再熟悉不过的了。
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Yet it isn't surprising, and if we are not to spend the next four to eight years alternating between exasperation and confusion as he sounds off, we need to learn a new way of listening.
Eight important topics are included, such as "vowel sounds", "consonant clusters", "stress and rhythm", "sounds in connected speech", "intonation" and so on.