考研As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.

作为一个由古斯塔夫·马勒（Gustav Mahler）和皮埃尔·布列兹（Pierre Boulez）等音乐家领导的交响乐团的下一任音乐总监的描述，这似乎至少在某些时候给读者留下了淡淡的赞誉。

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四级What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear.

最重要的是，不同的海水层可以作为声音的通道，像听诊器一样聚焦声音(听诊器) 当它将微弱的噪音从病人的胸部传到医生的耳朵时，就会发生这种情况。

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