He chanted and sang virtually his entire sermon in rhythmic cadences punctuated by the sound of the spoons that the men were beating on their knees.

在布道的过程中，他差不多是在吟咏或高唱，声音抑扬顿挫，富有节奏，不时伴随着人们用乐勺敲打膝盖发出的声响。

The dry cadences of the essay.

这篇散文枯燥生硬的语气。

The measured cadences that he employed in the Senate.

他在参议院讲话时所用的几经斟酌的抑扬顿挫的语调。

The melody is rich in cadences.

奏出富有吟唱性的旋律.

And the way be sometimes spoke, with unfamiliar cadences and phrases that better fit the style of a turn-of-the-century novel than that of a twenty-first-century classroom.

还有有时候他们说话的方式，那种陌生的抑扬顿挫和遣词用句更适合于一本另一个世纪的小说的风格，而非二十一世纪的教室。