She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs.

烦躁的词句时不时地从她嘴里冒出来，中间还夹杂着声声叹息，叹息之际又有突然的静听。

Even if you're not taking the TOEFL test, I highly recommend doing some of the listenings because they have a lot of practice where you can actually listen for intonation and stress, and connect it to meaning.

即使你没有参加托福考试，我强烈建议你做一些托福考试的听力题，因为他们有很多练习题，你可以练习语调和重读，并解读它们的意义。