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In the 1400s, the Sultanate of Malacca established itself and spread Islam through most of the Malay archipelago. To this day, most Malays are Muslim.
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十五世纪时,麻六甲苏丹国建国,将伊斯兰教遍传到马来群岛。直到今日,大多数的马来人仍是伊斯兰教徒。 |
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In the 143 years that have since past, the small, liberal arts college has grown into today's non-denominational, comprehensive, teaching and learning university.
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经过了143年的发展,现在的温莎大学已经成为了一所全面高素质的综合性大学。 |
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In the 14th century, Wang Hu experimented with gunpowder-propelled rockets, making him a pioneer of aeronautics.
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十四世纪中国人万户利用火箭的反冲力和风筝上升的力量做升空实验,被誉为人类航天史上第一“飞人”。 |
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In the 15th century the emperor's emissaries sailed as far as Mozambique, carrying silk and returning with a giraffe.
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在14世纪,皇帝的使臣远航至莫桑比克,送去的是丝绸,带回的是长颈鹿。 |
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In the 16th and 17th centuries, the fortress-city of Fasil Ghebbi was the residence of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilides and his successors.
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法西尔盖比要塞城在16、17世纪曾是埃塞俄比亚皇帝法西利达斯及其继任者们的宫殿所在地。 |
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In the 1700s the most common material used to form the plates in which teeth (human or animal) were anchored was ivory, often from hippopotamus tusks.
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1700年代,用来固定牙齿(无论人类或动物)的假牙托,最普遍材质是象牙质,通常来自河马的长牙。 |
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In the 1720’s, diamonds were discovered in Brazil. This discovery came at a good time, too. India's supply of diamonds was finally running out after 2,500 years of mining the stones.
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18世纪20年代,在巴西发现了钻石。这个发现来得也正是时候。印度的钻石经过2500年的开采,其储量将要耗尽。 |
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In the 17th century French philosopher René Descartes enumerated a theory to explain how people sense pain.
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17世纪的法国哲学家笛卡儿曾提出一个理论,来解释人们如何感觉疼痛。 |
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In the 18 years since they were discovered, high-temperature superconductors have remained an enigma.
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在高温超导体发现后的18年,它仍然是个谜。 |
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In the 1800s the birds' guano—a necessary part of their nesting environment—was stripped away from their nesting grounds to provide fertilizer for farms.
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在1800年代,这些鸟的粪便被从它们的聚居地取走当作农田的肥料,而这些粪便是它们居住环境的一部分。 |
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In the 1800s, Horace Greeley exhorted his countrymen to Go west,and millions took up his call.
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十九世纪时,格利礼力劝他的同胞们「西进」,数以百万的人回应了这个呼召。 |