One of his early hits in Jamaica, "Serious Times", had a political message.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Things of course have changed since those early times in so many ways.

与早期相比 情况已发生多方面的变化

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The reason for that I think is that the early times in which these civilizations arose saw all kinds of dangers coming, and the most--the swiftest, the least suspected, the one that could come upon you overnight came from the sea.

在我看来原因是,在这些文明所诞生的早期世界危机四伏,而来的最迅速,最难以预测,最可能,一夜之间骤然降临的灾难,正来自于海上

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In the early nineteen thirties, she traveled to the Soviet Union three times.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

Freedom was threatened in early modern times by the emergence of monarchies that might have been able to crush it.

自由权利在近现代初期曾因为,君主制的兴起,而处于被毁灭的边缘

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