Could it be that much of Western civilization was formed on the "Dark Continent"?

会不会是西方文明的大部分是在“黑暗大陆形成的”？

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Their temples, roads, and dwelling places stretched across the breadth of the dark continent.

他们的神殿、道路和定居点遍布整个卡利姆多大陆。

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A nuclear Africa might make some Western environmentalists (not to mention nonproliferation advocates) uncomfortable, but lighting up a dark continent is going to take more than good intentions.

一个核非洲也许会让一些西方的环保主义者(更不用说防扩散的拥护者)不舒服，但是点燃一个黑暗的大洲将不仅仅是善意。

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What was once known as the Dark Continent will henceforth be known as the bright continent.

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By the same token, Europeans and Americans for centuries have approached Africa with stereotyped expectations--dark continent, jungle, lions and crocodiles, savage tribes and lately, grinding poverty, racism, and a land ravaged by AIDs--only to find those stereotypes both true and utterly wrong.

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The part of central Africa he was investigating, round the headwaters of the Nile and the Great Lakes, was the darkest part of the continent's dark heart.

ECONOMIST: Hendrik Coetzee, explorer, died on December 7th, aged 35