The sheer scale of the investment it took to begin commercial expansion at sea reflects the immensity of the profits that such East-West trade could create.

在海上进行商业扩张所消耗的投资规模之大，反映了这种东西向贸易所能创造的巨大利润。

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Further evidence for persistent internal rhythms appears when the usual external cycles are shifted—either experimentally or by rapid east-west travel over great distances.

进一步的证据表明，当通常的外部循环被改变时——无论是通过实验还是通过快速的东西方向的长距离移动——就会出现持久的内部节律。

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The silk routes travelers have built a bridge for peace and East-West cooperation.

丝绸之路的旅行者已经为和平与东西方合作搭建了一座桥梁。

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He gave a famous speech at the Berlin Wall that divided Soviet-controlled East Germany from West Germany.

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These low mountains are cut by some valleys that sort of run east-west ; you will see one there, the Valley of Jezreel, in particular; that was a particularly fertile valley.

那些矮小的山丘被东西走向的山谷截断,你在这里会看到一个耶斯列山谷;,这是一个富饶肥沃的山谷。

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Maya Lin has said that her work exists on the boundaries -- somewhere between science and art, art and architecture, public and private,east and west.

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If built, Nabucco would be the only east-west gas route not controlled by the Kremlin.

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Marriages among people who met at the East-West Center tended not to last long.

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So are five east-west routes linking Thailand and Vietnam, three via Laos and two via Cambodia.

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