马耳他的大部分小城一般都有两个乐队俱乐部，俱乐部的产生始于马耳他沦为英国殖民地时期。

Towns and villages in Malta normally have two band club which know their origin during the British colonial times.

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人造河流是杰济拉灌溉工程的一部分，为了在这里种植棉花出口到欧洲，殖民地时期的英国人首先发起了这项工程。

The man-made rivers and streams are part of an irrigation project called the Gezira scheme, which the British started in the colonial era to grow cotton for export back to Europe.

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英国统治时期，该地区是这块殖民地的经济支柱，并成为赞比亚民族独立运动的发源地。

During British rule the region formed the backbone of the colonial economy and served as a cradle of Zambian nationalism.

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