In Europe, for instance, spring flowerings in 2000 occurred about 8 days earlier than they did in 1971 on average, and autumn events, such as changes in leaf colour, about 3 days earlier.

例如在欧洲，2000年春季开花的时间比1971年平均开花时间早8天，而在秋天，植物的变化如叶子变色等，则早了3天。

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The warning to Seoul and Washington came as the top U. S. commander in South Korea toured Yeonpyeong island to survey the wreckage from the rain of artillery three days earlier.

这是对首尔和华盛顿的警告，当时美国驻南韩指挥官正在视察因三天前炮击而产生的残骸。

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Just days earlier, Google said it was making 1.5m free e-books available in a format suitable for smart-phones, such as Apple's iPhone and handsets powered by Google's Android software.

仅仅几天前，谷歌公司才宣布已将150万册免费的电子书转换成适合的格式，以适应智能手机——如苹果公司的iPhone手机和采用谷歌“Android”软件系统的手机。

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Two days earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Germany as thousands of people remembered a different war the Cold War.

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It was the second reported attack on a major US news outlet in days, as the New York Times reported earlier that Chinese hackers had "persistently" penetrated its systems for the last four months.

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Earlier this decade, in Paul Keating's days as prime minister, the government was keen to stress that Australia was part of Asia.

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By the mid-1950s Dilip Kumar, the quintessential tragic hero of the earlier days, was challenging the system in Naya Daur, as a horse carriage driver fighting a new bus service.

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