在发明这些陶罐陶钵以前，人类只能将食物储存在地洞里或者树皮树藤编织的篮子里，这样很容易被老鼠之类小动物偷吃，同时也很受天气影响。 比如篮子吧，磨损得快，也容易受干受潮。

Before the discovery of the pot, people stored their food in holes in the ground or in baskets - both vulnerable to thieving creatures and, in the case of the baskets, to wear and to weather.

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在人类涌现的很久以前恐龙不停生存在地球上。

Dinosaurs lived on the earth long before human beings appeard.

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大概是因为这原因，夏威夷人忆起了爱——这曾经在很久以前，在许多次知觉意识下降之前，就已经存在于人类的爱。

It is perhaps for this reason that Hawaiians have recalled love as it once existed in human form long ago and before so many falls in consciousness and awareness.

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