如果某些翼手龙身上的“绒毛”被证实的确为羽毛的话，那羽毛的起源就可以上溯到更为远古的年代。

If the "fuzz" on some pterodactyls is indeed confirmed to be feathers, the origin of feathers can be traced back to more ancient times.

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英国远古的陆地在没有人类之前就已经存在。

The ancient landscape of Britain is laid out before us as never before.

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星团中最明亮的微红色恒星是远古的红巨星。

The brightest reddish stars in the cluster are ancient red giants.

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And it became common to reject any ancient story that wasn't really nailed down very, very firmly by some device.

越来越多的人开始不相信那些远古的故事,因为它们没有确凿的证据和可靠的说法

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For example, as in the rest of the ancient world, slavery existed in Israel. It did. Even so, and this is not to apologize for it, there is a tendency toward humanitarianism in the laws concerning slavery.

例如，就像远古世界的其它地方一样，奴隶制也存在于,以色列，即使这样，也不必为此感到抱歉，在有关,奴隶制的法律里都有一种人道主义倾向。

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They go back to ancient times, but I'm going to talk about some of our modern institutions and I'm going to talk first about discount bonds.

它能追溯到远古时代,不过今天要讲的是现代商业机构的利率,首先要讲的是贴现债券

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