He was born in relatively meager and humble circumstances in Kentucky, not what, about 80 miles from where Abraham Lincoln was born, in even meagerer circumstances.

他出生在肯塔基州一个,相对贫寒的家庭,不过不是约80英里外林肯出生的,那个更穷苦的地方

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But again, the elements were harsh, finding food may not have been easy, and certain sorts of diets would prevail over others, where there would be a lot of certain nutrients and few of other ones.

可是,自然环境是恶劣的,寻找食物一点也不简单,不过某些食物相对其他更为常见些,其富含有某些营养成分,但缺乏其他的

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These are linguistic terms. But of course, the people who spoke them, especially in the early years, tended to be part of a relatively narrow collection of people, who intermarried with each other chiefly, and therefore developed common cultural characteristics.

这时的希腊语主要是一些语意项,不过当然,那些讲希腊语的人,特别是在早期,是一个相对小范围的人群,他们主要在族群内部通婚,由此,发展出相近的文化特征

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