So, it was a very popular book in the U.S., but it did have this history of being banned in Europe, and it was certainly controversial here.

因此，尽管现在这是一本广受欢迎的书，但它历史上确乎,在欧洲遭遇过禁止，并且在美国也是非常有争议的。

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Smallpox affected world history hundreds of years ago, and it was a disease that was common in Europe, but not common in the Americas until the Americas were colonized.

天花影响了几个世纪前的历史,这种病在欧洲很常见,但在美国不多见,直到美国成为殖民地

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