The first or former Prophets continues the kind of narrative prose account of the history of Israel, focusing on the activities of Israel's prophets.

前先知书延续了叙事性的风格,来讲述以色列历史，侧重于讲以色列关于预言的一些活动。

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Historically, money lenders of one sort or another go back -who knows how far back -thousands of years.

从历史上讲,放债人的存在可以追溯到,谁知道多久以前,数千年前吧

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He does tell you all about the legends first, but he puts them aside and says they're just legends--now let's talk history, and he doesn't begin that until the eight century B.C.

他先将神话传说展示给读者,然后将其放到一边,对读者说,这些只是神话而已,现在咱们说说历史,而他讲的历史是从公元前八世纪开始的

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The tobacco history is extremely interesting and relevant here The tobacco industry in countries like China saw the potential as well, and hence, smoking rates like rates of obesity have been skyrocketing in China and in countries such as Indonesia, Botswana, and Uruguay.

烟草的历史十分有趣,与我们这里讲的内容相关,像中国这样国家的烟草工业,也发现了这种潜在情况,因而,吸烟率就好像肥胖率那样,在中国,印度尼西亚,博茨瓦纳,乌拉圭这些国家中直线上升

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