It was the first time that a government had approved a law to preserve and protect land because of its great beauty.

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Yet, at the same time, Aristotle seems to regard education as the preserve of the few.

但亚里士多德似乎，也同时视教育,是少数人的特权。

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So it's important to realize the role of ceramics; they need to make storage jars that could be sealed very well and preserve the stuff for a very long time, and indeed, they did that.

从中希腊人意识到陶艺的重要性,他们需要烧制可以密封得很好的,可以用来长久保存食物的陶罐,他们也的确这样做了

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