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

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Now, despite the fact that this is a very small piece of land, it boasts great geographical diversity.

尽管它只是狭小的一片土地，它因丰富多样的地理而自豪。

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On the contrary, he emphasizes, it is only because the wickedness of the Canaanites is so great that the Lord has to drive them from his land, and now he is giving you a chance.

相反，他强调，正是因为迦南人昭著的罪恶,上帝才将他们从他的土地上驱逐出去，现在他给你一个机会。

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Coffin that passes through lanes and streets, Through day and night with the great cloud darkening the land.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

It was the destiny of a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, United States to take control and improve this great land it had been given.

它认为由白种人,盎格鲁撒克逊人,清教徒们,注定要在这块上天赐给他们的土地上,经营管理,建立国家

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The company made a great deal of money buying land and building houses after World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.

对这些国际要道的控制,给这个地区带来了大量的财富，但这处于中心的地理位置也如同一把双刃剑，因为在和平时期它带来繁荣，但，在战乱时期，这块土地常常被侵略,当军队在此刀刃相交,或者经过与强国征战。

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In the nineteen forties the wealthy John D.Rockefeller bought a great amount of land nearby.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

Claiming land on the Great Plains was easy.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

JACOB. ; My great grandfather, the chief,found them hunting on our land.

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