It had huge parks as part of its land, where he first learned to hunt butterflies and mount them.

在他的土地上有一个很大的湖，他就是在那学会了抓蝴蝶。

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And he was the first one to bump into the land, and he was like,

他是第一个发现这块陆地的人，然后说：

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The land was so rich and it was really cheap at first.

这片土壤十分肥沃,并且最初还十分便宜

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The way these things work, when you are engaged in agriculture, it's natural to go first to that soil, to that patch of land which is known to be likely to produce the best land, the most fertile, the best product, the most fertile land there is.

这一方式是这样运作的,当你从事农业,你自然而然的会首先关注土壤因素,去找出已知土地中最为肥沃的那一块,土地越肥沃,产量越高,就越追求更为肥沃的土地

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In the material that's usually associated with P Moses is depicted as stretching out his staff, first to divide the waters which stand like a wall so that the Israelites can cross over on dry land; and then he holds out his staff to bring the waters crashing down on the Egyptians.

在经常能和P材料联系起来的材料中,摩西需要满足他的追随者的要求,第一个便是，水像墙一样立在两旁以便于犹太人,可以从中通过，然后为了保住追随者的性命,他用水淹没了埃及士兵。

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Colony is a Latin word ultimately for colonia and the Roman colonies were, first of all,garrisons that they planted in land they had conquered to keep the people quiet.

殖民地是拉丁词Colony的衍生,对于古罗马的殖民地来说,首先,派兵驻守占领的城市,震慑当地民众

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