Apparently,the texts that were the most popular over a bigger geographical space tended to be the ones that got in.

很明显，在较大的地域上,最受欢迎的书籍通常都会被选上。

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and you've got other bigger cities like Birmingham and Manchester.

这里还有其他更大的城市，比如伯明翰和曼彻斯特。

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It was getting better as I got deeper in to Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream richer.

我吃得越来越好了，因为越往爱荷华州走，那里的派就越大，冰激凌也越多奶油。

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