What's the clich? Globalized world; it was a globalized world, except it was a little piece of the globe.

用什么词语呢,全球化的世界,那是一个全球化的世界,只是那个世界并不大

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It's not the most interesting physical object in the world, but it's a whole lot more interesting than a piece of chalk.

它虽不是这个世界上最吸引人的物理对象,但它能干的事比一根粉笔能干的有趣多了

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