在上世纪初期，棉铃象甲开始破坏南部的棉花农场。

In the early years of the century, the boll weevil began devastating the cotton farms in the south.

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那事发生在上个世纪末—确切地说，发生在1895年。

It happened late last century—in 1895 to be exact.

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在上个世纪左右，这些变化加速了。

In the last century or so, these changes have accelerated.

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But, I give a lot of credit to the European politics of the late 17th and 18th century.

但是，我觉得很大程度上得益于欧洲政治,在17世纪末和18世纪，起的作用。

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Bohr and Einstein were considered the top two physicists in the world through the first part of the 20th century.

波尔和爱因斯塔被认为,是世界上顶尖的两个物理学家,在整个20世纪前页。

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But it turns out that technologies like airplanes, which were developed in the last century, have become integral parts of medicine.

但像飞机这样,在上世纪发展起来的技术,确实已经成为医学不可分割的一部分

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