美洲的发现一般是指哥伦布。

The discovery of America is generally referred to Columbus.

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美洲的发现通常归功于哥伦布。

The discovery of America is usually ascribed to Columbus.

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由于美洲的发现和其他一些情况，目前平民成了土地拥有者。

At present, since the discovery of America, and other circumstances permitting, the Commons are become the proprietors of the land.

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You can see in the New World with maize being important how America has become a corn dominated society, even though it's still true that we raise wheat, we raise other things in the United States, and we can import different foods, corn has become an incredibly important constituent of the diet in the U.S.

你能发现玉米在美洲大陆的重要性,那美洲是怎样变成主食玉米的社会的呢,尽管我们仍然种植小麦,在美国也种植其他粮食,而且我们能进口各种不同食物,但是玉米还是变成了,美国人食谱中不可代替的部分

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So, Columbus gets the glory of discovering America but it's up to debate if he actually did discover it.

所以，哥伦布获得了发现美洲的殊荣，但对于这个问题，人们仍然争论不休。

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