While rock between two consistent strata might in one place be shale and in another sandstone, the fossils in that shale or sandstone were always the same.

存在于两个相连地层之间的岩石，可能在这一层是泥板岩，而在另一层中是砂岩；但存在于泥板岩或者砂岩中的化石往往都是相同的。

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What will his place be in a world where machines beat us in one area after another?

机器在一个又一个领域中打败我们——在这样的世界里，他的地位会是什么？

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Miss Temple told Helen Burns to be seated in a low arm-chair on one side of the fire place, and herself taking another, she called me to her side.

坦普尔小姐叫海伦·伯恩斯坐在壁炉一边的一把矮扶手椅上，她自己则坐在另一把上，把我叫到她身边。

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More than 160 organisations will be abolished and another 200-plus will be created in their place, including the NHS Commissioning Board, which Sir David will run.

BBC: Why ministers are walking an NHS tightrope

So, China's wait-and-see policy may still be in place in some form or another.

ECONOMIST: Taiwan takes another broadside from the mainland

The council said the closure would be phased over two years and parents would be offered help to place their children in another school.

BBC: Wakeman School recommended for closure in 2013