Most people think of Japan as a compact collection of large islands, but a map of the country shows otherwise.

大多数人认为日本是由密集的大岛屿组成，而这个国家的地图显示出的是另一番景象。

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I can say, "I'm taking a trip from Denver to Raleigh, with stops in San Jose and Seattle along the way," but a map would help describe the trip better.

虽然我可以表示“我的旅程是从丹佛到罗利，途经圣何塞和西雅图”，但地图将能更好地描述旅途路线。

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You probably know that Seattle and Raleigh are on opposite sides of the United States, but a map helps you visualize the distance between the two cities.

您可能知道西雅图和罗利是在美国的两端，但地图能够帮助您显示出两个城市之间的距离。

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But as a tourist destination, these sites are practically off the map.

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This by the way is the portrait of the world; It looks a lot like my map of the Ancient Near East, but it's not.

这也就是世界的图景;,就像我画的古代近东的地图，但它不是那样的。

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You can't see this too well but there's a map of the world here that actually shows you all the individual cases of polio that occurred between this period of August 2007 and, it's cut off on the screen, February of 2008.

你可能看不清这个幻灯片,但是这里有一副世界地图,上面准确的展现了在二零零七年八月到,在屏幕上没有显示出来,是到二零零八年二月之间发生的,所有小儿麻痹症的个案

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Ambassador Sumaidaie says the commission's findings should not be viewed negatively, but as a road map for going forward.

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But like a good map, the book's myriad rewards lie in its details.

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But looking at a map spread on a table I already knew.

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