Britain might still be part of France if it weren't for a disastrous flood 200,000 years ago, according to scientists from Imperial College in London.

伦敦帝国理工学院的科学家称，如果不是20万年前的一场灾难性的洪水，英国可能仍然是法国的一部分。

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During a period that should have been their happiest, Aylmer could only think of this disastrous subject.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The very idea of divine providence, when it's injected into the story of Adam and Eve's perfectly disastrous choice to eat the apple, seems to arouse in a lot of us feelings of injustice.

天命的想法，当深深植入到亚当夏娃的故事中,植入到他们决定偷吃禁果的毁灭性的决定里去时，似乎让我们有种不公平的感觉。

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They shared fun with firecrackers, which was a disastrous thing which nearly brought the experiment to an end.

让他们一起玩烟花，结果变成一场大灾难,差点害得连实验都做不下去了。

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Logic dictates that the nature of Denmark's qualification for the Euro 2000 finals - coming back from a disastrous start, indeed a disastrous middle section too, to sneak the play-off spot in their group - owes nothing to preparation and everything to fortune.

BBC: Bo Johansson

Johnson's strategy was a war of attrition, a disastrous choice for a democracy.

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However it was almost a disastrous start as a sloppy Jose Bosingwa pass could easily have gifted Wolves a first-minute opener.

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