Earth has been able to support life because its position relative to the Sun provided it with enough heat, but not too much heat for early bacteria to evolve.

地球之所以能够维持生命，是因为它相对于太阳的位置为它提供了足够的热量，但热量没有多到可以让早期的细菌进化。

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Before the rules of diplomatic precedence were worked out in the early sixteenth century, rival ambassadors often fought for the most honourable seating position at a ceremony.

在16世纪早期外交优先规则制定之前，敌对的大使经常在仪式上争夺最尊贵的座位。

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My parents always took the position that early nights meant healthy children.

我的父母总是认为孩子早睡就会身体健康。

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But because of those discoveries, we are now in a position to appreciate the monumental achievements of these early civilizations, these earliest civilizations.

由于那些考古发现，我们现在才能欣赏到,那些早期文明的不朽成就，最早的文明。

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In some important way, I think, the Lady can be seen as being in the same position that Milton had been representing himself in so many of the early poems.

在某种重要的意义上来说，女士可以被看做是与弥尔顿,在许多早期诗篇中表现的自己处在同样的位置。

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Blackpool, fearless to the last, continued to attack after the break and should perhaps have made more from an early promising position but Taylor-Fletcher delayed his pass and Campbell's eventual shot was blocked.

BBC: Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff

In the first medal event of the day his compatriot Jay took advantage of an early start position in his event which combines cross country skiing and shooting to win in 24 minutes 7.9 seconds.

CNN: Jay and Chappuis claim golds for France

The other scenarios that seem possible are either they split the awards in which case Argo wins Best Picture and Spielberg wins Best Director for Lincoln (or perhaps Ang Lee for Life of Pi) or Lincoln manages to hold on to its early presumptive position with strong support from larger voting blocks and triumphs in both categories.

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