Centuries ago, human beings looked up at the night sky and imagined that a black globe enveloped the Earth.

几百年前，当人们抬头仰望夜空时，都认为地球被一个黑色的罩子包裹着。

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The light gradually fades along the curvature of the Earth, until it is pitch black on the night side.

的照耀下像上了一层暖色的颜料。 日光在地球表面的弯曲下逐渐消失，直到另一头漆黑一片。

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The angular, black magnetite—the most common naturally occurring magnetic material on earth—is always black, however, and is frequently found near garnet.

那些有棱角的，黑色的磁铁矿一般都是黑色的，这种矿石是地球上最为常见的磁性矿石。

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As if anything mattered, with little Kathleen lying out there white and still under the black earth!

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This is important, because it's the black earth region of rich agriculture there.

这是很重要的一点,因为他们住在农业发达的黑土地区

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The black substance that trapped the animals came out of the Earth as oil.

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Earth, black fruits, chocolate and warm spices dominate the nose.

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The initial images the SUV-size rover sent back to Earth were black and white and grainy, but one showed its wheel resting on the stony ground, and the vehicle's shadow appeared in another.

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Charlotte Hobson is the author of Black Earth City, which describes life in Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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