故事中的1984年，地球上有3个主要的国家，相互间经常打仗。

In the imaginary year 1984 the Earth is divided among three major nations which constantly wage war against each other.

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例如，考古学家从前认为这样的粘土碑应该专有的被制作和保存在主要的国家首都或者“宫殿群中心”，比如说皮洛斯和迈锡尼。

For example, archaeologists previously thought such tablets were created and kept exclusively at major state capitals, or "palatial centers," such as Pylos and Mycenae.

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总部设在布鲁塞尔的国际危机组织(International Crisis Group)说，在主要的国家监狱中，96%的入狱者还没有进行审判。

According to International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based organisation, 96% of the inmates of the main national prison have not been tried.

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So you have three main trade routes that cross the country, and they were used by trading caravans that would carry gold and grain and spices and textiles and other goods between Egypt and the rest of the Fertile Crescent and up into Asia Minor.

你有三条主要道路穿过这个国家，他们被通商的车队所使用,驮着金子，谷物，香料，纺织品和其他货物,在埃及与其他肥沃的伊斯兰教国家间,向上到达小亚细亚。

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So, if you take a little country like Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow are two major cities.

再说说像苏格兰这样的小国家,爱丁堡和格拉斯哥是它两个主要的城市

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Interestingly, most major markets around the world were off by a similar magnitude.

有趣的是,其他国家主要资本市场,要是出现这么大幅的暴跌就关门大吉了吧

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