It is suggested that 5,000-6,000 years ago people in the Middle East and North Africa started to allot specific lengths of time to tasks.

据说，在5000至6000年前，中东和北非的人们开始分配特定时间段来完成任务。

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The ash halted flights in East Africa for a time.

大量的火山灰致使非洲东部的航班受到了一定时间的影响。

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But at the same time, I could also see the movie Out of Africa in which a young Danish woman, Karen Blixen, made her home in Kenya, then British East Africa, and built schools for children there.

但同时，我会去看电影《走出非洲》，影片中的丹麦妇女卡伦·布里·克森把她的家安在了肯尼亚，当时的英属东非。她在当地为孩子们建起了学校。

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