It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards.

这一政策受到了美国总统乃至全世界领导人的欢迎。

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After ten years travelling the world, she felt it was time to put down roots somewhere.

游历世界十年之后，她觉得该是找个地方定居的时候了。

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In the ancient world, it was probably rare to castrate a dog or cat.

古时候可能很少阉割猫或狗。

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When this movie came out in nineteen fifty-six, it was the first to show scuba diving exploration to the world.

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It was the World Health Organization, or WHO, which led this effort.

世界卫生组织,或者叫WHO,正在努力完成这项工作

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Synge's play, The Playboy of the Western World it was set in the Aran Islands, in Western Ireland.

辛格的剧，《西方世界的花花公子》,它是在西爱尔兰的伊朗岛。

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It was the world's first beer fad, and porter breweries, bolstered by steam-age technology, grew to unprecedented size.

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Under the British, who ruled Aden for 128 years, it was the world's largest port after New York.

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It was the world's first publicly available microcomputer and ran on a microprocessor that Intel had invented in 1971.

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