Pangaea began to break apart about 225 million years ago due to geological processes related to plate tectonics, which eventually spread Earth's landmasses into the continents we see today.

泛大陆大约于22.5亿年前由于板块构造的地理过程而发生了分离，最终将地球上的各大陆块分成了今天所看到的大陆。

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If you break one more plate, you will have broken twenty dishes.

如果你再打碎一个盘子，你就已经打二十个餐具了。

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When one of them turned 18, the dad would take the plate into the backyard and break it against a tree.

当他们当中有人满18岁时，这位父亲就会把这个孩子的碟子拿到后院，并在一棵树下砸碎它。

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Harvey went up to the plate and singled to break a 2-2 tie.

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He stole home nineteen times in his ten-year major-league career (1947-56), and the threat that he might suddenly break for the plate unnerved pitchers, some of whom balked or accidentally grooved the ball to the batter.

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Washington appeared poised to break through at the plate when pinch-hitter Steve Lombardozzi singled leading off the eighth and Denard Span walked.

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