Even high-priced commodities like spices had to be transported in large bulk in order to justify the expense and trouble of sailing around the African continent all the way to India and China.

即使像香料这样的高价商品，也必须大量运输，以证明环绕非洲大陆航行到印度和中国的费用和不便是合理的。

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She loved the African continent.

她热爱非洲大陆。

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Nor are these problems confined to the African continent.

这些问题也并非局限于非洲大陆。

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This is the first Sunday since the pope paid his first visit to the African continent, visiting Cameroon and Angola.

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It is (Is it) for the African continent? No,it is for the whole world."

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That tournament is the final warm-up in a series designed by FIFA to highlight the hosting capacities of the African continent leading up to the World Cup, which kicks off next June in Johannesburg.

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It was established in 2007, a sign of Washington's growing security interest in the African continent.

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Some see Dubai's Jebel Ali port as an excellent gateway for China into the African continent.

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China has invested in 49 of the 54 countries that make up the African continent.

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