The Greek philosopher, Plato, brought to the world, the story of the lost continent of Atlantis.

希腊哲学家柏拉图为世界带来了失落的大陆亚特兰蒂斯的故事。

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Ancient historians wrote of a lost continent beneath the ocean.

古代史学家写过有关一个沉没海底大陆的事迹。

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The cost is mostly through lost human and economic potential and it is roughly equivalent to the amount of aid that the continent receives from donor nations each year.

这些损失主要体现在人员伤亡和经济潜力遭到破坏，而损失的数额大体上相当于非洲大陆每年从捐赠国那里获得的援助。

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The country has lost its focus and can no longer be considered the continent's superpower, says Mr O'Neill, who now heads Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

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It is now recognised that most of the ice being lost from Antarctica is going as a result of warm water eating the fringes of the continent.

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"In a continent in which most of the memory of peoples is transferred orally through storytelling and can be lost, the people in Timbuktu had a written tradition that is quite rare in Africa, " he said.

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