In the last ninety years, the world has shrunk, while human experience has expanded almost beyond the recognition of those who grew up in our grandparents' generation.

在过去的90年里，世界在缩小而人类的经验在扩大，几乎超出了我们祖父辈的认知。

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Television in a sense has shrunk the world.

从某种意义上说电视把世界缩小了。

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In most of the world, however, familysize has shrunk dramatically.

然而，在世界大多数地区，家庭规模在大幅度缩小。

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The world has shrunk.

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The euro crisis has spread to Italy, the world's third-largest bond market, which means the stock of rich-world government debt that is considered safe has shrunk dramatically.

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