In ancient times the earth was conceived as a flat disc.

在古代人们认为地球呈扁平的圆盘状。

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They depict4 the world as a flat disc, which shows that the Babylonians thought the earth was flat.

他们将世界描绘成一个平面的圆盘，这也显示出巴比伦人认为地球是平的。

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"There is no unified flat Earth model, " Shenton suggests, "but the most commonly accepted one is that it's more or less a disc, with a ring of something to hold in the water.

“尽管平坦地球论还没有公认的模型，”珊顿说，”但为多数人接受的观点认为，地球形状是个圆盘，并且在水中托着一圈某种东西。

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Both liked that the system loaded and began playing Blu-ray movies considerably faster than other players, and had nothing but good things to say about the picture quality -- with the exception of the included movie, even on a 50GB disc Talladega Nights looked "flat" and "compressed" -- despite still leaning towards HD DVD in overall sharpness.

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