"Old America seemed to be breaking up and moving westward," observed an English visitor in 1817, during the first great wave of migration.

1817年，在第一次移民大潮中，一位英国游客观察到：“古老的美洲似乎正在分裂并向西移动。”

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Jin Yong, one of the most influential Chinese novelists, passed away on 30th October, setting off a great wave of reviewing of his classics.

金庸是中国最具影响力的小说家之一，他在10月30号逝世了，这掀起了一场回顾他的经典作品的热潮。

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Then a great wave seized upon him.

这时忽然一个大浪向他猛扑过来。

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Those were the years of the great wave of European immigration, before the United States passed restrictive immigration laws.

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Then,as the boat was carried to the top of a great wave, the captain looked across the water.

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I felt that a great wave of goodwill poured out from those people.

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"We were interested in having our hand in the next great wave of innovation, " says Kellogg.

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Still, you could sense a great wave of disappointment rolling through the Apple community.

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Will the credit for this go to Obama, or will it go to others ready for the next great wave of government reinvention?

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