Most experts had cited only one surviving reference to the date in Mayan glyphs, a stone tablet from the Tortuguero site in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.

大多数专家先前提到的，都是在塔巴斯科海湾州托土盖罗遗址的一块石碑上，玛雅人用象形文字刻下的那个日期。

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So the idea of thousands of foreigners coming in, without employment or any definite return date, is deeply uncomfortable for Gulf states.

所以让数以千记得外国人进入，没有工作或者清晰的返回日期，对于海湾国家来说是感到深深的不安。

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It was on this date that an oil rig operated by British Petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico exploded.

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The spill is one of the largest ecological disasters to date and threatens the many families dependent on the fishing industry in the Gulf.

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