In the last century more amazing things were found out than in any century before.

在上个世纪发现了比以往任何一个世纪都多的惊人的事情。

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Many treasures were lost when the tombs were raided in the last century.

上世纪这些坟墓遭到偷盗，很多财宝都失踪了。

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After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture. He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English.

西尔斯在访问了许多中国城市后，对中国和中国古代文化有了更多的了解。他说，上个世纪他来中国时，很少有中国人能说一口流利的英语。

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"In fact,I am not the first to have said it is the most difficult legislation probably in the last century because it affects literally everybody in America."

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But it turns out that technologies like airplanes, which were developed in the last century, have become integral parts of medicine.

但像飞机这样,在上世纪发展起来的技术,确实已经成为医学不可分割的一部分

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And this is one of the major revolutions in evolutionary biology over the last half century.

这是过去半个世纪,进化生物学的重大进步之一。

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Consider the explosion of central banking and new national monies in the last century.

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Even in the last century, most parts of the world have been ruled by kleptocratic tyrants.

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We did not achieve global leadership in the last century by luck or by happenstance.

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