Soccer has roots in Britain, which exported the game to its colonies some 150 years ago.

足球发源于英国，大约150年前，英国将足球出口到其殖民地。

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Part 3 introduces us to the flying island of Laputa and some of its colonies nearby.

第三部分介绍我们去飞岛拉普他岛和它的一些殖民地附近。

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Faced with possible decline, Britain looked increasingly to its colonies for markets and resources.

面对可能下降，英国期待越来越多的市场和资源，它的殖民地。

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But in the 1800s, Spain stopped counting indigenous people in the census of its colonies.

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In 1996 it lost 7% of its rodents after viral infections contaminated some of its colonies.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In America, it created fears that Britain might try to abolish slavery in its colonies.

ECONOMIST: Millennium issue: Slavery

The crisis exploded Britain's lingering imperial pretensions, and hastened the independence of its colonies.

ECONOMIST: The Suez crisis