Reconstructing the climate changes of the past is extremely difficult, because systematic weather observations began only a few centuries ago, in Europe and North America.

重建过去的气候变化是极其困难的，因为在欧洲和北美，几个世纪前才开始系统的天气观测。

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Some 61% used contraceptives, just a few percentage points short of the 65-80% rate prevailing in Europe, North America and most of East Asia.

61%的人使用避孕措施，仅比欧洲、北美和东亚大部分地区普遍采用的65-80%的比率低几个百分点。

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Within the first few weeks of the Civil War, the Confederate Congress voted to move the capital farther north to Richmond,Virginia.

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He left a few thousand troops to guard Richmond, then took the rest north.

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Anti-slavery extremists governed only a few states of the North.

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Hopping north a few blocks and west along Queen Street, watch out for the diminutive and minimalist Dlish, known to locals as cupcake heaven, just before Trinity Bellwoods park.

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The former is pushing north by a few centimetres a year.

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All Max needed to do was sail north for a few hours and keep his eye on the dim glow of the city in the distance.

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