Two years ago America complained when Chinese vessels harassed a surveillance ship, the USNS Impeccable, in the south China Sea south of the Chinese island-province of Hainan.

两年前，美国抱怨中国船只干扰美国侦查舰无畏号在海南以南的南中国海的侦查活动。

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Recently, oil has been discovered in the sea South of Cyprus (between Cyprus and Egypt) and talks are under way with Egypt to reach an agreement as to the exploitation of these resources.

最近，在塞浦路斯南岸(塞浦路斯和埃及之间)发现了石油，并同埃及谈判达成一致协议开采这些资源。

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We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea.

我们一直跳舞，从佛罗里达到阿拉斯加，从北到南，从一个海到另一个海。

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Scientists used to think that the islands were connected to the South American mainland and floated out to sea slowly.

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The isolation of the Greek towns in the Dark Age gives way increasingly to contact with the east and the south, and when I say the south I really mean Egypt and all around the eastern Aegean Sea.

在黑暗时代孤立希腊城镇,开始逐渐增加与东方和南方的接触,当我的南方,实际上指的是埃及,以及所有东爱琴海的周边地区

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Yellow fever is found mainly in Africa, the northern part of South America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea.

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The J-11B is expected to be used by the Chinese navy as its frontline fighter, capable of sustained combat over the entire East China Sea and South China Sea.

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"Japan also hopes to win over Asean in order to keep pace together against China on the East China Sea and South China Sea issues and occupy a favourable position in terms of building a political and security structure in Asia-Pacific in future, " it said.

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The trouble starts with the names: the Sea of Japan is the East Sea to South Korea, and the East Sea of Korea to Pyongyang.

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