Since 2006, 20 to 40 percent of the bee colonies in the United States alone have suffered "colony collapse." Suspected culprits ranged from pesticides to genetically modified food.

自从2006年起，仅在美国就有20%到40%的蜂群遭受到了所谓的“群体毁灭”。当然人们初步猜想“疑犯”可能是杀虫剂或转基因食品等。

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The Philippines shares a long history with the United States. The islands became a U.S. colony at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the Spanish American War.

菲律宾和美国有很深的渊源，19世纪末随着美西战争的爆发成为了美国的殖民地。

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The Philippines, being a former colony of the United States, allowed them to tap into the funds given from the U.S. intended to help build up their infrastructure and economy.

由于曾经是美国的殖民地，美国人得以介入菲律宾的援助基础建设的的资金。

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Colony collapse disorder first struck honey bees in the United States in late two thousand six.

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This is also -I keep thinking how British we are; this is New England and this is the United States, a former British colony.

这也是...,我常想,我们真的很"英国",这里称为新英格兰地区,而美国过去也是英国的殖民地

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The former French colony asked France and the United States to help ensure "the rebels return home...instead of destroying and killing Central Africans, " President Francois Bozize said.

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It said they took the five into nearby Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony, from where Na Tchuto was flown to the United States.

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The United States had assisted in its birth only to turn the Philippines back into a colony for another half-century.

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