What everyone knows about trade winds is that, within this region and since the early days of Atlantic sailing, they have blown ships from east to west with surprising ease.

从有人在大西洋上航海的早期开始，人们就知道所谓的“贸易风”会把船只一帆顺风地从东方送到西方。

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Sea winds that blow inland from the west are warmed by a current of warm water that flows through the Pacific Ocean.

从太平洋来的温暖的洋流使得从西吹过内陆的海风变得温暖。

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Even stronger and more consistent winds are to be found further north along the "wind corridor" that stretches from the west Texas plains up through the panhandle and into Oklahoma and beyond.

再往北去有条“风之回廊”，它从德州西部平原开始，往上经过一条狭长地带，一直延伸到俄克拉荷马州(oklahoma)境内甚至更北部。

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In the spring and summer,he says, he would expect the prevailing winds in Western Europe to come from the West or Southwest - which would mean that the ash would be pushed towards the Arctic or Siberia.

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