While soybean import demand for the EU-27 and the rest of the world is flat, those areas are importing considerably more soybean meal this year.

尽管欧盟27国及世界其它国家的大豆进口需求未见起色，但这些地区本年度的豆粕进口量却明显上升。

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Thomas L. Friedman says in his exciting and readable book about globalization that "the world is flat or at least becoming flatter very quickly".

托马斯·弗里德曼在他那本关于全球化的令人兴奋和可读的书中说：“世界是平坦的，或者至少变得非常的平坦”。

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Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Picador: 2007.

Thomas L. Friedman，世界是平的：二十一世纪简史， Picador：2007 年。

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But The World Is Flat has an alarming tenor to it, perhaps too severe.

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