阿布拉·菲亚先生作为一位认真负责的历史学家并没有在本书中对未来作出过多猜测，也没有对目前这个时代将在整个地中海历史中所处的位置作出预判。

Mr Abulafia is too conscientious a historian to speculate much about the future, or even to prejudge how the modern age will fit into the sweep of Mediterranean history.

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这个窘境往往出现在如此情况下，副总裁聘请了专家，就是那位设计师，但没有人能预视公司会因为这位设计师而有多少东西转变，因此，设计师只能坐在一旁，竟日沮丧，而副总裁则洋洋自喜，宣称“我们职员里有一位设计专家。”

The trap is often the expert, in this case, a designer, is hired by the VP, but no one anticipates how many things need to change in the organization for the designer to be of use.

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西海岸又一次预计会是干燥、阳光充足的天气。西南部沙漠在下午的温度预将再一次进入高升进入三位数。

Another dry and sunny day was forecast for the west Coast. Afternoon temperatures for the Desert Southwest were expected to again soar into the triple digits.

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