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They then traced how the animals spread across the rest of the continent into Europe and Asia about 2,500 years later.
随后他们追踪了这些动物如何扩散到非洲大陆的其他地区，并在大约2500年后进入欧洲和亚洲。
They rid the forest of dead and sick trees, reducing competition and curbing the spread of disease.
它们清除了森林中枯死和患病的树木，减少了竞争，并遏制了疾病的传播。
Pennsylvania farmers, to use one telling example, aren’t thinking about next year’s blue crab harvest in Maryland when they decide whether to spread animal waste on their fields, yet the runoff into nearby creeks can have enormous impact downstream.
举一个很能说明问题的例子：宾夕法尼亚州的农民在决定是否往田里施撒动物粪便时，并不会考虑马里兰州明年的蓝蟹收成，然而流入附近溪流的径流却可能对下游产生巨大影响。
About eight million square metres of plastic grass is sold each year but opposition has now spread to the highest gardening circles.
每年约有800万平方米的塑料草坪售出，但反对之声现已蔓延到最高层的园艺界。
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Renaissance ideas had spread throughout Europe well into the 17th century, with the arts and sciences flourishing extraordinarily among those with a more logical disposition.
文艺复兴思想传遍欧洲，一直延续到17世纪，艺术和科学在那些更具逻辑思维倾向的人群中异常繁荣。
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Then there’s the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before, with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.
此外，美国大公司比以往任何时候都更加全球化，其供应链遍布更多的国家。
In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses — usually around 1,200 square feet — than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.
20世纪30年代，弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特开始建造更朴素、更实用的房屋——通常约1200平方英尺——与他在19世纪90年代和20世纪初设计的那些铺展开来的两层楼房相比更为简约。