The American state of California is another area where long-spined sea urchins have been destroying kelp forests.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Well, we begin our story with the emergence of the Bronze Age in the Aegean Sea area.

好吧,让我们从爱琴海地区,青铜时代的开端讲起

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Chiefly what we hear about is in the area of the Nile Delta, right there on the Mediterranean Sea.

绝大部分都集中在,尼罗河三角洲地区,就在地中海入海口

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The top of each wave was a hill, from which the men could see, for a brief period, a wide area of shining sea.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

And that is the highest point in Israel, it rises about 10,000 feet above sea level. The central mountain area, those are between 4000 and 10,000 feet above sea level.

那是以色列的最高点，它大约在海平面以上10000英尺，中央的山区，大约在海平面以上4000到10000英尺之间。

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The Dead Sea lost thirty-three percent of its surface area during the last half-century.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The area around the Sea is basically semi-desert.

死海周边地区实际上是半沙漠化的。

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This protected area is known for its rich biodiversity of sea and land creatures.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Typically, a mountain range will be the boundary between the area of two poleis or a stretch of water, because Greece has the sea winding through it everywhere.

比如,一座山脉,就能成为一种典型的城邦之间边界,由于希腊四处邻海,一段水域也可以成为边界

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The area then was at the bottom of an ancient sea.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

And so a group if these sea peoples comes in and occupies this area They will be the Philistines, the area that is now the Gaza Strip And they found the five Philistine cities that you will hear about increasingly in the book of Judges: Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, Ashdod and Ekron.

这样一个部族，如果海上来的民族到达并占领此地,他们就是腓利士人，而这地区就是现在的加沙地带,他们发现了五座腓利士城市,你们在《士师记》中会经常听到这些名字：,加沙，阿什克伦，迦特，阿什杜德，以革伦。

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It was in an area known as the Sea of Tranquility.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Remember Egypt had control of this area but their grasp was weakening with the flood of people coming in from the sea and other migrations Their hold was weakening and the Hebrews would have been able to take advantage of that and enter in and occupy areas in the central highlands.

记住埃及曾控制这一地区但是它的控制逐渐削弱,由于人们从海上涌入及来其他地方的移民,他们的控制逐渐削弱,希伯来人将会利用这一点,他们进入并且占领了中央的高地。

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He said the injured are being moved by sea and urged doctors, nurses and volunteers to goto the stricken area to provide assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Well, the way we can reason things out from the evidence we have suggests that Greek-speaking peoples came down into the area around the Aegean Sea, perhaps around 2000 B.C., about a thousand years later than the emergence of the Minoan civilization at Crete.

根据现在我们掌握的资料推断,讲希腊语的人群主要集中在爱琴海附近,大概在公元前两千年左右,在米诺斯文明出现在克里特岛大概一千年后

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A number of different countries have sent navy patrols to the important sea route, but the immensity of the area targeted by the pirates has limited the effect of these few military ships.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

He says its unique flavor is due to the combination of Kampot's rich soil, the climate in this area which is between the mountains and the sea, as well as the experience of several generations of pepper farmers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16