It was not a time of uniform warmth, for then, as always since the Great Ice Age, there were constant shifts in rainfall and temperature.

那并不是一个始终温暖的时期，因为在那时跟大冰期以来的任何时候都一样，降雨量和温度都在不断变化。

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During the great ice Age, millions of tons of ice cut and shaped the cooled granite to form giant rocks.

在冰河时期，巨大的冰块将大地深深地切割，把冰冷的花岗岩变成了一个个巨大的岩石。

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At first, this was merely for function: to keep out the cold weather of the world only beginning to emerge from the great ice age.

一开始，这么做仅仅只是为了驱走天气的寒冷，那时世界刚刚进入大冰期时代。

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The University of Virginia professor even thought that this warming was so great that it helped the earth avoid another ice age.

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Movies playing on the Breeze included a seasonal offering of The Polar Express and family shorts like Happy Feet, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Jelly Rescue.

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