Jacques Cartier was a respected mariner, he proposed a trip to the north to investigate whether Asian lands could be reached from the north.

卡蒂埃是一位受人尊敬的海员，他提出了向北航行的计划来看其是否能到达亚洲。

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Teterboro, in New Jersey, the controller replied, and instructed the pilot to fly south along the Hudson River, then swing back to the north to land there.

“特忒波罗机场，在新泽西。” 交管员回答道，并指引他们沿着哈德逊河朝南飞，到那里后再掉头向北降落。

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Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.

双方都表示想设法为处于战乱中的岛屿北部和东部找到政治解决方案。

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Saturday's attacks come as the Pakistani military works to expand its offensive against the Taliban from in and around Swat Valley to the north to South Waziristan.

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That area was controlled by Egypt at the purported time of the Exodus Running north to south, next to that coastal plain, is a region of low mountains.

在出埃及记时期，这个地区被埃及所控制,南北分布，靠近海岸平原，是低矮的山区。

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Another key event in the making of modernism is the great migration of African-Americans from the rural south to the urban north.

现代创作的另一个重要事件,是非裔美籍从南部乡下,往城市化的北部的大移民。

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That's because I had to leave Cas to move up to the north east thanks to the new quota rules.

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In April 2006, I led an expedition to the North Pole to raise awareness of the consequences of climate change.

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The two landfills are surrounded by residential areas to the east and west, a park to the north, and a commercial complex to the south.

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