Nor do the oral histories and traditions of later Polynesians offer any insights, for they turn into myths long before they reach as far back in time as the Lapita.

后来的波利尼西亚人的口述历史和传统也没有提供任何见解，因为它们早在追溯到拉皮塔人的时代之前就已经成为神话。

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Somewhere back there in the mists of time people noticed that changes in how the sky looked related to the turn of the seasons.

拨开时间的层层迷雾，在很久以前的某天，人们注意到天象与季节的更迭有一定联系。

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You can turn back any time you want, and you can go any day of the week at any time, since you won’t have to compete with rush hour (or even weekday) traffic.

你随时都可以掉头回来，也可以在一星期中任何一天任何时刻上路，这样你就不用受繁忙时段（或许整个工作日都是）的交通之苦了。

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But it may not matter to the president, who seems keen to turn back the hands of time to an era of absolute dictatorship, when the country was awash with spies spilling its citizens' secrets to keep them in tow and a dictator at the helm.

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Those of the Michael Moore strain of liberalism want to turn back the hands of time so that we can go back to living in 1950s suburban Michigan.

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