"So what happens when China is able to do that,and worse, what happens when the United States may not be able to for quite a while?."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

It actually takes several chapters to reach a resolution, and God pouts for quite a while, but a renewal of the covenant does occur, and another set of stone tablets is given, and according to one rabbinic text the broken tablets, as well as the new tablets, are both placed in the ark .

有很多章节描述了达成解决方案，上帝生气了很久，但是更新的契约出现了,上帝给了另一块石法板，一部犹太教义的文本显示，破碎的石法板，和新的石法板，都放在藏经柜中。

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So it was just a natural progression really because I've lived here for quite a while.

所以这真的只是一个自然的过程，因为我在这儿生活了一段时间了。

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One of the things you kind of speculate about, and wonder about, why did some cities send out lots of colonies, some cities send out only a few, and others none at all for quite a while.

也许你感到疑惑的一件事是,为什么有些母邦派出了大量移民,另一些只有一些移民,还有其他母邦在很长时间根本没向外移民呢

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