1: 1 JARED DIAMOND has made a name for himself explaining why some societies do well and others do not. 2: In “Guns, Germs and Steel”, his 1997 bestseller, he brushed aside the arrogant view that ascribed Europe's dominance to human biology, stressing instead the continent's environmental advantages, notably its native wheat and barley and its easily domesticated animals. [...]113: He followed this up eight years later with “Collapse”, another exhaustive study, this time about how certain societies caused their own demise by ruining the environs that sustained them. 4: Read together, these are civilisation-scale books about survival.

1:贾雷德戴蒙德因为分析了一些社会运行良好一些社会难以为继的原因而名声大噪。2: 他执笔的《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》是1997年的畅销书。书中，他对 “欧洲社会之所以运行良好，是因为其主导了人类生物学领域” 这一自负论断不屑一顾，在他看来，欧洲大陆的昌盛是因为欧洲优越的环境特别适合种植小麦、大麦以及饲养家畜。 [...]113:八年后，他奉献了耗时良久的又一力作-《崩溃:社会如何选择成败兴亡》。书中主要内容是介绍一些人类社会是如何毁掉自己赖以生存的周遭环境，进而导致自己灭亡的。4:两本书都是文明层面上有关人类生存的书籍。

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However, the games-time measures have already affected many businesses in Beijing and its environs .

不过，奥运期间实行的这些措施，已经影响了北京及周围地区的许多企业。

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But as there aren't any window boxes in my immediate environs I shall be professional.

但由于周围没有任何窗台，我应该专业点。

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Feng shui masters say that adjusting the environs around a bed can bring couples closer.

风水大师说调整床周围的环境可让夫妇更亲密。

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By all accounts, for the past five years he has been holed up in the leafy environs of Abbottabad, without phone or e-mail.

根据各方的说法，本•拉登过去5年来一直藏身在巴基斯坦郁郁葱葱的阿伯塔巴德（Abbottabad）市，没有电话或电子邮件。

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The turbulence seemed wholly out of place in HBS's orderly and tranquil environs .

哈佛商学院有序而宁静的环境似乎与动荡毫不沾边。

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Shuttles didn't begin to fly until 1981, after which Kennedy and its environs enjoyed a period of relative economic stability.

航天飞机直到1981年才开始飞行，之后肯尼迪及其郊区享受了一段经济相对稳定时期。

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The remainder of the troops were confined to their barracks, without reckoning the regiments of the environs of Paris.

其余的军队在军营里，巴黎四周的联队还没计算在内。

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Residents of Qingdao and its environs , where about seven million people live, have been anticipating the city's Olympic moment for years.

青岛市及其郊区共有大约700万人口，当地居民数年来一直在期待奥运会在该市举办。

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Such "pyramids" can be used to look over the environs but it is very dangerous to climb them.

像这样的“金字塔”可以被用来察看周围环境。但是攀爬上去却非常具有危险性。

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One sunny afternoon, Maria took the children to the environs .

一个晴朗的下午，玛丽亚带孩子们来到郊外。

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Sexually experienced rodents also proved less anxious than virgins, in that they were quicker to chomp down on food in unfamiliar environs .

有性经验的啮齿动物证明了比没有经过性活动的不容易焦虑，它们可以更快地在不熟悉的环境下大声咀嚼食物。

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Gotals cannot use their accurate senses in these environs , and they cannot spend time close to droids.

在这些邻近的区域，戈塔尔人无法使用他们敏锐的感觉器官，而且也不能长时间待在机器人身旁。

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The idea is to inject grandeur (as conveyed by the cultural and official institutions) and if possible, beauty, to Paris's many environs .

这个想法将会把庄严特色，可能的话，还有美好的环境，注入巴黎的许多郊区（正如由文化机构和官方机构所转达的一样）。

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This is the first truly marble palace in the environs of St. Petersburg.

这是第一个位于圣彼得堡附近的真正大理石宅邸。

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