For nearly three and a halfcenturies she lay at the bottom of Stockholm harbour until her discovery in 1956.
它(这艘船)在斯德哥尔摩港口的海底躺了将近三个半世纪,直到1956年才被发现。
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Two and a halfcenturies on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.
两个半世纪过去了,大多数国家都对烟酒征收了某种税。
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Two and halfcenturies later, in the first spring of the Civil War, Fort Monroe was a lonely Union redoubt in the heart of newly Confederate territory. Its defenders stood on constant guard.