1. Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia, acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
    具有讽刺意味的是，欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传给澳洲，而欧洲自己却染上了这种人为的瘟疫般的疾病。

2. It is larger than Africa, larger than either of the two Americas, and four times as large as Europe.
    它比非洲大，比北美洲大，也比南美洲大，它有四个欧洲那样大。

3. Indeed Europe is so much smaller than Asia that some geographers regard Europe as a peninsula of Asia.
    与亚洲相比，欧洲确实太小，有些地理学家把欧洲看作亚洲的一个半岛。

4. It was read by many rulers and statesmen in Europe.
    欧洲的很多领导人和政治家都读了这本书，

5. In Eastern Europe, northern Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia, and most of the Pacific, fewer cases of AIDS, usually among drug users, have been reported thus far.
    迄今为止，在东欧、北非、地中海东部地区、亚洲和太平洋大部分地区，很少有有关艾滋病的报道，这些地区的艾滋病通常发生在吸毒者群体中。

6. It's the perfect living portrait of childhood and old age, of Europe and Asia."
    这真是一幅生动完美的画像，有儿童也有老人，有亚洲也有欧洲。"

7. It may take a decade for many countries in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe to improve transportation, power supplies, and other utilities.
    亚洲、拉丁美洲和东欧的许多国家也许需要10年的时间来改善其交通、电力供应和其他公用设施。