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China boasts the world's earliest observatory, built in Nanking in 1385 in the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 A . D . - 1644 A . D . ), three centuries ahead of the Greenwich Observatory built in Britain in 1670.中国建有世界上最早的气象台....

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He boasts of dodging military service by feigning illness.他炫耀自己通过装病来逃避服兵役。He was asked about earlier boasts of a quick victory.有人质问他早先说过的那些速战速决的大话.Each home boasts an unprecedented level of quality throughout.每家的质量都堪称一流。...