1·During this time, he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation and he also contributed much to the new state.
在这段时间里，他见证了美国殖民地从一个小殖民地发展成为一个国家，而他也为这个新国家做出了很大的贡献。
2·But it gets worse: the Zerg are swarming toward other local settlements (8 to 12) too.
但是它变得更糟：虫族都涌向其他地方殖民地(8 - 12)。
3·He came to the West Indies when he was very young and plundered the Spanish settlements of Puerto del Principe, Puerto Bello, and Maracaibo.
当他很年轻时他来到西印度群岛，并洗劫了普林西比岛港、贝勒港和马拉开波（地名，委内瑞拉第二大城市）等西班牙的殖民地。
4·The Gaza disengagement in 2005 broke a taboo on removing Israeli settlements from the occupied territories.
在2005年，加沙的失业人员犯了大忌，将以色列的殖民地从被控制的地区解放出来。
5·A whole row of sticks stuck in the ground was a palisade and we still use that word for the kind of rudimentary protective walls built around early European settlements in North America.
如果在地上竖起一排木棒，就成了栅栏(palisade)。我们现在依旧用这个词来称呼早期欧洲人在北美殖民地所搭建的最基本的防护墙。
1·At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.
在公元600年左右的鼎盛时期，这座城市是世界上规模最大的人类定居点之一。
2·Israel's army entered the West Bank area on Tuesday to evacuate the last two Jewish settlements there.
周二，以色列军队进入约旦河西岸地区，撤离在那里的最后两个犹太定居点。
3·The continued viability of the kiva itself in Spanish mission settlements has also been underestimated by historians.
基瓦本身在西班牙传教定居点的持续生命力也被历史学家们低估了。
4·One key indicator of change in the environment surrounding these prehistoric settlements is the wood that was used there.
这些史前定居点周围环境变化的一个关键指标是当地曾使用的木材。
5·Archaeologists know that mounds such as these are the kinds of geological features that indicate the presence of ancient settlements.
考古学家知道，像这样的土堆是能表明有古代定居点存在的地质特征。