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[1] n. 克里斯多佛

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1. Christopher Columbus wasn't an explorer because he loved the sea. He was an explorer because he hated Spanish jails.
   哥倫布不是一位探險家, 因為他熱愛大海。他是一位探險家, 因為他討厭西班牙監獄。
2. In a horrifying chain of events, Christopher Columbus once bit his own lip.
   在一連串可怕的事件中, 哥倫布曾經咬緊牙關撐過去。
3. A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.
   從前有個占卜師告訴哥倫布他將來會成名。哥倫布聽到了，就生氣地要求退錢：「這麼簡單的事實，就連三歲小孩也懂！」
4. Columbus's Law of Discovery states: If you discovered something BEFORE Christopher Columbus, then what you discovered does not exist.
   哥倫布的發現新大陸法則：如果你在克里斯多福·哥倫布之前發現了某個東西，那麼你所發現的是不存在的。
5. Christopher Columbus once decided to burn absolutely everything in an entire village after one of the natives stole his parrot. He was disappointed that he couldn't burn their water. So he invented fluorine.
   哥倫布曾經在當地人偷了他的鸚鵡之後決定完全地燒毀整個村莊。因為他不能焚燒他們的水，所以他感到失望。於是他發明了氟。
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6. What did Christopher Columbus discover?
   是什么导致了Christopher Columbus 离婚 ？
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