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freshair313
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 Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:24 am Post subject: A sentense confused me. |
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A sentense confused me. Please help me with the bold text. Thank you in advance.
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Nicaragua announced last month that it was planning its own canal, although analysts doubt that its $18 billion public-private project, which would use the 60-mile-wide Lake Nicaragua, has much chance of success. Its chances might have improved had the Panama Canal expansion been rejected.
As they lined up around the countryside to weigh in on the canal�s fate, most Panamanians seemed to have concluded that their futures and that of the canal were one. |
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lotus
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| Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Hi freshair313,
It means that Panamanians realize that their livelihood and future (economically, politically, etc.) is inextricably tied to that of the canal.
The canal's fate is their fate.
--lotus
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freshair313
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| Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank lotus, but I am still not very clear what the two words－"that,one" refer to. Could you explain it further? |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| freshair313 wrote: |
| Thank lotus, but I am still not very clear what the two words?"that,one" refer to. Could you explain it further? |
"As they lined up around the countryside to weigh in on the canal�s fate, most Panamanians seemed to have concluded that their futures and that of the canal were one."
most Panamanians seemed to have concluded that their futures and the future of the canal were one and the same. |
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freshair313
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| Thank you for your patient help. I appreciate it very much. |
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