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Beijing issued two statements immediately after the arbitration ruling was announced.Noting thatChinese activities in the South China Sea date backmore than 2000 years, one statement pointed out that China is the first to have discovered, named, explored and exploited the South China Sea Islands and surrounding waters.

仲裁案的决议公布后，北京立即发出两条声明，强调中国在南海的活动可追述到2000多年前。其中一条声明指出：中国是第一个发现、命名、探索以及开发南海诸岛与周边水域的国家。

Despite the ocean liner analogy, the asteroid was not named after the Queen Elizabeth II passenger ship, instead the name was generated automatically based on the time and date it was discovered.

虽然与远洋邮轮相似，但是这颗小行星并不是以伊丽莎白二世号邮轮命名的，而是基于它被发现的时间和日期自动生成的。

To date, the largest diamond ever discovered is the "Cullinan Diamond," which was dug out of a South African mine in 1905.

迄今为止，世界上最大的钻石是1905年在南非发现的“库里南钻石”（Cullinan Diamond）。

To date, astronomers have discovered more than 3500 exoplanets--worlds orbiting stars other than the Sun.

迄今为止，天文学家已发现超过3500颗系外行星--即环绕除太阳以外运行的星体。

And the earliest cave paintings found to date are those of the Chauvet Cave in France discovered in 1994.

而迄今为止发现的最早洞穴壁画是在1994年的法国夏维特山洞中发现。