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|  dàng pù当铺  shè设  yī一  tiáo条  cóng从  Ōu zhōu欧洲  dào到  měi zhōu美洲  de的  hǎi dǐ海底  diàn bào电报  guāng lǎn光缆  de shí hòu的时候  chū yú出于  shāng yè商业  dòng jī动机  rén men人们  dì yī cì第一次  bù dé bù不得不  huí dá回答  zhè ge这个  wèn tí问题  hǎi dǐ海底  shì是  shén me什么  dōng xi东西 | 
| The first time that the question “What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. |