British Identity was forged at a particular time in response to particular historical circumstances. Similarly modern European identity took shape after the two terrible wars of the 20th century.

英国的身份是在特殊的时期、特殊的历史环境下形成的，类似的现代欧洲身份是在20世纪两次可怕战争后形成的。

The globe-spanning export model that delivered first-world living standards to large parts of Asia, and encouraged investment from far afield, was a product of unique historical circumstances.

为亚洲大部分地区提供一流生活水平并鼓励远方投资的全球出口模式是独特历史环境的产物。

“A lot of newspaper people treat it as one true religion, when it's an artefact of a certain set of economic and historical circumstances, ” says Joshua Benton of the Nieman Journalism Lab.

" 许多新闻人将其作为真正的职业信条，而这一信条其实只是一系列经济和历史条件下的人工产物。” 尼曼新闻实验室的Joshua Benton这样说。