试题题干
Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
Americans did not always regard baseball and other sports in such a benign manner. Rather, sports during the early colonial times were seen as pagan and devilish things to do.
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试题解析
考点：in such a benign manner持这样一种友好的态度；during the early colonial times早期殖民时期的；pagan 异教。
句子结构：第一句中in such a benign manner为方式状语。第二句为被动语态be seen as···，意为“被视为······”。