"The Greeks and Romans," said the old man, "called her a Dryad; but that we do not understand."
老人回答说：“罗马人和希腊人把她称为树仙，但我们不明白。”
Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world's population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
然而，这种情况也有其黑暗的一面：尽管我们取得了进步，世界上仍有一半的人口在受苦，供水服务还不如古希腊和古罗马人。
Not so with the Greeks and Romans.
希腊人和罗马人并没有这样做。
The Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and Romans all grabbed it.
亚述、波斯、希腊和罗马人都曾占有过这块土地。
A ladder leans so the Greeks and Romans called it a climax.
希腊人和罗马人将梯子靠着的称为climax。
After all, the ancient Greeks and Romans had already done so.
毕竟，古希腊、古罗马也曾这样做过。
Origin of Mother's Day goes back to the era of ancient Greek and Romans.
母亲节的起源可以追溯到古希腊和罗马时代。
The Greeks and Romans lived, I suppose, very comfortably though they had no linen.
我猜想，即便没有亚麻布，以前的希腊人和罗马人依旧能生活得很舒适。
Life and technology was not very different from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
当时的生活和技术与古时候的希腊罗马没有多少不同。
The ancient Greeks and Romans never spared themselves a glass of wine, so why should you?
古希腊和罗马人从来都是就不离身，所以为什么你就应该呢？
You see, we're like the Greeks and Romans when we put pictures of famous men on our money, too.
你看，我们也像希腊人和罗马人—样也把名人头像放到了我们的货币上。
A little later, though, the Greeks and Romans began to put pictures of famous people on their COINS.
然而不久以后，希腊和罗马人开始把名人像放在他们的硬币上。
The Greeks and Romans of the Mediterranean area concentrated on ceramics rather than wood or furniture items.
相对于木材和家具，地中海一带的希腊人和罗马人则把装饰兴趣主要集中在瓷器上。
Greeks and Romans were much more civilized than Mongols, and they were a millennium earlier than the rise of Mongols.
希腊人和罗马人比蒙古人更文明，它们比蒙古的崛起早了一千多年。
A comparison of the Indian clan with the gens of the Greeks and Romans reveals at once their identity in structure and functions.
把印第安人的克兰同希腊罗马人的氏族作一对比，立刻便显示出它们的结构和功能完全相同。
Shakespeare, Hamlet, the ancient Greeks and Romans could not imagine steam engines, railways, and the industry of the 18th and 19th centuries.
莎士比亚、哈姆雷特、以及古代的希腊人罗马人，是想象不出蒸汽机、铁路和18、19世纪的工业的。
The custom of decorating a ship probably began in ancient Egypt or India and was followed by the Chinese, Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans.
装饰船舶的习俗大概起源于古代埃及或印度，后来中国人、腓尼基人、希腊人及罗马人也有这种习俗。
Tourists and Romans alike splashed themselves with water from some of the Italian city's famous fountains on Monday as temperatures climbed to 33 degrees.
周一的时候，随着气温爬升至33度，游客和罗马人都把意大利城市的著名喷泉的水往自己身上泼。
But in some cultures, like those of the ancient Greeks and Romans, owls are seen as messengers of the gods and are associated with wisdom and prosperity.
但是，在某些文化中，像是古代希腊人和罗马人，猫头鹰被视为是神的使者，是与智慧和繁荣的象征。
July and August are unpleasantly hot, and Romans traditionally desert the stiflingly hot city in August, with many businesses closing; try to avoid visiting at this time.
七月和八月非常的炎热，八月份的罗马变成令人窒息的沙漠，许多企业甚至会关闭，所以应该尽量避免在这个时候来访。
Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand, because ancient Greeks and Romans believed that a vein in that finger led directly to the heart.
订婚和婚礼戒指会戴在左手的第四个手指上，因为古希腊和罗马人认为那个手指的血管直抵心脏。
Labyrinth was the name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to buildings, entirely or partly underground, containing a number of Chambers and passages that made egress difficult.
迷宫这个词是古希腊人和罗马人给某些建筑所取的名字，这些建筑完全或部分处于地下，有许多房间和难以走出的信道。
The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.
罗马人使用天然颜料染布和刷墙。
The Romans adopted Greek religion and moral philosophy.
罗马人采纳了希腊的宗教和道德哲学。
In speculative philosophy and the sciences, the Romans made virtually no advance on early achievements.
在思辨哲学和科学方面，罗马人在早期成就上几乎没有进步。
In speculative philosophy and the sciences, the Romans made virtually no advance on early achievements.
在思辨哲学和科学方面，罗马人在早期成就上几乎没有进步。
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