It is about a bird named Francine who travels back in time to learn about her ancient relatives, the dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The epic also explains and mirrors the rise of Babel as one of the great cities in the Ancient Near East.

史诗也解释并且映射了巴比伦王国的兴起,它是古代近东繁盛的城市之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The martyrs in the Easter Rebellion of 1916 become ancient Irish warriors, and we'll talk about that next time.

916年复活节起义中的烈士6,化身为古代爱尔兰骑士，这个我们下次课再谈。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Huge amounts of water ran into a low area in the dry, waterless desert that had once been an ancient lake.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

So when you see the word "book" in ancient Greek or Latin, they didn't think of this. They thought of scrolls.

当看到古希腊语或拉丁语的书这个字，他们不会想到这个，他们会想到书卷。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

His work covers over three hundred fifty square meters of ceiling in a room that contains treasures from ancient Greece.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

It might be darkness. It might be spirit. Or in ancient Greek religion, a more sort of philosophical polytheism, it might be fate.

它可以是黑暗，也可以是一种精神，在古希腊的一个，偏向于哲学上多神论的宗教中，它可以是命运。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Since ancient times, thinkers including the Greek astronomer Ptolemy believed in the existence of a huge continent on the South Pole.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

We can go back to ancient Egypt where there khemeia is reference in the hieroglyphs to term khemeia, which, among other things, meant chemical processes for embalming the dead.

我们可以追溯到古埃及,那的象形文字提到了词语,这是，在其他事情当中，意味着,化学过程处理防腐尸体。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

For example,in his play "The Comedy of Errors" Shakespeare borrows certain structural details from the ancient Roman playwright Plautus.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

I better say something about oil in the ancient world, so that you get a grip on what's going on here.

我最好说一下油在古代世界的地位,以便你能明白为什么会出售芳香油

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

In the ancient forests of the Lapland area of Finland, many people in the Sami native group make a living raising reindeer.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

This role," he says, "was taught covertly by ancient writers. It was taught covertly by ancient writers," he says in chapter 18.

他说，这个角色是古代的作家们,秘密授予的，是古代的作家们,秘密授予的，他在第十八章中说。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

For example, hundreds of thousands of people a year visit the ancient buildings of Machu Picchu in Peru.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

There are a variety of ways, in other words, in which this story, just like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, could end.

有很多种方式，换言之，在这个故事里，就像《古航海家之歌》一样，结局有很多种可能。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

University of California biologist Bill Schopf studies ancient fossils and the dirt they are found in on earth.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

In ancient culture people worried a great deal about being properly buried, so that's an interesting concept.

在古文明时期,人们很重视死后能否安然入葬,所以那是个很有意思的想法

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Doctor Thomas helped Doctor Allam organize the mummy study to find out what modern methods could show about heart disease in ancient patients.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

Those of you who would like to know more about it, I recommend reading more Platonic dialogues or taking a class in ancient philosophy.

如果你们当中有谁想做更多的了解,我推荐去读柏拉图对话集,或者选修古代哲学课程

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The statue was found in eighteen sixty-three in the ancient home of Livia, the wife of Augustus.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Finally, there is this ancient issue about sleeping in class.

最后一点,就是上课睡觉这个古老的话题

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

During the year they return to the Pueblo to take part in the many ceremonies and dances that are held in the ancient plazas.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

So, what we're dealing here with is a situation where the ancient Greeks were very much into mathematics as a way of explaining the world and explaining music in particular And they thought these ratios were primary.

那么,我们现在要潜心琢磨,古希腊人热衷于,用数学来解释世界,尤其是音乐的这种情形,他们认为这些比例才是基础

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

They measured the rings,or circles, inside thousands of ancient trees in more than three hundred places.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Clearly early Christianity has got to be studied in the context of Ancient Judaism, and so we'll do so next time.

所以显然早期基督教必须放在，古犹太教背景中研究，我们下堂课会讲。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The ancient Aztec civilization in current day Mexico used obsidian for making hunting tools and jewelry.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Now, ancient Hebrew descriptions of Yahweh employ very similar language in the poetic passage here in Exodus 15, but also in other poetic passages.

出埃及记》15，犹太人对耶和华的描述,借用了这段诗的片段，还有其他的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

I also would like you to pick up this paperback, it's not terribly expensive.We're going to be using it in the first few weeks especially: The Ancient Near East.

同时我希望你们都能有这本书，它不是很贵的，我们将在开始的几周里,用到它，这本。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They were selling that in ancient Rome, but you might think, but why just for burial?

人们在古罗马时期销售丧葬险,你可能会想,为什么只有丧葬险

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选