The art form reached its height during the Renaissance, when micro-mosaics were created for St.Peter's Basilica in Vatican City because traditional altar paintings were decaying from humidity and other environmental factors.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Socrates, in other words, has broken the bond of tradition and traditional authority that holds the ancient city and the ancient family together.

苏格拉底，其实已经摧毁了,传统与传统权威间的联系,那可是维系古代城邦,与古代家庭的力量。

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Hundreds of dancers and singers, many of them dressed in traditional costumes, strutted behind a marching band to Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium for the dress rehearsal of Friday's World Cup opening ceremony.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10