They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
他们认为古希腊和古罗马是至关重要的知识来源。
Confucius is considered the greatest of the ancient Chinese sages.
孔子被认为是古代中国最伟大的圣人。
These ancient silk routes opened windows of friendly engagement among nations.
这些古老的丝绸之路打开了各国友好交往的窗口。
The closest thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play.
在古代，和看电影最接近的事情就是看皮影戏。
In ancient mythology there was no impassable gulf separating the divine from the human beings.
在上古神话中，神与人之间没有不可逾越的鸿沟。
Chopsticks, invented by ancient Chinese people, are a kind of tableware with distinct national features.
筷子是中国古人发明的一种具有鲜明民族特色的进食工具。
Gold was considered divine in ancient Greece and was used to adorn temples and as an offering to the gods.
在古希腊，黄金被认为是神圣的，被用来装饰庙宇和作为对神的祭品。
"The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers," wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, in 1897.
1897年，夏威夷最后一位在位君主利留卡拉尼女王写道：“古代夏威夷人是天文学家。”
Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known locally, is home to several hundred ancient human statues—the moai.
复活节岛（当地人称之为拉普努伊岛）是数百座古代人类雕像——摩艾石像的故乡。
The ruins of the ancient city are of great cultural value and should be preserved for research in the future.
古城的遗址具有巨大的文化价值，应该将其保护起来以便日后研究。
The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.
古埃及人把太阳升起比作生命的开始，太阳落下比作生命的结束。
"Had the Greeks held novelty in such disdain as we," asked Horace in his epistle, "what work of ancient date would now exist?"
霍勒斯在他的书信中问道：“如果希腊人也像我们这样鄙视新奇事物，那么古代的作品现在还会存在吗？”
Motherlove is a repeated subject in Chinese ancient poems, like "Song of the Parting Son" by Meng Jiao, a poet of the Tang dynasty.
母爱是中国古代诗歌中反复出现的主题，如唐代诗人孟郊的《游子吟》。
For centuries Oxford has been at Britain's intellectual heart, perhaps the most prestigious among Europe's many ancient universities.
几个世纪以来，牛津大学一直是英国知识分子的中心，它或许是欧洲众多古老大学中最负盛名的。
The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony.
火炬象征着古希腊运动理想的延续，它会一直燃烧到奥运会闭幕。
In response to declining math skills among their students, some Japanese schools are bringing back an ancient calculating device—the abacus.
为了应对学生数学能力的下降，日本的一些学校重新使用起一种古老的计算工具——算盘。
A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct species.
一项针对古代和现代大象的研究得出一个出人意料的结论：非洲大象已经分化成两个不同的物种。
In the ancient Arabic story called Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, the young hero Ali Baba said "Open Sesame" and a door to hidden treasures was opened to him.
在古老的阿拉伯故事《阿里巴巴和四十大盗》中，年轻的英雄阿里巴巴说“芝麻开门”，一扇通往隐藏宝藏的门为他打开了。
Based on records from ancient Athens, each year young Athenian women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe that they used to dress a statue of the goddess Athena.
根据古代雅典的记载，每年雅典的年轻妇女都要合作织成一件新的羊毛长袍，用来装饰雅典娜女神的雕像。
The Nile, which begins in central Africa and flows over 4,100 miles north into the Mediterranean, hosted one of the world's great ancient civilizations along its shores.
尼罗河发源于非洲中部，向北流入地中海，流程达4100多英里，它的沿岸曾孕育了世界上最伟大的古代文明之一。
An important archaeological discovery on the island of Efate in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu has revealed traces of an ancient seafaring people, the distant ancestors of todays Polynesians.
瓦努阿图太平洋群岛埃法特岛上的一项重要考古发现揭示了古代航海民族的踪迹，即今天的波利尼西亚人的远祖。
From ancient times our forefathers have laboured, lived and multiplied on this land.
自古以来，我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁衍在这块土地上。
Taichi is an ancient martial art.
太极是一种古老的武术。
The Olympic Games began in Olympia, in ancient Greece.
奥林匹克运动会起源于古希腊的奥林匹亚。
In ancient China, fans were a sign of beauty and knowledge.
在中国古代，扇子是美丽和学识的象征。
Chinese folk music is connected with ancient Chinese stories.
中国民间音乐与中国古代故事有着密切的联系。
Chinese people began making tiger-head shoes in ancient times.
中国人在古代就开始制作虎头鞋了。
Chinese people began making tiger-head shoes in ancient times.
中国人在古代就开始制作虎头鞋了。
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