A galaxy as ancient as ours is filled with inexplicable wonders and secrets lost to the ages.
一个像我们这样古老的银河系充满了无法解释的奇观与历史谜团。
According to thinkers as ancient as Aristotle, we might only need memories as a way to predict and anticipate the future [source: Eagleman].
根据古代思想家亚里斯·多德的说法，我们仅仅需要把记忆作为一个预言未来的手段【来源：eagleman】。
It is as ancient as the entire mammalian line, he argues, engaging areas of the brain that developed in our distant ancestors over 100m years ago.
移情便如整个哺乳的历史一样古老，他写道，在一亿年多前，就已在我们远祖们的脑中萦绕。
As a result of human activity, such enemies reach even the remotest corners of the world, threatening to make the ancient giants a thing of the past.
由于人类的活动，这些敌人甚至到达了世界上最偏远的角落，威胁要使古代巨人成为历史。
Chopsticks are highly praised by Westerners as a hallmark of ancient oriental civilization.
筷子被西方人高度赞扬为古代东方文明的标志。
Archaeologists know that mounds such as these are the kinds of geological features that indicate the presence of ancient settlements.
考古学家知道，像这样的土堆是能表明有古代定居点存在的地质特征。
The river that formed these deposits was actually not far from an ancient ocean known as the Tethys Sea.
形成这些沉积物的河流实际上离一个叫做特提斯海的古代海洋不远。
The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.
古希腊人提出的古代哲学的好处是，他们倾向于以清晰而完整的方式看待生活，而今天的我们却不愿这样看待生活。
The ancient Gothic word for ten, tachund, is used to express the number 100 as tachund tachund.
在古哥特语中，表示“十”的词是 “tachund”，用来表示数字100的是 “tachund tachund”。
Even such a name as Simpson may belong to this last group, and not to the first, had the family once had its home in the ancient village of that name.
即使辛普森这样的名字也可能属于最后一类，而不是第一类，如果这个家族曾经在同名的古老村庄里有自己的家的话。
If an ancient animal had structures that looked like antlers, palaeontologists would argue that it probably used them as an elk or moose.
如果一种古代动物有看起来像鹿角的结构，古生物学家就会争论说它可能像麋鹿或驼鹿那样使用鹿角。
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。
As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall as well as add to its ancient bird collection.
因此，博物馆计划扩建大厅，并增加其古代鸟类藏品。
All these findings seem to indicate that they are the remains of an ancient civilization that was every bit as advanced as other more famous civilizations of the time.
所有这些发现似乎表明，它们是一个古代文明的遗迹，与当时其它更著名的文明一样先进。
As a result, modern farmers attempting to grow corn in the ancient Maya homelands have faced frequent crop failures, especially in the north.
因此，特别是在北部地区，现代农民试图在古玛雅家园种植玉米却面临歉收。
The great civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the area we refer to as the Fertile Crescent, of which a little part here about the size of Rhode Island is Canaan.
古埃及，美索不达米亚和我们称为新月沃土的地区的伟大文明，其中一小部分面积和罗德岛差不多就是迦南。
The most alluring scenery is Kunming Lake, with an exquisite building in the middle, and it involves three parts which are mainly used as the ancient empress's living quarter.
最诱人的风景是昆明湖，中间有座精美的建筑，其三个部分主要作为古代皇后的生活区域。
"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？”
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。
How do you connect to other aspects of ancient Chinese culture, such as Daoist ideas of yin-yang?
你如何将中国古代文化的其他方面联系起来，比如道教的阴阳思想?
It is amazing that this ultra-modern TV tower combines ancient concepts such as the spherical pearls, with technology, commerce, recreation, educational and conference facilities of the 21st century.
令人惊叹的是，这座超现代的电视塔将古老的概念，如球形的珍珠，与21世纪的技术、商业、娱乐、教育和会议设施相结合。
Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.
航测技术能定位大致目标区域或更大的具有掩埋特征的区域，比如古建筑或古迹。
Other ancient civilisations certainly knew about kites; as early as 1250 BC, the Chinese were using them to deliver messages and dump flaming debris on their foes.
其他古代文明当然也了解风筝的用途；早在公元前1250年，中国人就用它们传递信息，向敌人投掷燃烧的碎片。
In order to understand ancient Egyptian art, it is vital to know as much as possible of the elite Egyptians' view of the world and the functions and contexts of the art produced for them.
为了理解古埃及艺术，尽可能多地了解埃及精英的世界观以及为他们所创造的艺术的功能和背景是至关重要的。
Lijiang Ancient Town, also known as Dayan Township, is one of the second batch of the approved historical and cultural famous cities.
丽江古城又名大研镇，是第二批被批准的中国历史文化名城之一。
The ancient Chinese already knew that as Guyu comes, the weather will become warm enough for sowing.
中国古人早就知道，谷雨来了，天气就暖和了，可以播种了。
In ancient Roman times, the Italian peninsula had great forest of fir preferred for warships, but scarcity was apparent as early as the early fourteenth century.
在古罗马时期，意大利半岛上有大面积的冷杉林，是建造军舰的首选材料，但是，冷杉的稀缺性早在14世纪早期就出现了。
They sold it to other countries such as ancient Rome.
他们把它卖给其他如古罗马这样的国家。
It allows more people to know better the great art of ancient China, as well as the importance of agriculture in history.
它让更多人更好地了解中国古代的伟大艺术，以及农业在历史上的重要性。
Ancient trees are as much a part of our heritage as works of art.
古树和艺术品一样，都是我们遗产的一部分。
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