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。
Travel, except during the Dark Ages, has continued to grow and, throughout recorded history, has played a vital role in the development of civilisations and their economies.
除了在黑暗时代之外，旅游业一直在持续发展壮大，并且贯穿有记录以来的历史，始终在各文明及其经济的发展中扮演着至关重要的角色。
Since the lifetime of a planet like ours is several billion years, we can expect that, if other civilisations do survive in our galaxy, their ages will range from zero to several billion years.
由于我们这样的行星的寿命是几十亿年，我们可以预测，如果我们星系中有其他生物生存，它们的年龄将从零到几十亿岁不等。
Civilisations live and die by their founding myths.
各种文明都在它们的创始神话中生生死死。
Much the same applies to the early Indian civilisations like that of Mohenjo Daru.
就像摩亨佐-达罗的消亡一样适用于早期的印度文明。
But it was likely advanced civilisations elsewhere had mastered the technique, he added.
他补充道，不过，可能别处的发达文明已经掌握了这门技术。
I'm more into cultural holidays – you know, visiting the ruins of ancient civilisations.
我更喜欢具有文化气息的假期，例如参观古老文明的遗迹。
The famous Mayan pyramids serve as a testament to one of Mexico's ancient civilisations.
闻名遐迩的玛雅金字塔是一种墨西哥古代文明的见证。
It exists simply for the history and comparison of civilisations as historical human types.
它的存在只是为历史和作为历史的人类的不同形态的文明的比较。
The “Clash of Civilisations?” was only the most famous of numerous exercises in goring sacred cows.
最知名的《文明的冲突？ 》仅是亨廷顿无数如椽巨著中的惊鸿一瞥。
Fourth, we will also need to ensure that the world's civilisations can all benefit from globalisation.
第四，我们也应该确保世界各个不同的文明都能够从全球化中受益。
Edelstein speculates this might be one reason why extraterrestrial civilisations haven't paid us a visit.
Edelstein推测这也可能是外星文明还没有造访地球的一个原因。
Using ourselves as an example, it means the difficulty of finding other civilisations will be much greater.
拿我们自己来说，这就意味着寻找其它文明的工作更加困难。
It is well known that Africa had contacts with India and the Red Sea civilisations from the earliest times.
众所周知，非洲从早期开始，就已经同印度和红海文明有过接触。
In the past where older civilisations have been concerned, there have been periods of great spiritual achievement.
在过去旧的文明被关注的地方，就有伟大的精神成就的时代。
Traditional remedies containing honey were used in the topical treatment of wounds by diverse ancient civilisations.
含蜂蜜的传统疗法被多种古代文明用于对伤口的局部治疗。
Humanity will encounter alien civilisations with the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted yesterday.
昨天，有一位权威的俄罗斯天文学家做出了大胆的预测，称人类将在未来的二十年中与外星文明相遇。
Humanity will encounter alien civilisations with the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.
本周一，一位俄罗斯权威天文学家做出大胆预测，称人类将在未来的二十年中与外星文明相遇。
Another is that the French consider that France and Greece are two great civilisations that ought to stand by each other.
另一种说法是，法国人认为法国与希腊是两个伟大的文明，应当互相支持。
FIFTY years ago, an American astronomer called Frank Drake started to search for signals coming from alien civilisations.
早在50年前，美国天文学家FrankDrake(弗兰克·德瑞克)就已开始搜寻来自外星文明的信号。
Where Samuel Huntington predicted a "clash of civilisations", he hopes for a "creative collision" that will lead to innovation.
塞缪尔亨廷顿预测“文明冲突”之时，希望出现“创造力的碰撞”引领革新。
There are also millions of personnel from the different civilisations that work with us, so in fact we can spread them far and wide.
也有成百万的来自不同文明的人员与我们一起工作，所以，事实上我们可以遥远和广阔地散布他们。
Ancient South American civilisations prized them so much for their medicinal and aphrodisiacal properties, they even used them as currency.
古代南美文明对于其药用价值相当推崇，甚至将之作为货币进行交换。
ALMOST as soon as radios were invented, people speculated about using them to listen to-and maybe even talk to-extraterrestrial civilisations.
自打无线电发明以来，人类就打算利用它去听外星生命的声音，甚至和他们通话。
It is the best known frontier in the entire Roman Empire and stands as a reminder of the past glories of one of the world's greatest civilisations.
它因是整个罗马帝国的边界而广为人知，而且也代表著那个世界最伟大的文明之一——古罗马——的荣誉。
It is the best known frontier in the entire Roman Empire and stands as a reminder of the past glories of one of the world's greatest civilisations.
它因是整个罗马帝国的边界而广为人知，而且也代表著那个世界最伟大的文明之一——古罗马——的荣誉。
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