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。

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Many parks celebrate purenature, but Peneda-Gerês is memorable for its juxtapositions—wolfdens within sight of human homes, ancient villages in the shadow of windturbines.

很多公园赞叹纯粹的大自然，然而佩内达-热尔却因她的并列组合而难忘——狼穴在人类居所的旁边，古代村落在风力涡轮机的遮蔽之下。

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On the exterior, this creates the constantly changing image of ephemeral9 luminosity10 rather than the ancient perception of architecture as shade, shadow and texture.

这样，从外观来看，它就可以营造出瞬息万变、流光溢彩的形象，而不是像古时候人们所认为的那样教堂就是一座阴暗的建筑而已。

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Arfon is the most densely populated and the county council head offices are in Caernarfon in the shadow of the ancient castle.

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They convened in a white tent in the shadow of the restored remains of the ancient Ur ziggurat, or observatory.

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On a warm, late summer's evening, the barefooted Ethiopian ran nimbly across the ancient cobbles of the Appian Way to win the men's marathon underneath under the shadow of the Coliseum.

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