I was stuck on a new asphalt road as straight as any built by the Romans. Built for speed, it bypassed villages.

我在一条新铺的柏油路上爆了胎，这条路像罗马人建造的大路一样笔直。

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The Romans, however, did not give the Silk Road its name.

然而，“丝绸之路”的名称并不是罗马人起的。

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The silk Road got its name in the 19th century when a German geographer identified it as the route through which the Romans got their silk from China.

世纪，有一位德国地理学家确认罗马人就是通过这一路线把中国的丝绸运到家的，从此有了丝绸之路的名字。

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The U.S. does, however, have crucial advantages: We know where the present road leads, whereas the Romans did not, and as a democracy we still have the chance to change our fate.

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