Aztecs 远古的回响 -- Aztecs帝国 1
Modern Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world. Once it was a wilderness 1 area. A valley of saltwater lakes and swamps, surrounded by mountains and active volcanoes. At the beginning of the 14th century a nomadic 3 tribe called the Mexica settled here, giving their name to Mexico and its capital city. Today the Mexica are better known as the Aztecs.
The Aztecs transformed themselves from simple nomad 2s into rulers of the most powerful empire Central America had ever known. But after just 200 years it would all be gone.
Eyewitness 5 accounts of Aztec life and intricate illustrated 6 records portray 7 a highly sophisticated and literate 8 society. Yet, there was a dark side to Aztec life. People lived in fear. Ritual human sacrifice was performed on a scale unmatched throughout history. It’s for this above all things that the Aztecs were remembered.
How could brutal 9 sacrifice be so commonplace in such a civilized 10 society? Who were the Aztecs really? Bloodthirsty barbarian 11s or a great world civilization?
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nomadic: adj. 游牧的
nomad: n. 游牧民
bloodthirsty: adj. 嗜杀的，残酷的
barbarian: n. 野蛮人
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- He was indeed a nomad of no nationality.他的确是个无国籍的游民。
- The nomad life is rough and hazardous.游牧生活艰苦又危险。
- This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
- The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。
- For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America. 她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
- Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. 游牧民族在这地区居住已有数千年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
- He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
- It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
- Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？
- Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.这个国家的农民中只有少数人能识字。
- A literate person can get knowledge through reading many books.一个受过教育的人可以通过读书而获得知识。
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
- Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
- rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
- There is a barbarian tribe living in this forest.有一个原始部落居住在这个林区。
- The walled city was attacked by barbarian hordes.那座有城墙的城市遭到野蛮部落的袭击。
- The ancient city of Rome fell under the iron hooves of the barbarians. 古罗马城在蛮族的铁蹄下沦陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It conquered its conquerors, the barbarians. 它战胜了征服者——蛮族。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史