美国学生人类历史第6期:人类历史舞台的形成(3)

Then a strange thing happened. 这时，一件神秘的事情发生了。 All the gigantic reptiles died within a short time. 所有这些庞大的爬行动物在短时间内悉数灭绝。 We do not know the reason. 我们不知道其中的原因。

美国学生人类历史第1期:前言(1)

When I was twelve or thirteen years old, an uncle of mine who gave me my love for books and pictures promised to take me upon a memorable expedition. 当我十二三岁的时候，我的那位引导我爱上书籍和图画的舅舅，答应带我做一

美国学生人类历史 第2期:前言(2)

I saw the heart of time. I could hear the heavy pulse beats of the rapid seconds-one-two-three-up to sixty. 我仿佛看见了时间的心脏，我听见了飞速流逝的时间那沉重的脉搏声，一秒、两秒、三秒，一直到六十秒。

美国学生人类历史第3期:前言(3)

History he knew well, for it was a living thing with him. 他熟悉历史故事，它们对他来说都是活生生的事情。 There, he would say, pointing to a bend of the river, there, my boy, do you see those trees? 看那儿他会指着一处河弯

美国学生人类历史第4期:人类历史舞台的形成(1)

Chapter 1 第一章 The Setting of the Stage 人类历史舞台的形成 We live under the shadow of a gigantic question mark. 人类一直以来都生活在一个巨大问号的阴影下面 Who are we? 我们是谁？ Where do we come from? 我们从哪

美国学生人类历史第5期:人类历史舞台的形成(2)

Meanwhile the plants had increased in number and they had to search for new dwelling places. There was no more room for them at the bottom of the sea. 与此同时，植物的数量也在不断滋长，海底的空间已经不够容纳它们了。 Re

美国学生人类历史第7期:我们最早的祖先(1)

Chapter 2 第二章 Our earliest ancestors 我们最早的祖先 We know very little about the first true men. We have never seen their pictures. In the deepest layer of clay of an ancient soil we have sometimes found pieces of their bones. These lay

美国学生人类历史 第101期:罗马帝国的故事(11)

If the truth be told, the average citizen was sick and tired of anarchy and disorder. He did not care who ruled him pro vided the new master gave him a chance to live quietly and without the noise of eternal street riots. Octavian assured his subject

美国学生人类历史 第100期:罗马帝国的故事(10)

Octavian remained in Rome, but Antony went to Egypt to be near Cleopatra with whom he too had fallen in love, as seems to have been the habit of Roman generals. 渥大维留在罗马，而安东尼去了埃及。似乎罗马将军都有爱江 山更爱

美国学生人类历史 第102期:罗马帝国的故事(12)

It had created a large bureaucracy-petty officials who were underpaid and who were forced to take graft in order to buy bread and clothing for their families. Worst of all, it had accustomed people to violence, to blood-shed, to a barbarous pleasure

美国学生人类历史 第93期:罗马帝国的故事(3)

They crouched together in filthy hovels in the suburbs of the large cities. They were apt to get sick and die from terrible epidemics. They were all profoundly discontented. They had fought for their country and this was their reward. They were alway

美国学生人类历史 第91期:罗马帝国的故事(1)

Chapter 24 第二十四章 The roman empire 罗马帝国的故事 How the republic of Rome after centuries of unrest and revolution become an empire 罗马共和国历经数世纪的动乱和革命，终于变成了罗马帝国 When the Roman armies

美国学生人类历史 第92期:罗马帝国的故事(2)

Two thousand years ago a slave was merely a piece of machinery. Nowadays a rich man invests his money in factories. The rich people of Rome (senators, generals and war-profiteers) invested theirs in land and in slaves. The land they bought or took in

美国学生人类历史 第99期:罗马帝国的故事(9)

He marched at the head of not less than four different victory-parades, having won four different campaigns. 在其辉煌的一生中，恺撒赢得了四次重大战争，四次举行凯旋入城仪式，每次都威风八面地走在游行队伍的最

美国学生人类历史 第98期:罗马帝国的故事(8)

He crossed the Rubicon River which separated the province of Cis-alpine Gaul from Italy. Everywhere he was received as the friend of the people. Without difficulty Caesar entered Rome and Pompey fled to Greece Caesar followed him and defeated his fol

美国学生人类历史 第97期:罗马帝国的故事(7)

Cicero, a public-spirited lawyer, had discovered the plot, had warned the Senate, and had forced Catiline to flee. But there were other young men with similar ambitions and it was no time for idle talk. 一个颇具公众精神的律师西塞罗察觉了

美国学生人类历史 第96期:罗马帝国的故事(6)

As for Sulla, he became Dictator, which meant sole and supreme ruler of all the Roman possessions. He ruled Rome for four years, and he died quietly in his bed, having spent the last year of his life tenderly raising his cabbages, as was the custom o

美国学生人类历史 第95期:罗马帝国的故事(5)

He began his campaign for world-domination with the murder of all Roman citizens who happened to be in Asia Minor, men, women and children. Such an act, of course, meant war. The Senate equipped an army to march against the King of Pontus and punish

美国学生人类历史 第94期:罗马帝国的故事(4)

There were street riots. A party of thugs was hired to kill the popular Tribune. Tiberius Gracchus was attacked when he entered the assembly and was beaten to death. Ten years later his brother Gaius tried the experiment of reforming a nation against

美国学生人类历史第19期:尼罗河河谷(2)

While man of the prehistoric age had been obliged to spend sixteen hours out of every twenty-four gathering food for himself and the members of his tribe, 史前人类通常要1天劳动16个小时，为自己的家人和部落成员寻找食物。 t