世界小史 第135期:繁荣富强

But when they set out to do something, they did it, even if it took 200 years, 但是他们一旦决心要做什么事，他们便总是将其实现，哪怕这要持续2000年， for they were peasants through and through, not restless seafarers lik

世界小史 第136期:对法律的忠诚

There are many old and wonderful stories telling of the love Romans had for their native land and of their faithfulness to its laws. 有许多古老的、美好的故事讲述罗马人的这种对家乡的热爱和他们对法律的忠诚。 Stories

世界小史 第122期:撤离埃及

Before he left Egypt to continue his campaign, he founded a new city by the sea and named it after himself: Alexandria. 在他撤离埃及继续作战之前，他在海边建立了一座城市并按他自己的名字命名：亚历山大。 It is sti

世界小史 第150期:亚历山大大帝

It would never have occurred to the Romans to do what Alexander the Great had done. 罗马人从未有过类似于亚历山大大帝那样的想法。 They had no wish to turn the lands they conquered into a single, vast empire in which everyone was

世界小史 第151期:宗教

They could practice their own religion and speak their own language, and in many ways they benefited from all the good things the Romans brought, such as roads. 他们可以保持自己的宗教并讲自己的语言。是的，罗马人也带给他们各

世界小史 第141期:宽阔的公路

He was that rare thing: a man who made war like a chess-player, carefully considering each move before he made it. 他是个不寻常的人：他是一个在战争中像一个棋手在下每一步棋前都深思熟虑的人。 But above all he was a

世界小史 第142期:罗马人的军队

But Hannibal found a way through for his army and they finally reached Italy. 但是汉尼拔为他的大军开出一条道路，并且他们最终到达意大利。 There he was confronted by the Romans, but he defeated them in a bloody battle. 那里

世界小史 第143期:烧杀抢掠

Ignoring his advice, they attacked Hannibal at a place called Cannae. 他们不听他的建议，在一个叫坎尼的地方攻打汉尼拔。 There they were decisively beaten: 40,000 dead on the Roman side. 罗马人遭到了毁灭性的打击：死了

世界小史 第144期:迦太基

After 14 years in Italy Hannibal finally returned to Africa, where his countrymen needed him. 在意大利征战14年后最后汉尼拔返回了非洲，因为他的同胞们需要他。 The Romans, led by Scipio their general, had reached the gates

世界小史 第145期:罗马人

Carthage was still standing, a fact which many Romans would not accept, in particular a patrician named Cato. 迦太基居然还存在，许多罗马人都不能容忍，特别是有一个名叫加图的执政官。 Cato was a just and honorable man,

世界小史 第146期:汉尼拔

If you have always found history boring, you are going to enjoy this chapter. 如果历史一直让你感到无聊的话，那么你将感到这章很有意思。 At about the same time as Hannibal was in Italy, that is, shortly after 220 BC, an empe

世界小史 第147期:中国

His province was called Ch'in, from which his family took its name, and it is likely that the whole country now known as China was named after him. 他所统治的国家叫秦国，他的家族也这样取名，大概中国整个国家今天还都是按

世界小史 第148期:坚固

Shih Huang-ti built it to protect China's many hardworking and peaceable peasants and townspeople from the wild tribes of the steppes, 秦始皇修建它是为了保护中国众多勤劳、爱好和平的农民和民众，使其免遭草原上野蛮部

世界小史 第149期:富贵还是贫穷

Now they were carefully collected and valued twice as highly as before. 现在人们将它们收集起来并加倍珍惜它们。 And to become a government official, you had to know them all. 想成为一名中国政府官员，你必须熟读这些古

世界小史 第140期:汉尼拔

It took all the money they had, but with their brand new fleet they defeated the Carthaginians, who were soon forced to cede Sicily to the Romans. 他们花费了他们的全部金钱造了这些船，但他们用这支崭新组建的船队战胜了迦

世界小史 第139期:船

Carthage was the richest and mightiest city for miles around and the Romans referred to its Phoenician inhabitants as Punics. 迦太基是远近一带最富有、最强大的城市，罗马将它的腓尼基居民称为布匿人。 Its ships went far

世界小史 第138期:贸易站和城市

But at a cost: he lost so many of his men that he is said to have cried out, One more such victory and we are lost! 但是代价很大：他的士兵战死的有如此之多以至据说他曾说：第二个这样的胜利我再也承受不了了! Whi

世界小史 第137期:井然有序

After the time of Alexander the Great, however, small wars against small towns ceased to satisfy them and they set about conquering the entire peninsula. 在亚历山大大帝以后的时期，他们不再满足于对小城邦进行小规模战争，他

异类之不一样的成功启示录 第189期:唐纳德一家

He was an imposing man, quiet and dignified and a great lover of books. 他是一个使人难忘的男人，温柔而有威严，非常热爱读书。 In his small library were works of poetry and philosophy and novels by such writers as Somerset Mau

小狐外传 第23期:撒谎

I told a fib, said Fox. 我撒了个小谎， 小狐说。 Really, Fox! said Carmen. That makes me hopping mad! 真的吗，小狐！ 卡门说，这让我很生气！ I won't do it again, said Fox. 下不为例， 小狐说。 In an hour they felt b