Originally these graves had been dug into the rocks of the western mountains 最初,这些坟墓是建在西部山脉的岩石里面, but as the Egyptians moved northward they were obliged to build their cemeteries in the desert. 随着埃及人向

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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

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356. Buchanan elected President, 1856. 356.布坎南当选为总统(1856年) The Whigs and the Know-Nothings nominated Millard Fillmore for President and said nothing about slavery. 辉格党和美国本土党提名米勒德菲尔莫尔为总统,

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The Southern leaders knew all these things. 南方人知道这些事, But they made up their minds that now the time had come to secede from the Union and to establish a Southern Confederacy. 但他们坚信已经到了脱离联邦建立南方同盟的

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364. The States. 364.各州 As it was with the cities so it was with the statesthe North had grown beyond the South. 在发展方面各个州的情况一如各个城市北方的发展超过南方。 In 1790 Virginia had as many inhabitants as the s

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395. Fredericksburg, December, 1862. 395.弗里德里克斯堡(1862年9月) Burnside found Lee strongly posted on Marye's Heights, which rise sharply behind the little town of Fredericksburg on the southern bank of the Rappahannock River. 伯恩赛

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But the Confederates fired on her, and she steamed away without landing the soldiers or the supplies. 但是,南方联盟的人向汽艇开枪,汽艇没有卸下士兵和给养就离开了。 Lincoln waited a month, hoping that the secessionists

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More than 100 students enrolled at a vocational school in South China were turned away on registration day because there wasn't enough dorm space for them. 由于校方床位不足,100多名被中国南方一职业学校录取的新生在注册日遭

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That is all very well, you will say, and no doubt it is a great virtue to care so much for moderation and perfection, but why should the Greeks have been the only people to develop this quality in olden times? For an answer I shall point to the way i

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Chapter 14 第十四章 The Greek cities 古希腊城邦 The Greek cities that were really states. 古希腊的城市其实是独立的国家 We modern people love the sound of the word big. We pride ourselves upon the fact that we belong to the bigg

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It was the small house within the high city-walls where his wife and children lived in safety. It was a complete world which covered no more than four or five acres of rocky land. Don't you see how these surroundings must have influenced a man in eve

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This new form of dramatic entertainment demanded a proper setting, and soon every Greek city owned a theatre, cut out of the rock of a nearby hill. The spectators sat upon wooden benches and faced a wide circle (our present orchestra where you pay th

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Chapter 16 第十六章 Greek life 古希腊人的生活 How the Greeks Lived 古希腊人是怎样生活的 But how, you will ask, did the ancient Greeks have time to look after their families and their business if they were forever running to the m

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Within this courtyard the family lived when it did not rain or when it was not too cold. In one corner of the yard the cook (who was a slave) prepared the meal and in another corner, the teacher (who was also a slave) taught the children the alpha be

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The other Greek cities followed her example with the exception of tiny Plataea which sent a thousand men. On the twelfth of September of the year 490, Miltiades, the Athenian commander, threw this little army against the hordes of the Persians. The G

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His place had been taken by the nobles-a class of rich people who during the course of time had got hold of an undue share of the farms and estates. 他的位置被一群贵族占据。他们是在社会演进的过程中攫取了超额的土地与财产

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The newly formed Empire must be brought under the influence of the Greek mind. The people must be taught the Greek language-they must live in cities built after a Greek model. The Alexandrian soldier now turned school-master. The military camps of ye

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Chapter 19 第十九章 Athens VS. Sparta 雅典与斯巴达之战 How Athens and Sparta fought a long and disastrous war for the leadership of Greece 为争夺希腊半岛的领导权,雅典与斯巴达展开了一场漫长而灾难深重的战争。

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An insignificant quarrel between two little Greek cities led to the final conflict. For thirty years the war between Athens and Sparta continued. It ended in a terrible disaster for Athens. 一段时间里,雅典与斯巴达相安无事。可一件小

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As the years went by the influence of Carthage upon her neighbours increased until the greater part of the African coast, Spain and certain regions of France were Carthaginian possessions, and paid tribute, taxes and dividends to the mighty city on t

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