1·The mathematics of ancient Egypt were based on a decimal system.
古埃及数学以十进制为基础。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.
古战场的布局从高处清晰可见。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·The pyramids are an eloquent testimony to the ancient Egyptians' engineering skills.
金字塔是古埃及人非凡工程技术的明鉴。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·In ancient Egypt, women did not go out to work.
在古埃及，妇女不外出工作。
5·These ancient weapons are all cast out of bronze.
这些古兵器都是用青铜铸成的。
1·So the fact, though, is the way ancient people interpret a text, as this example shows, is not the way I have been teaching you in this class to interpret texts.
所以事实是，古代人解读经文的方式，从这个例子可以看出，不是我一直在课上教你们，解读经文的方式。
2·So inspiration,contrary to modern assumptions was not the criteria you hear ancient people talk about.
所以与现代观点相反,神启性不是古代人的考虑标准。
3·Breaking a mirror is seven years of bad luck! Back in ancient times, a mirror was said to be a window to your soul, so breaking one was very bad!
另外，打碎镜子代表七年的坏运气，因为古代人觉得镜子是通向心灵的窗口。
4·But since life expectancy in the Ancient World was much less than ours, you didn't have usually several generations in these households, because older people just died.
但是古代人的寿命没我们长，一般不会出现几代同堂，因为年纪大了去世了。
5·Outsidee our hotel in ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman on crutches waited beside the door with her hand outstretched.
在越南胡志明市里我们旅馆外面，有一个颇似古代人的老妇人倚着拐杖，伸手在门口等着。