1·The Outer Court consists of large structures and enormous spaces.
外朝由三个宏伟的大殿和巨大的空间组成。
2·The Outer Court consists of three grand halls sitting on a raised marble terrace.
外朝由座落在三层大理石基石上的三大殿组成。
3·There are over 1000 gargoyles around the raised platform for the Outer Court halls.
围绕着在外朝的大理石石基上大约有1000多个龙嘴。
4·In front of the halls and terrace lies a courtyard and the gate to the Outer court.
穿过横卧在大院的太和门，就开始是严格意义上的外朝了。
5·The Outer Court covers a large space between the Meridian Gate and the Gate of Heavenly purity.
外殿包括了从午门到乾清门之间的大片空地。
6·Across this courtyard lies the Gate of Supreme Harmony. This marks the start of the Outer court proper.
穿过横卧在大院的太和门，就开始是严格意义上的外朝了。
7·It is the smallest of the three main halls in the Outer Court and is square in shape rather than rectangular.
它是外朝三大殿中最小的一个，外形上更接近于正方形。
8·The three halls of the Inner Court are slightly smaller scale versions of the three halls in the Outer Court.
内朝的三殿要比外朝的三大殿在规模上稍小一些。
9·However, if one simply divides the Forbidden City into two parts - Outer Court and Inner Court - then we now head into the main part of the Outer Court.
然而，如果简单的把紫禁城划分为两个部分—外朝、内朝，那么我们现在已经进入外朝最主要的部分了。
10·The largest stone carving lies on the descent from the raised platform of the Outer Court, heading north towards the Inner Court, behind the Hall of Preserved Harmony.
最大的石雕丹陛是在这个石基向下走的地方，朝着北面的内朝，保和殿的后面。