古埃及的法老們大概生活在什么時代？有什么著名的法老

今天的這段對話，在討論法老，

古埃及的法老們大概生活在什么時代？有什么著名的法老

來聽今天的講解:

A: Professor Thomson, do you know anything about when the pharaohs lived, in ancient Egypt?

湯姆森教授，你知道古埃及的法老們大概生活在什么時代嗎？

B: As a matter of fact I do. They have a long history, form the Pre-Dynastic period, 5500-3100 BC to the Late Kingdom period, 664-332 BC. Pharaoh is the ancient Egyptian name of king.

我還確實知道。他們生活的年代很長，從公元前5500年至前3100年的前王朝起，一直到公元前664年至前332年的王國末期。法老是古埃及君主的稱號。

A: That is a long history! Too long for my project, I think. What about famous pharaohs?

這段歷史真的很長！我想，對我的研究計劃來說也太長了。研究些著名的法老怎么樣？

B: There were certainly many of those. Sneferu was a pharaoh during the Old Kingdom period, he reigned for around 30 years. He is famous because he was the first pharaoh to build pyramids.

有名的法老也有很多。 斯尼夫魯是古王國時期的法老，統冶王國大約有30年。他有第一個修建金字塔的法老，因此而出名。

A: He’s very important then. Another?

那么他是很重要了。其他著名的法老呢？

B: OK，next is Khufu, who reigned during the 4 dynasty. He was famous for building The Great Pyramid at Giza, one of the most well-known throughout the world. This pyramid shows us how Khufu was able to lead and co-ordinate his people, who helped him to build the pyramid in exchange for goods and services.

下一個是胡夫，是第四王朝的法老。他以修建吉薩的大金字塔而出名，這是世界上最有名的金字塔之一。該金字塔向我們展示了胡夫是如何領導和協調他的臣民，讓他們幫助他修建金字塔以換取商品和公共服務的。

A: Why didn’t he pay them? After all, they were construction workers.

他為什么不付給他們工資？畢竟他們是建筑工人。

B: At that time, there was no monetary system in Egypt.

當時埃及沒有貨幣體制。

A: Oh, I see. OK, who’s next?

噢，我知道了。好了，下一個是誰？

B: Amenhotep III is next, he was king during the 18 dynasty and he reigned for almost 40 years. He’s well known for being a prolific builder and a benevolent ruler. He built many splendid temples and statues of himself, but his greatest achievement was the Temple of Amun. It shows a relief which served to establish the legitimacy of his rule by depicting his birth directly form the god Amun.

下一個是阿蒙霍特普三世，他是第18王朝的法老，統治王國約40年。以建筑眾多和仁慈統治而聞名于世。他建了很多富麗堂皇的廟宇和他自己的雕像，但他最偉大的業(yè)績是修建了阿蒙神廟。里面有個浮雕描述他是阿蒙神投胎轉世，以此來鞏固他合法的統治地位。

A: He was king for 40 years you say ? That’s a long reign, he sound like a great king. Are there any more famous pharaohs?

你是說他當了40年的國王嗎？統治時間那么長，似乎像個偉大的國王。還有什么著名的法老嗎？

B: Yes, next I will tell you about perhaps the most famous of all the pharaohs. He was known as “The Boy King”. Have you heard this before?

還有，下面我要給你講可能是所有法老中最有名的一個。他以“男孩國王”而聞名。這個你聽說過嗎？

A: Yes, I think so. Was it Tutan … something?

是的，我想我聽說過。是不是圖坦什么的？

B: Indeed! Tutankhamun, or “King Tut ”, he reigned for a very short time and died in his teens.

沒錯！是圖坦卡蒙或圖坦王，他統治的時間很短，十幾歲就死了。

A: In his teens, well “The Boy King” is definitely the right name for him, then. Thanks so much for your help, I think my project will be a great success.

十幾歲，那“男孩國王”的稱號對他來說再確切不過了。謝謝你的幫助，我想我的研究計劃會很成功的.