外國人最想和你聊的文化話題：雅典，“最輕浮的城市”

     The home of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle is the "most flirtatious city" of the modern world.
     蘇格拉底、柏拉圖和亞里士多德的故鄉(xiāng)雅典當(dāng)選為現(xiàn)代世界中的"最輕浮城市"。
     The Greek capital is a seductive city, with a hedonistic lifestyle.
     作為希臘首都，雅典一直都是一座很誘人的城市，這兒的人們奉行快樂主義的生活方式。
     Athenians love to party and they love to talk.
     雅典人喜歡聚會(huì)，也愛好交談。
     Flirting and sexual banter are not just a means to an end but part of social interaction.
     調(diào)情和黃色玩笑并不是達(dá)到目的的一種手段，而是社會(huì)交際的一部分。
     Old people flirt, married people flirt, now young people are simply using technology to do what Athenians have always done.
     老人會(huì)調(diào)情，已婚之人會(huì)調(diào)情，現(xiàn)在的年輕人只不過使用新科技做了雅典人常做的事情而已。
     Plato said "Love is a serious mental disease".
     柏拉圖說："愛情是嚴(yán)重的精神疾病。"
     Ancient Athenians may have honed the art of flirtation at drinking parties known as symposia, drinking parties where men flirted with dancing girls among other entertainment.
     古雅典人的調(diào)情技巧可能是在一種名為"會(huì)飲"的酒會(huì)上磨煉出來的。在"會(huì)飲"中，男士跟跳舞的女士調(diào)情，作為一種娛樂消遣的方式。
     It is probably fair to say that the Athenians perfected the art of flirtation in ancient times, especially at the time of symposia described by Plato.
     我們可以這樣認(rèn)為，雅典人在古代、特別是在柏拉圖所描繪的"會(huì)飲"時(shí)代完善了自身的調(diào)情技巧。
     Ancient Athens is said to be the cradle of democracy.
     據(jù)說古代雅典是民主的搖籃。
     The Acropolis dominates the city of Athens.
     雅典的衛(wèi)城高聳于雅典全城之上。
     An Athenian never forsook distress.
     一個(gè)雅典人從來不會(huì)見難不救的。
     This intellectual and artistic outbreak in Athens was no doubt favoured by the conditions of the time.
     雅典的知識(shí)和藝術(shù)之所以勃發(fā)，無疑是由于當(dāng)時(shí)環(huán)境的優(yōu)渥。
     Of the several localities in Greece where the worship of Zeus was conducted with unusual ceremony and devotion, the two most deserving of attention are Athens and Olympia.
     在希臘一些人們以非同尋常的禮儀和虔誠祭祀宙斯的地方當(dāng)中，雅典和奧林匹亞最值得關(guān)注。
     In the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city.
     公元前5世紀(jì)，雅典是全世界文化成就最高的城市。
     The Acropolis is one of the wonders of the ancient world.
     雅典衛(wèi)城是古代世界的奇跡之一。
     Every detail of the Acropolis, its masonry, sculptures and painted decorations were to be the finest ever created.
     雅典衛(wèi)城在每一處細(xì)節(jié)上，無論石匠技術(shù)、雕刻藝術(shù)，還是繪畫裝飾，都是前無古人的精美絕倫。
     The Acropolis shows a maturity of Greek mathematics and also an appreciation of geometrical ideas.
     雅典衛(wèi)城顯示了希臘人對(duì)數(shù)學(xué)的精通以及對(duì)幾何學(xué)的推崇。
     The Acropolis at Athens and the Parthenon are the finest monument of Greek architecture and sculpture in more than2000 years.
     雅典衛(wèi)城和帕臺(tái)農(nóng)神廟是2000多年里希臘建筑與雕刻藝術(shù)完美結(jié)合的最好典范。
     The Parthenon is a magnificent structure.
     帕特農(nóng)神廟是一座宏偉的建筑物。
     And the famous Greek Parthenon contains many golden rectangles.
     而著名的希臘帕特農(nóng)神廟，其外觀亦由許多黃金矩形所組成。
     Construction of the Parthenon was championed by Pericles, Athens's most popular elected politician.
     帕臺(tái)農(nóng)神廟正是由古雅典公推最負(fù)眾望的政治家培里克利斯一手促成的。
     From the surplus the Parthenon and the Propylaea were built, the sculptures of Pheidias paid for, and the festivals celebrated, for which AEschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,and Aristophanes composed their dramas.
     靠剩余財(cái)富，建造起了巴臺(tái)農(nóng)神殿和希臘雅典衛(wèi)城的入口，購買了菲迪亞斯的雕刻作品，舉辦了慶祝盛典，埃斯庫羅斯·素福克勒斯、歐里庇得斯和阿里斯托芬的戲劇，就是為這些盛典創(chuàng)作的。
     The most famous decorative frieze is on the outer wall of the Parthenon in Athens, a 525-ft (160-m) representation of the ritual procession of the Panathenaic festival.
     最有名的裝飾檐壁在雅典巴特農(nóng)神廟的外墻上，長160米，浮雕所表現(xiàn)的是雅典娜節(jié)的游行隊(duì)伍。
     The ancient Greek Parthenon is famed for its beautiful sculpture in basrelief.
     古希臘的巴特農(nóng)神殿以其美麗的浮雕雕塑而聞名。