The ancient Olympic Games began around the year 776 BC in Greece .

古代奥林匹克运动会大约于公元前776年在希腊首次举行。

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Long, long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas.

很久很久以前，希腊有个国王，名叫迈达斯。

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The nature poems by William Wordsworth , George Gordon Byron’s Isles of Greece and the sonnets and ling poems by JOHNLEATS have long been favorite .

华兹华斯的自然诗、乔治、戈登·拜伦《哀希腊》以及约翰·济慈的十四行诗和长诗一直都有是人们所喜爱的诗歌。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高二上

Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece .

玛丽与丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部一个叫波拉考拉的小村庄里。

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In Bulgaria, parts of Greece , and Iran, however, the gestures have the opposite meaning.

然而，在保加利亚，希腊的部分地区和伊朗，这些姿势却是相反的意义。

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They modified their itinerary by eliminating Greece .

他们改动了旅行计划,取消了希腊之行。

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He chose Spain, but personally I’d prefer to go to Greece .

他选择了西班牙，而我个人更愿意去希腊。

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They were held in Greece-the country in which the Games were born.

它是在奥运会的发源地-希腊举行的。

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Now I can buy The Myths of Greece and Rome-grand!

现在我可以去买(希腊罗马神话)了--棒极了!

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Websites such as History.com and Encyclopedia Britannica tell us about snake symbolism in ancient cultures. They say the image of a snake meant fertility and rebirth for some native American groups, as well as people living in ancient Greece and Egypt.

诸如History.com和Encyclopedia Britannica之类的网站都给我们介绍了蛇在古代文化中的象征意义。他们表示，对于某些美国原住民群体以及生活在古希腊和埃及的人来而言，蛇的形象意味着生育和重生。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：提防小人

The belief that there is magical power in the metal silver goes back to ancient Greece . In the stories of other cultures, a silver bullet is the only way to defeat monsters like werewolves and witches.

金属银具有神奇力量的这种信念可以追溯到古希腊。在其它文化的故事中，“银弹”是打败狼人和女巫这类怪物的唯一途径。

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If you think that sounds old, you may be surprised to learn that the origin of "spill the beans" goes back to ancient Greece .

如果你认为这听起来很古老了，你可能会惊讶地发现“spill the beans”可以追溯到古希腊。

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The Latin word itself actually came from the Greek term toxon, meaning "bow." In ancient Greece , fighters with bows would put poison on the points of their arrows.

这个拉丁单词实际上来自于希腊语toxon，意思是弓箭。在古希腊，弓箭手会将毒药涂在箭头上。

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