中英文本

In short, the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus teaches you all you need to know for a dazzling administrative career.
莱因德纸草书能教会你应付繁忙的公务员生活所需的一切知识，
It's a crammer for the Civil Service exams around 1550 BC and, like self-help publications today that promise instant success, it has a wonderful title, written boldly in red on the front page:
几乎等于公元前一五五〇年的埃及公务员考试应试宝典xMNo7Gwbhy=+;K1。就像今天那些成功学 的书籍一样，它的标题也极富吸引力lti7YW%zoKG[l。首页上用粗体红字写着：
The correct method of reckoning, for grasping the meaning of things, and knowing everything-obscurities and all secrets.
通晓计算高招，掌握事物内涵，解开一切秘密与难题h]Pm^aK|&3P5m;QF。
In other words: Buy me, and you can't go wrong.
通俗点说就是：所有你需要了解的数学知识都在这里，买了我，你就会成功B|l@@|[mDwKyaP。
The numeracy of the Egyptians, honed by works like the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, was widely admired across the ancient world. Plato, for example, urged the Greeks to copy the Egyptians, where…
在这样的教材训练下，埃及人的数学水平广受古代社会的推崇TOjPu@0Puey-K2Rt。如柏拉图就敦促希腊复制埃及模式，认为在埃及：
The teachers, by applying the rules and practices of arithmetic to play, prepare their pupils for the tasks of marshalling and leading armies and organising military expeditions and all together form them into persons more useful to themselves and to others and a great deal wider awake.
老师用游戏的方法让学生学习数学规则和运算，让他们做好担任将领，领导军队，组织军队远征的准备acT((hE)]k^。以便让他们提升自我价值，造福他人，并拥有丰富的学识Pbl3BapOzBKdCmqm+Sx。
But if everybody agreed that training like this produced a formidable state machine, the question of what mathematics the Greeks actually did learn from the Egyptians, remains a matter of debate. Clive Rix, of the University of Leicester:
但即使大家都相信这种训练会制造出强大的国家机器,关于希腊人在数学方面从埃及人那里学到了什么,至今尚无足论DIXlapsyw)Nux59&.。因为保存至今的埃及数学文献数量极少：其余大部分都已腐烂;%GEsXGFG@&EFVDENY。
Well, the interesting thing is, that the traditional view has always been that the Greeks learned of their geometry from the Egyptians.
传统观点认为，希腊人的几何学是从埃及人那里学来的，
Greek writers such as Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, all refer to the outstanding skills of the Egyptians in geometry.
希罗多德、柏拉图和亚里士多德都提到过埃及人在几何学方面的惊人成就h!eI]jd~Xi5LCob#l。

重点讲解

1.go wrong 出错,出故障

A lot could still go wrong.
许多方面还可能出问题2!8*tg8.w)。

Everything that could go wrong did.
任何可能出问题的地方都出了问题F[[7Q~QQ3E。

2.urge to 激励,怂恿

He suddenly had an urge to scope some mail.
他突然有一种浏览里面的邮件的冲动Wj5t|2Tm;uty。

The urge to save may be lessening.
储蓄的冲动可能会有所降低RdWM~re@Tjwdsk@4v。

3.prepare for 为…作准备

Kleiner says he relied heavily on the guide to help him prepare for the interview. "
克莱纳说，他的面试准备大量依赖于指南XWqPi~]xk,xHCEs。

It will probably take time to win back that respect, so prepare for the long haul.
赢回尊重需要时间，所以要做好打持久战的准备tkkGX0vkc_&8(。