一个帝国

Rome's aqueducts will deliver 250 million gallons of water a day,

这项水利工程每天可以输送两亿五千万加仑水

Enough for 1300 fountains,

可供一千三百座喷泉

900 baths and 144 public toilets.

九百个浴缸和一百四十四个厕所同时使用

Rome is the most advanced city in the world.

罗马是世界上最发达的城市

Apartment blocks six stories high,

拥有六层高的居民楼

Each with up to 380 residents.

每栋楼可供三百八十个居民居住

Under the roads, a sewage system helps sweep away

在地下建造的下水道系统每天可以清理

55 tons of waste a day.

五十五吨的生活垃圾

There's a police force,A fire brigade,A postal service.

城中还有警局 消防队 邮局

30 libraries, 3 theaters and 80 temples.

三十座图书馆 三个剧院和八十座庙宇

Rome, the world's first mega-city.

罗马是世界上第一座大都市

Today, for the first time in history,Over half of us live in cities.

今天 超过半数的人生活在城市里 这是史无前例的

Across the world there are 21 cities With a population above 10 million,

全球有二十一座城市 人口超过一千万

Based on the blueprint pioneered by Rome 2,000 years ago.

它们按照两千年前罗马的蓝图逐渐发展起来

But Rome is more than a city,It's an empire.

但罗马不仅仅是一座城市 它是一个帝国

重点讲解

1、pioneer

先驱；先锋；创始人；倡导者

one of the leading pioneers of British photo journalism.

英国新闻摄影界的领军人物之一

What they lacked in speed those pioneer pilots made up for by flying only a few feet above the ground.

那些飞行员先驱通过离地仅几英尺的低空飞行，弥补了飞行速度的不足。

开创；倡导

Professor Alec Jeffreys, who invented and pioneered DNA tests.

发明和倡导DNA检测的亚历克·杰弗里斯教授

The campaigns are part of American-style innovations being pioneered by the new universities.

这些运动是几所新建大学倡导的美式创新的一部分。

拓荒者；开拓者；开发者

abandoned settlements of early European pioneers.

已废弃的早期欧洲拓荒者的定居点

2、advance

（常指为攻击而）前进，推进

Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital.

来自乍得的报告显示叛军正向首都推进。

The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day.

水位正以每天5厘米的速度上升。

（尤指知识）发展，进步

Medical technology has advanced considerably.

医学技术突飞猛进。

Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.

日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。

贷给；预付；预支

I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home.

我先借给他一些钱，在我们回家的路上他会还给我的。

The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.

银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。