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A gladiator was like a rock star, they had fans.

角斗士就像摇滚巨星 他们有自己的追随者

You can even see in their graffiti,

这在他们的涂鸦中便有体现

love notes from women to their favorite gladiators.

里面有女人给他们心爱的角斗士的情话

A top gladiator can earn the equivalent of $200,000 a fight.

最高级别的角斗士一场比赛 可以得到相当于二十万美元的报酬

But most die before they turn 23.

但大部分角斗士活不过二十三岁

Rome is at the height of its power.

此时的罗马正处于鼎盛时期

Its empire dominates Europe,

整个帝国统治着欧洲

North Africa and the Middle East.

北非和中东

A fifth of mankind is under Roman rule.

罗马统治着全球五分之一的人口

But unknown to the Romans, on the other side of the world,

然而罗马人并不知道 在世界另一端

There is another empire just as big and powerful.

有一个像罗马一样庞大和强大的帝国

166 A.D.Roman merchants, their names lost to history,

公元166年 罗马商人们来到了离家五千英里外的地方

5,000 miles from home.

如今 他们的名字已湮没在历史长河中

For two years they have crossed oceans, mountains and deserts,Heading beyond India

两年来 他们远渡重洋 翻山越岭 勇闯沙漠 一路朝着印度前进

To a land they've heard of only in whispers.

这片他们只曾耳闻未曾目睹过的土地

"Somewhere out there, on the outer fringe of the world,"

在那之外 在这世界的外边缘

"Where the sea ends,""There is a very great inland state."China.

在大海的尽头 "有一个伟大的内陆国家" 那就是中国

重点讲解

1、equivalent

等同物;等值物；对应物

The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day.

每天相当于两大汤匙多重不饱和油的量就足够了。

Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker.

即使是最便宜的汽车，价格也相当于一个公务员70年的薪水。

相等物;对应物；对应者

the civil administrator of the West Bank and his equivalent in Gaza.

约旦河西岸的民政官和加沙的同职官员

the Red Cross emblem, and its equivalent in Muslim countries, the Red Crescent.

红十字及其在伊斯兰国家的对应标志——红月牙

（强调效果的强烈或严重）相当于…的事情

His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.

他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。

2、dominate

在…中占首要地位，在…中最具影响力

The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists.

这本书预计会占据畅销书排行榜的榜首。

countries where life is dominated by war.

战事频繁的国家

控制;统治;支配

He denied that his country wants to dominate Europe.

他否认他的国家想要控制欧洲。

Women are no longer dominated by the men in their relationships.

在两性关系中女性不再受制于男性。

俯视;高耸于

It's one of the biggest buildings in this area, and it really dominates this whole place.

这是该地区最大的建筑物之一，雄踞在整个地区之上。

its skyline dominated by the central mosque.

中央的清真寺高耸天际