来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第3集 第3集》

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  They had these huge stands, and it was sort of
  它们有着巨大的看台
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  like a football stadium, except it was longer and narrower
  除了比我们现在的足球场更狭长之外
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  than what our football stadium would be.
  与现在的足球场并无不同
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  But it had rows of seats like that, usually made over a hill
  它也有一排排的座位 通常建在斜坡上
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  or dug into the ground in some way.
  或是从地面往下挖掘而成
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  And the hippodrome, which becomes the circus in Latin --
  竞技场 拉丁语是circus
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  that's just the Latin translation of hippodrome, because as you'll see,
  就是竞技场的拉丁语翻译 你会发现
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  Romans started adopting a lot of these,
  古罗马人开始在社会生活中
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  which were originally Greek institutions,
  使用很多这类
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  into their society also.
  源于希腊社会机构的词汇
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  So the hippodrome is the circus in Latin.
  所以竞技场在拉丁语里是circus
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  And eventually, for the Romans,
  到后来 古罗马竞技场