Mosques, temples, archeological discoveries,

清真寺庙宇考古文物
dancers, music and food,

舞蹈家音乐和食物
all were brought to create a self-contained world

全都集中在一起展示着一个五脏俱全的世界
that attempted to represent France's growing empire

以图向每一位法国人展示法兰西帝国
to the average French person.

正日益壮大
The empire was more than a periodic occasion for spectacle.

帝国不是只有仅供参观的周期性盛会
Colonies slowly but surely crept into

殖民地缓慢却真实地融入
the most mundane forms of everyday life.

每个人平凡的日常生活方式中
Readers of French newspapers, for example, like the Petit Journal,

法国报纸例如《法国画报》的读者
read more and more about the French empire every day as it grew.

随着帝国日益强盛对帝国也有更多了解了
For the most part, articles focused on military encounters

大多数情况下文章聚焦于军事情况
and on the French who fought in them.

以及参战方法国上