圆形剧场

However, only one European site, the Colosseum, was picked for the new seven wonders.

然而，只有一个欧洲的遗址，罗马的圆形大剧场，被选入世界新七大奇迹。

President Bush spoke in the cemetery's amphitheater - a massive white structure surrounded by seemingly endless rows of small white headstones.

布什总统在公墓的圆形露天剧场发表了演讲。那是一个巨大的白色建筑，被一行行看不到尽头的白色墓碑所包围着。

It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession around the various levels of the amphitheatre.

它是罗马最受欢迎的旅游景点之一，仍然和罗马天主教有着紧密联系，每个星期五教皇带领打着火炬的&耶稣赴难路&队伍在圆形大剧场四周平地上行走祈祷。

Now, the 50,000-seat stone-and-concrete amphitheater serves Rome in another capacity: as a traffic circle.

而现在，这座拥有5000个座位的石质混凝土剧场又在以另一种方式为罗马人服务——圆形交叉路口。

Still, the treasured monument survived and at the time of this photograph was still serving Rome—as a traffic circle.

还好那珍贵的纪念碑保存，照片依然是罗马圆形大剧场。

An exhibit is marking the 2,000th anniversary of his birth. The Colosseum was built under Vespasian.

这里正在举办纪念韦斯帕西恩诞辰2，000年的展览，罗马圆形大剧场正是在他的统治期间建成的。

In 70 AD, when the emperor Vespasian started building the massive Colosseum.

在公元前70年，皇帝 Vespasian 开始建造宏伟的罗马圆形大剧场。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。