大英帝国

In economy, the Old Empire rigidly controlled overseas trade of the colonies, and passed the Navigation Act. This system had been reasonable, but it could not be accommodated to the problem after the Seven Years War. The contradiction between America and Great Britain led to the collapse of the Old Empire.

旧帝国的特征体现在经济方面则是英国对殖民地的对外贸易进行严格限制，英国通过《航海条例》控制了殖民地的生产和贸易，这个体制曾经具有其时代合理性，但是&七年战争&之后，英帝国的形势发生了很大的变化，重商主义殖民政策已经无法解决帝国所面临的难题，英国同美洲殖民地的矛盾越来越大，最终导致了旧帝国的崩溃。

The Italian Empire effectively came to an end in 1943 when the Italians were driven out of North and East Africa by British and Commonwealth forces.

当英美联军从东、北非进攻义大利时，义大利殖民帝国终於迎向完结。

Today, this island is the Victoria and Albert Museum, Science and Geological Museum, Imperial College of Science and Technology, the Royal Academy of Music and the Arts and the World Expo in 1862 after the establishment of the British Museum of Natural History Secondly, the establishment of Arts and Sciences Awards Fund.

今天，这块土地上有维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆、科学和地质博物馆、帝国科学和技术学院、皇家艺术和音乐学院及1862年世博会后建立的大英自然历史博物馆）第二，设立科学艺术奖励基金。

Hankow, China: Great Britain was in the act of losing what is known in the east as "face", when this photo was made.

汉口，中国：大英帝国是在该法中失去什么，是众所周知的，在东方，因为&面子&，当这张照片了。

The bitterness and rage of Ireland's civil war following the formation of the 1922 Irish Free State are revisited by Ken Loach and his screenwriter Paul Laverty; the result is an intelligent, powerfully acted, handsomely photographed film, summoning up the period with limited resources.

这个电影今天看了，非常感动，也有了很多思考。电影语言的运用和拍摄手法是一流的，不愧为英国老家伙Ken Loach 的作品。这么个土生土长的英国导演能导出这么个反应大英帝国历史上可以说最黑暗的一段时期的电影，把爱尔兰的风光那么清新地展现在观众面前，透露这一种对家的爱，真是不容易。

As explained earlier, during the Napoleonic Wars, one branch of the family funded Napoleon, while another financed Great Britain, Germany, and other nations.

如前面所解释的，在拿破仑战争期间，这个家族的一个分支资助了拿破仑，而另一个分支则资助了大英帝国、德国和其他国家。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。