帕尔米拉

You demand that I surrender （放弃、抛弃、舍弃、让与、交出） my city of Palmyra as if you did not know that my ancestress,Cleopatra,preferred to die a queen than live a slave,of however great position,to your predecessor Augustus.

你要我献出帕尔米拉城，仿佛你没有听见过我祖先克莉奥帕屈拉的故事。她宁愿当皇后而死，也不愿当你祖先奥古斯都的奴隶，不管这奴隶的地位有多高。

The castle was surrounded by a moat, with access only available through a drawbridge The city of Palmyra was kept intact.

城堡被护城河环绕，只有通过吊桥才能进入。帕尔米拉城完好无损的保存下来。

Palmyra was in the ancient times an important city of central Syria.

在古代，帕尔米拉是叙利亚中部的一个重要城市。

The city of Palmyra was kept intact.

帕尔米拉城完好无损的保存下来。

In 634 the first Muslims arrived in Palmyra.

在634年，第一批穆斯林来到帕尔米拉。

But those round Palmyra are not merely smaller, they are smaller than they would be if they were not hunted.

但是帕尔米拉周围海里的鱼并不只是较小的鱼类，它们如果不被捕猎将会更小。

Palmyra's strategic location and prosperity attracted the interest of the Romans, who took control of the city in the first century A.D.

帕尔米拉的战略位置和繁荣吸引了罗马人，他们在公元1世纪占领了该城。

During the following period of great prosperity, the Arab citizens of Palmyra adopted customs and modes of dress from both the Iranian Parthian world to the east and the Graeco-Roman west.

在繁荣过后的岁月里，帕尔米拉的阿拉伯市民承袭了东方的伊朗帕提亚和西方的希腊罗马的风俗和衣着方式。

Caption :Palmyra Ruins:In the heart of Syrian Desert it is hidden Palmyra, often described as the bride of the desert.

描述：叙利亚的帕尔米拉废墟：叙利亚沙漠中心是神秘的帕尔米拉废墟，她经常被描述为"沙漠新娘"。

The destiny of the great kingdom of Palmyra was no better than that of its queen: Zenobia was defeated and taken captive to Rome, fettered in chains of gold where she poisoned herself, while the city fell prey to looting and destruction.

帕尔米拉王国的命运和她的女王命运一样悲惨：芝诺比亚女王被打败投降了罗马人，遭囚禁后服毒自杀，帕尔米拉城则被洗劫一空，破坏殆尽。

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。