美洲

Potlatch : A ceremonial feast among certain Native American peoples of the northwest Pacific coast, as in celebration of a marriage or an accession, at which the host distributes gifts according to each guest's rank or status.

炫财冬宴，冬季赠礼节：西北太平洋沿岸的某些美洲印第安人的庆祝宴会，如婚庆或就职庆典。在宴会上，主人会根据每个客人的不同身份或地位分发礼物。

Another story describes how the Native American princess Pocahontas saved the life of John Smith, the leader in Jamestown, when her father, Powhatan, wanted to kill him.

还有一个关于美洲原住民公主波卡杭塔斯的故事。在波卡杭塔斯的父亲波瓦坦打算杀死詹姆斯敦首领约翰·史密斯的时候，波卡杭塔斯救了他的性命。

And for dessert, if you're still able to eat, there's a praline, a sweet Mexican candy made from pecans and sugar

如果你还吃得下的话，还有甜点心胡桃糖(用美洲山胡桃和糖作成的一种墨西哥糖)。

And he's been asked to make a presentation on pre-Columbian art.

而且他有被要求作哥伦布发现美洲大陆以前的艺术上的发表。

High-quality gold and silver objects were produced in pre-Columbian America.

前哥伦布时期的美洲大陆就已有高品质的金银饰物。

The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization , noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art , architecture , and mathematical and astronomical systems.

玛雅文明是中美洲，指出了目前唯一已知的充分发展的书面语言的前哥伦布美洲，以及它的艺术，建筑，天文，数学和系统。

Ear candling may have originated from ancient Tibet, China, Egypt or the pre-Columbian Americas, but no one knows the exact inventors.

耳烛可能起源于古代西藏，中国，埃及或前哥伦布美洲，但没有人知道确切的发明者。

They also protect areas of historical and archaeological interest, such as pre-Columbian settlements and early battlefields, as well as beautiful areas of scenic interest, such as beaches, valleys and waterfalls.

他们还保护区历史和考古价值，如哥伦布到达美洲前的定居点，并提前战场以及地区美丽的风景感兴趣，如海滩，谷地和瀑布。

The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization,noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its spectacular art, monumental architecture, and sophisticated mathematical and astronomical systems.

玛雅文化是中美洲文化的一种，以高度发展的前美洲哥伦比亚书面语言、惊人的艺术成就、不朽的建筑设计、复杂的数学及天文体系而著名。

AT POPE'S CREEK, on America's Potomac river, there's a pre-Columbian rubbish tip of oyster shells covering 30 acres, to an average depth of ten feet.

在波拖马可河上游，有一条POPE'S小溪。在哥伦布发现美洲大陆之前那里就有一处面积达30英亩，平均深10英尺的牡蛎壳的垃圾堆。

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。