We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.

我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。

The pyramids are an eloquent testimony to the ancient Egyptians' engineering skills.

金字塔是古埃及人非凡工程技术的明鉴。

The tombs were often in the shape of pyramids.

这些坟墓通常是金字塔的形状。

No one knows exactly how the pyramids were built.

没有人确切地知道金字塔是如何建造的。

In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank.

事实上，尼罗河沿岸所有的金字塔都在约旦河西岸。

The Great Pyramids of Giza sits on the western edge of the city.

吉萨大金字塔坐落在城市的西部边缘。

No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cairo.

没人知道古埃及人是如何在开罗附近建造金字塔的。

The pyramids of Egypt were built more than three thousand years ago, and no one knows how.

埃及金字塔是3000多年前建造的，而且没有人知道是怎么建造的。

Adam glorified the pyramids of Egypt, but he discovers that they are built on the misery of slaves.

亚当为埃及的金字塔而荣耀，但是他发现金字塔是建立在奴隶的不幸之上的。

There are no pictures showing the construction of the pyramids, so there is no way to tell what really happened.

"没有图片能展示金字塔的建造过程，所以就没有办法判断到底发生了什么。

Scientists scanning and mapping the Giza pyramids say they've discovered that the Great Pyramid of Giza is not exactly even.

扫描并绘制吉萨金字塔群地图的科学家们称，他们发现吉萨大金字塔并不完全对称。

Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.

金字塔、大教堂和火箭的存在并不是因为几何形状或热力学，而是因为它们首先是建造它们的人的脑海中的图画。

Although it dates from several hundred years after the building of the pyramids, its sophistication suggests that the Egyptians might have been developing ideas of flight for a long time.

尽管它的历史可以追溯到金字塔建造后的几百年，但它的复杂程度表明，埃及人可能很长一段时间以来一直在思考飞行的想法。

Some archaeological sites have always been easily observable—for example, the Parthenon in Athens, Greece; the pyramids of Giza in Egypt; and the megaliths of Stonehenge in southern England.

一些考古遗址一直很容易被观察到——例如，希腊雅典的帕特农神庙、埃及吉萨的金字塔以及英格兰南部的巨石阵。

In Egypt, there are over 80 pyramids and the largest one is the Great Pyramid.

埃及有80多座金字塔，其中最大的是大金字塔。

"The road probably doesn't rank with the pyramids as a construction feat, but it is a major engineering achievement," said his colleague, geologist James Harrell of the University of Toledo.

他的同事、托莱多大学的地质学家詹姆斯·哈雷尔说：“这条路可能不算是一项与金字塔相媲美的建筑壮举，但却是一项重大的工程成就。”

Pyramids During Earth Hour 2009.

金字塔，2009年地球一小时中。

The pyramids were withdrawn.

但金字塔却被撤下名单。

The pharaohs built their pyramids.

法老们忙着建金字塔。

They are throwaways, not pyramids.

它们是一次性的东西，并非金字塔。

Do you know anything about pyramids?

你了解金字塔吗？

I went to the zoo and saw the pyramids!

我要去看动物园和和金字塔！

There are over 100 pyramids known in Egypt.

埃及现在已知的金字塔有超过100座。

The Pyramids have been around for a long time.

世界上的金字塔已经存在了很长一段时间。

In Egypt, apparently even pyramids can be recycled.

在埃及，似乎连金字塔都可以被循环利用。

I've been looking forward to visiting the Pyramids.

我一直在盼望参观金字塔。

I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.

我仰望尼罗河，在那上面建造金字塔。

I would fly to Egypt to see the pyramids and the Nile River.

我要飞到埃及去看金字塔和尼罗河。

But pharaohs like to be buried in their pyramids, not for them.

但是法老们希望被埋在他们的金字塔里，不是支持他们。