During the reign of Titus, who opened the Colosseum with a one-hundred-day cycle of religious pageants, gladiatorial games, and spectacles.

提图斯在位时期，开立了罗马斗兽场，在那里举行了为期一百天的宗教庆典、角斗游戏和大型表演。

She goes to beauty pageants and wins everything.

他参加选美盛会，并且赢得了一切奖项。

It is young people who favor holding beauty pageants.

赞成举办选美的是年轻人。

The women who compete in the pageants are often asked why they do it.

人们经常问佳丽们为什么要参加选美？

Her bedroom is full of crowns and sashes that she has won in beauty pageants.

她的卧室里满是她参加选美大赛赢得的冠冕和绶带。

Barge: a large open pleasure boat used for parties pageants or formal ceremonies.

大游艇：大型、敞篷的游船，用于聚会、露天表演或正式仪式。

He is suspected of fixing everything from beauty pageants to Olympic events in Utah.

他被怀疑在美国犹他州操纵从选美到奥运等一系列活动。

Jordan's ancient city of Petra staged folk dances and pageants to highlight its charms.

约旦古城佩特拉(Petra)也将民间舞蹈和盛装表演搬上了舞台，借以凸显其迷人的魅力。

Suggested answer: Miss Universe is one of the most famous beauty pageants in the world.

参考答案：环球小姐是世界上最著名的选美活动之一。

Parents claim that the pageants make their children happy, and teach them self-confidence.

父母们宣称，选美让他们的孩子快乐，并教给他们自信。

Venezuala is the country that has produced the most winners of international beauty pageants.

委内瑞拉盛产国际选美模特冠军，全球之最。

In the beginning, beauty pageants were just modeling competitions, looking for beautiful girls.

起初，选美比赛仅仅只是模特比赛，被用来发现漂亮的女孩。

The Miss Universe Pageant, like most pageants, does not formally call itself a "beauty" pageant.

环球小姐的活动，正如大多数的活动一样，并不正式称呼自己为一个“选美”活动。

"Pageants teach you to lose and not be devastated," she has said. "It was great preparation for Hollywood."

小时候参加过选美的她学会了如何接受失败和伤心，为进入好莱坞做好了准备。

She only learnt to walk five months ago, but 'Baby Beyoncé' is already strutting her stuff on stage at pageants.

虽然她五个月之前才刚学会走路，但是这个被人们称作“宝贝碧昂斯”的小宝宝已经开始在各种盛会的舞台上展露风采了。

McKenzie has competed in more than 100 pageants, and won about 20. The family is currently preparing for a national pageant in Nebraska.

麦肯齐参加了100多场舞蹈比赛，赢了大约20场。凯利一家现在正在准备在内布拉斯加州举行的一场全国比赛。

The choice of John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who took part in beauty pageants in her youth, also has caused a buzz.

当天麦凯恩的竞选伙伴莎拉•佩林的着装也引发了一阵热评。

To her embarrassment she was regularly elected queen of various school pageants and dances, even when she refused to compete for the titles.

尴尬的是，她经常被各种学校的庆典和舞会选为皇后，即使拒绝争夺冠军的名号。

Forget beauty pageants and tween talent shows, modern stage parents have a new outlet to push their children into the fame game: the Internet.

别管什么选美和才艺比赛了，现在的爸爸妈妈可以通过网络让自己的孩子一夜成名。

Vladimir Maximov, a Muscovite of versatile gifts, writer, cultural historian, synchronized swimming trainer, and director of circus pageants.

弗拉基米尔·马克西莫夫，多才多艺的莫斯科人，他的身份包括作家、文化学者、花样游泳教练以及马戏导演。

At that time it became common for Kings and queens, as well as other nobility, to participate in pageants that included music, poetry, and dance.

在那时，芭蕾舞在国王、王后以及贵族之间变得普遍，并且与音乐、诗歌以及舞蹈一起参与到盛会的表演。

Tourist infrastructure sprang up quickly and the beaches gradually gained fame, thanks in part to the Miss World pageants held there from 2003 to 2005.

旅游基础设施迅速增加，并且海滩也渐渐名声鹊起，这一定程度上是由于2003年到2005年在这里举办的“世界小姐”盛会。