'Ultimately it's probably no bad thing to have Egyptian obelisks and stones and statues sprinkled all over the world.

“根本上说，也许埃及方尖碑、石碑及雕塑流于世界各地不是件坏事。

These are called 'obelisks', a Greek word meaning something like 'little spear'.

它们被称为方尖石碑，这是希腊语，是" 小矛" 意思。

At Pengbuxi, the towers stood like obelisks dropped from a ceramic blue sky.

在朋布西，这些石碉就像是陶瓷蓝色天空中方尖碑。

There, she erected twin 100-ft tall obelisks which, at the time, were the tallest in the world.

在那里，她竖立了两座 100 英尺高方尖碑，当时是世界上最高方尖碑。

In some of our own cities you can still see obelisks that people brought back from Egypt.

今天你还能在某些城市见到这样方尖石碑，它们是埃及运来。

In a subtle nod, Dr Wonkam has a miniature of the obelisk on a shelf in his office.

默默认同旺坎博士在办公室架子上放了一个方尖碑微型模型。

This grand entry was marked with a pair of soaring obelisks.

这个宏伟入口标有一对高耸方尖碑。

An obelisk in the town of Victory celebrates two of the biggest.

利镇方尖碑庆祝其中两个最大方尖碑。

The fountain lay before her, the lakes, the temple, and far away on the last spur, a glittering obelisk.

喷泉、湖泊、神庙就在她面前，远处是最后支线，一座闪闪发光方尖碑。

We evolved to standing on top of an obelisk, standing on top of a mountainside, standing on top of boxes.

我们进化到站在方尖碑顶上，站在山坡顶上， 站在箱子顶上。

Piazza San Pietro sits on what was the site of an ancient Roman racetrack. Imagine chariots making their hairpin turns around that obelisk.

圣彼得广场 (Piazza San Pietro) 坐在古罗马赛马场旧址上。 想象一，战车使它们发夹绕着那个方尖碑转。

The pyramid would have hydraulic lifts and sloping ramps inside, while on the outside, flights of stairs would lead to an obelisk on top.

金字塔内部将有液压升降机和倾斜坡道，而在外部，楼梯将通向顶部方尖碑。

Three of the obelisk's four sides hold statues that honor the generals that led the American advance-- Horatio Gates, Daniel Morgan, and Philip Schuyler.

方尖碑四个侧面中三个侧面竖立着雕像，以纪念领导前进将军——霍雷肖·盖茨、丹尼尔·摩根和菲利普·斯凯勒。

She started off with monuments at the Temple of Karnak. There, she erected twin 100-ft tall obelisks which, at the time, were the tallest in the world.

她卡纳克神庙纪念碑开始，在那里竖起了两个100英尺高方尖碑，这在当时是世界上最高。

" A turtle, " the prince announced cheerfully. " A big 'snapper, that's all it was" . He thrust his pole out ahead of them and pushed them away from a towering green obelisk.

" 不过是乌龟嘛，" 小王子自信满满地宣布，" 一个碎骨怪，仅此而已。" 他将蒿子伸前，把船推离一个高耸绿色方尖塔。

And the ancient Egyptians astronomical knowledge can be attested by the alignment of the Pyramids of Giza, as well as temples and obelisks and their ability to predict the annual flooding of the Nile.

古埃及人天文知识可以吉萨金字塔排列、寺庙和方尖碑以及他们预测尼罗河每年洪水能力中得到证明。