Happily, the ancient censors were not quite thorough enough.

高兴的是，古的审查员审查得没有那么彻底。

Yes – in ancient times, people were concerned about the changing of the seasons and how this affected them.When it was time to plants crops, or when to harvest them. When the rainy season was going to start…

是的。古候，人们关注季节的变迁极其对自身的影响。何播种，何收获，雨季何到来等等。

They didn't get to step out of the house very often in ancient times.

古的她们日常不会随意出门。

Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.

石头是不会腐烂的。因此，尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存，但远古代的石头工具却保存了下来。

The ancient world was filled with reptiles, insects and mullux.

古的世界到处都是爬行、昆虫和多年。

Meanwhile, listen to what this old Arch-Community-Songster said.

现在你听一听这位古候的首席歌唱家的话。

Learn about village life in the time before alarm clocks.

返回现实前，认识一下这条村落古候的活面貌。

Edo is better known today as Tokyo.

如今的“东京”就是古的“江户”。

Ancient cultures were often frightened by eclipses.

古候的人常受到日食的惊吓。

Everything in the house seemed old and untouched, like relics of an ancient time.

【relic】屋里的一切似乎都很古老，没有人过，就像是古的遗迹。

So they have to look elsewhere, on a planet where conditions favourable to life did once exist, and where traces of this distant past may still remain.

因此，他们不得不寻找其他地方，寻找一个曾经存在有利命条件的星球，那里可能仍然保留着远古代的痕迹。

The ancients well understood the usefulness to commerce of connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, but they never dreamed of cutting a canal between the two, and instead they picked the Nile as their link.

古的人很明白，在红海与地中海之间建立交通，对于他们的商业有很大的好处，可是他们没有想到发掘一条直通的运河，他们是利用尼罗河来作居间。

And in the process, this story completely changed science, forcing geologists to totally rethink their ideas about the powerful forces and events that have shaped the Earth throughout deep time.

在这个过程中，这个故事彻底改变了科学，迫使地质学家彻底重新思考他们对在远古代塑造地球的强大力量和事件的看法。

" But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. "

" 但如果她能看得更远一点，看到太古代的寂静和黑暗深处，她就会看到还有一条不同的咒语。"

These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did.

这些传说之所以有价值，是因为它们可以告诉我们活在远古代的人们的迁移情况，但是没有人能写下来。

As with most ancient and early modern forms of drama, everyone say " with me, we don't know exactly when it began" .

跟大多古的和早期的现代戏剧形式一样 大伙儿都说：我根本不知道“卡塔卡利舞剧”啥前儿蹦出来的。

For ancient humans, remaining fit enough to run after game and away from predators and enemies was vital for survival.

那些远古代的人类，为了能够顺利追捕到猎并从其他猎食者的追击中逃脱，必须将身体状态始终维持在一个良好的水平。

The largest individual cavern ever discovered is in Malaysia and inside the cavern were the remnants of an ancient time.

迄今为止发现的最大单个洞穴是在马来西亚，洞穴里是远古代的遗迹。

The remains suggest tadpoles today are largely unchanged from their ancestors in the ancient time called the Jurassic period.

该蝌蚪遗骸表明，如今的蝌蚪与其在被称为侏罗纪期的远古代的祖先基本上没有变化。

Then upstairs, you will see things like old rocks as well as dishes and bowls from long ago.

然后在楼上，你会看到像古老的石头和来自远古代的盘子和碗。