【正文】 跨亞、非、歐三洲，羅馬帝國的政治、經(jīng)濟和文化中心。羅馬帝國為了加強其統(tǒng)治，修建了以羅馬城為中心，通向四面八方的大道。這些大道為鞏固羅馬帝國的統(tǒng)治和其擴張發(fā)揮了巨大作用。道路系統(tǒng)是以羅馬城為中心向四周放射的，所以走任何一條大路都能到達羅馬城。現(xiàn)在，這個成語比喻的是，通過不同方法可以得到同一個結(jié)果。Aladdin39。s lamp 阿拉丁神燈Aladdin39。s lamp is a famous lamp in one of the stories in The Thousand and One story is about a poor young man named Aladdin, who helps a magician get a wonderful oil lamp from a dangerous magic magician tries to cheat Aladdin, so Aladdin keeps the lamp soon finds that a badtempered genie lives inside the lamp and must obey whoever holds the the genie39。s help, Aladdin bees a rich and powerful man and is able to marry the beautiful Princess magician finally gets the lamp back by tricking the princess, who does not know how important the lamp discovers that a ring left by the magician when he was cheating Aladdin controls a less powerful but more polite the help of this genie, Aladdin is able to get his wife and the lamp 《一千零一夜》（又稱《天方夜譚》）。阿拉丁是一個貧窮的少年。有一天，一個魔法師雇用阿拉丁到一個山洞去取一盞油燈，那實際上一盞神燈，一旦擁有了它，就會要什么有什么。在這個過程中，魔法師欺騙了阿拉丁，并企圖置他于死地，阿拉丁成功地死里逃生，并得到了神燈。借助于神燈的魔力，阿拉丁戰(zhàn)勝了艱險，和美麗的公主白狄奴卜多魯結(jié)了婚。魔法師得知阿拉丁還活著，就從不知道神燈秘密的卜多魯公主手里把神燈騙走。后來，經(jīng)過曲折的過程，阿拉丁又把神燈收回，并從此和妻子一起過上了幸福的生活。Air Jordan 飛人喬丹（1963—）Air Jordan is a nickname for Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all Jordan was born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New 1984, he went to play for the Chicago went on to win six 7 championships during his time with the team(19911993, 19961998).His height of 6 feet 6 inches(198 centimeters)led to his nickname “Air Jordan” because he often seemed to be flying through the air when he leaped up to make a retired twice from the Chicago Bulls, first in 1993 and then in came out of retirement again for a short time to play for the Washington Wizards, but retired from basketball for the third and final time in popularity with fans has helped basketball bee one of the world39。s most popular spectator the name “Air Jordan” is also often used to refer to the popular brand of basketball shoes named after 喬丹的昵稱。邁克爾喬丹是美國杰出的籃球運動員。他1963年出生在紐約市。從他1984年加入芝加哥公牛隊到1998年為止，喬丹率領(lǐng)該隊六次贏得NBA總冠軍，11次被評為NBA最佳球員，10次榮獲“得分王”稱號。雖然他曾在1993年和1999年兩次宣布退役，但其后又重返賽場。在2003年他正式宣布退役。，當他躍起扣籃時身體就像在空中飛行，極具彈跳能力，球藝出眾，因而被稱為“飛人喬丹”。如今Air Jordan也是一個以喬丹名字命名的球鞋的品牌名。AIDS 艾滋病AIDS, or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, is a human viral damages the body39。s immune system, and gradually takes away its ability to defend itself against infection and is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV).People infected with HIV are open to infections that are harmless in healthy people, but can prove fatal in them as their immune systems are greatly transmission can e through sex, blood transfusion, childbirth or is no cure for AIDS, but new drugs have been invented to help lengthen and improve the quality of life for people with （Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome），是一種致命的傳染病。它是人類免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）造成的人體免疫系統(tǒng)的病變。在多數(shù)情況下，HIV緩慢地攻擊并破壞人體抵抗病疫的系統(tǒng)（即免疫系統(tǒng)），使得受感染的人容易得病、并最終死亡。AIDS是HIV感染的最后階段。艾滋病通過性接觸、血液接觸或母嬰途徑傳染。目前，對于艾滋病還沒有有效的治療藥物或免疫的疫苗，但是通過服藥治療可延長艾滋病人生命并可改善他們的生命質(zhì)量。Aesop 伊索Aesop is said to be a slave who lived in Greece in the 6th century has been remembered for his wonderful stories, called used animal characters to show human behavior and to teach a lesson, or a moral, about that of his most popular tales, for example, is “The Tortoise and the Hare,” with the moral “It is not just speed that wins the race.”Aesop39。s fables spread throughout the world by word of mouth, retold for hundreds of they were written down and have been translated into many ，擅長講故事。現(xiàn)在的《伊索寓言》是后人根據(jù)口頭流傳的寓言以及陸續(xù)發(fā)現(xiàn)的古希臘寓言傳抄本編訂的?！兑了髟⒀浴反蠖嗍莿游锕适?，其中的《狼與小羊》 《獅子與野驢》等用豺狼、獅子等兇惡的動物比喻人間的權(quán)貴，揭露他們的專橫和殘暴，反映了平民或奴隸的思想感情；《烏龜與兔》《牧人與野山羊》等總結(jié)了人們的生活經(jīng)驗，教人處世和做人的道理。伊索寓言形式短小精悍，比喻恰當，形象生動，對許多歐洲文學(xué)大師的創(chuàng)作產(chǎn)生了深遠的影響。Achilles39。 heel 阿喀琉斯之踵An Achilles39。 heel is a fatal weakness in overall strength that can lead to one39。s downfall or Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan was the son of Peleus, king of Thessaly and the goddess he was a baby, his mother submerged him in the River Styx to make him immortal, all except for the heel that she held to dip him into the fought many battles during the 10year Trojan War and finally killed Memnon, the king of the Achilles led the Greeks to the walls of Troy, he died from a heel wound caused by an arrow shot by Paris, the prince of 。在希臘神話中，阿喀琉斯是色薩利密爾彌東人的國王珀琉斯和海中仙女忒提斯的兒子。在特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭中，他是阿伽門農(nóng)的軍隊中最偉大、最勇猛的戰(zhàn)士。阿喀琉斯一出生，她母親就捏著他的腳后跟，把他全身都浸入冥河水中，傳說冥河水可以讓人永生，故而阿喀琉斯周身獲得了保護，造就了一副刀槍不入的鋼鐵之軀，只有腳后跟除外。阿喀琉斯出征特洛伊，為希臘軍隊立下了巨大的功勛。后來特洛伊王子帕里斯得到神示，用毒箭射中阿喀琉斯的腳后跟，才使他喪命。