今天的这段对话，在讨论法老，
古埃及的法老们大概生活在什么时代？有什么著名的法老
来听今天的讲解:
A: Professor Thomson, do you know anything about when the pharaohs lived, in ancient Egypt?
汤姆森教授，你知道古埃及的法老们大概生活在什么时代吗？
B: As a matter of fact I do. They have a long history, form the Pre-Dynastic period, 5500-3100 BC to the Late Kingdom period, 664-332 BC. Pharaoh is the ancient Egyptian name of king.
我还确实知道。他们生活的年代很长，从公元前5500年至前3100年的前王朝起，一直到公元前664年至前332年的王国末期。法老是古埃及君主的称号。
A: That is a long history! Too long for my project, I think. What about famous pharaohs?
这段历史真的很长！我想，对我的研究计划来说也太长了。研究些著名的法老怎么样？
B: There were certainly many of those. Sneferu was a pharaoh during the Old Kingdom period, he reigned for around 30 years. He is famous because he was the first pharaoh to build pyramids.
有名的法老也有很多。 斯尼夫鲁是古王国时期的法老，统冶王国大约有30年。他有第一个修建金字塔的法老，因此而出名。
A: He’s very important then. Another?
那么他是很重要了。其他著名的法老呢？
B: OK，next is Khufu, who reigned during the 4 dynasty. He was famous for building The Great Pyramid at Giza, one of the most well-known throughout the world. This pyramid shows us how Khufu was able to lead and co-ordinate his people, who helped him to build the pyramid in exchange for goods and services.
下一个是胡夫，是第四王朝的法老。他以修建吉萨的大金字塔而出名，这是世界上最有名的金字塔之一。该金字塔向我们展示了胡夫是如何领导和协调他的臣民，让他们帮助他修建金字塔以换取商品和公共服务的。
A: Why didn’t he pay them? After all, they were construction workers.
他为什么不付给他们工资？毕竟他们是建筑工人。
B: At that time, there was no monetary system in Egypt.
当时埃及没有货币体制。
A: Oh, I see. OK, who’s next?
噢，我知道了。好了，下一个是谁？
B: Amenhotep III is next, he was king during the 18 dynasty and he reigned for almost 40 years. He’s well known for being a prolific builder and a benevolent ruler. He built many splendid temples and statues of himself, but his greatest achievement was the Temple of Amun. It shows a relief which served to establish the legitimacy of his rule by depicting his birth directly form the god Amun.
下一个是阿蒙霍特普三世，他是第18王朝的法老，统治王国约40年。以建筑众多和仁慈统治而闻名于世。他建了很多富丽堂皇的庙宇和他自己的雕像，但他最伟大的业绩是修建了阿蒙神庙。里面有个浮雕描述他是阿蒙神投胎转世，以此来巩固他合法的统治地位。
A: He was king for 40 years you say ? That’s a long reign, he sound like a great king. Are there any more famous pharaohs?
你是说他当了40年的国王吗？统治时间那么长，似乎像个伟大的国王。还有什么著名的法老吗？
B: Yes, next I will tell you about perhaps the most famous of all the pharaohs. He was known as “The Boy King”. Have you heard this before?
还有，下面我要给你讲可能是所有法老中最有名的一个。他以“男孩国王”而闻名。这个你听说过吗？
A: Yes, I think so. Was it Tutan … something?
是的，我想我听说过。是不是图坦什么的？
B: Indeed! Tutankhamun, or “King Tut ”, he reigned for a very short time and died in his teens.
没错！是图坦卡蒙或图坦王，他统治的时间很短，十几岁就死了。
A: In his teens, well “The Boy King” is definitely the right name for him, then. Thanks so much for your help, I think my project will be a great success.
十几岁，那“男孩国王”的称号对他来说再确切不过了。谢谢你的帮助，我想我的研究计划会很成功的.
