1. But by the time Julius Caesar became the ruler of the Roman Empire, the calendar had been very badly mixed up.
    到了恺撒大帝成为罗马帝国统治者的时候，历法已经变得混乱不堪。

2. By a quirk of fate, Humboldt and Bonpland met Mariano Luis de Urquijo, Prime Minister of Spain, who was able to obtain for them the permission to visit the Spanish empire in South America.
    由于命运的安排，洪堡和庞普朗遇到了西班牙首相乌而吉乔，他可以使他们得到前往南美洲的西班牙帝国去访问的许可。

3. When I put them on, I shall be able to find out which men in my empire are unfit for their offices.
    当我穿上这样的衣服, 我就能查出我的帝国里哪些人是不称职的.

4. The top of the Empire State Building affords an excellent panorama of
    帝国大厦顶楼提供了一个俯瞰纽约市及其周围地区全景的良好场所。

5. The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
    教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。

6. The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
    教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。

7. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B. C. until Roman times.
    考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。

8. These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watchdogs even in Roman times.
    那些最先从亚洲引进的狗，待人友好，早在罗马时代就给人当看门狗了。

9. His business empire was truly vast.
    他的企业规模极大.

10. Malaria is known to have caused the death of millions and even the fall of an empire, and some say that Rome fell primarily as a result of tremendous malaria deaths.
    据传疟疾曾使千百万人丧生，甚至灭亡了一个帝国。一些人说罗马的覆灭主要是由于疟疾造成了巨大的死亡。