英语奇闻趣事阅读（抄书练字英语奇闻趣事12）

英语奇闻趣事阅读（抄书练字英语奇闻趣事12）阿拉伯数字被发明出来后，没有马上为人们所接受。1300年时欧洲商业往来中禁止用阿拉伯数字，因为阿拉伯数字比罗马计数法容易篡改作假。（要涂改1979显然要比涂改MCMLXXIX容易。）直到1800年阿拉伯数字才为全欧洲所接受。When Arabic numerals were invented they did not win immediate acceptance. In the year 1300 their use was forbidden in European commercial dealings because they could be forged more easily than Roman numerals. (Changing "1979" seems to be simpler than changing "MCMLXXIX"

从这篇开始来自第二部分，Things and Science around Us，我们身边的事物及科学——

Bricks are the oldest manufactured building material still in use. Egyptians used them 7000 years ago.

砖头是至今仍在使用的最古老的人造建筑材料。埃及人在7000年前就使用砖头了。

古埃及泥砖，图片来自网络

阿蒙神庙壁画描述的泥砖建设使用场景，图片来自网络

All the world's main alphabets have developed from an alphabet invented 3600 years ago in the Middle East and known as the North Semitic Alphabet.

全世界主要文字的字母都是由3600年前在中东地区发明的、一种被称作北方闪语的字母发展而成的。

When Arabic numerals were invented they did not win immediate acceptance. In the year 1300 their use was forbidden in European commercial dealings because they could be forged more easily than Roman numerals. (Changing "1979" seems to be simpler than changing "MCMLXXIX".) Arabic numerals were not completely accepted throughout Europe until 1800.

阿拉伯数字被发明出来后，没有马上为人们所接受。1300年时欧洲商业往来中禁止用阿拉伯数字，因为阿拉伯数字比罗马计数法容易篡改作假。（要涂改1979显然要比涂改MCMLXXIX容易。）直到1800年阿拉伯数字才为全欧洲所接受。

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