阿兹特克人

阿兹特克人牺牲真人来祭祀

The Aztecs immolated human victims .

尽管其最终被更为方便的弓箭所代替，不过atlatl的使用持续了很长时间，甚至在16世纪时还被阿兹特克人作为武器使用。

Though they were eventually replaced with the easier-to-use bow and arrow , the atlatl stood the test of time , being used by the Aztecs even as late as the 1500s .

毕竟，在哥伦布到达新世界前，阿兹特克人驯养火鸡（阿兹特克人称火鸡为huehxolotl）已经超过一千年了。

After all , pre-Aztec and Aztec peoples domesticated the turkey more than a millennium before Columbus reached the New World ( the Aztecs called the bird huehxolotl ) .

而现代的口香糖让人如此狂热的原因却是因为阿兹特克人的缘故。

However , it is the Aztecs who helped launch the modern chewing gum craze .

巧克拉特及其原料可可豆受到阿兹特克人的高度珍视。

Chocolate and the cocoa beans used to make it were highly prized by the Aztecs .

阿兹特克人也经常种植鳄梨

The Aztecs also cultivated the avocado

玛雅人的金字塔，阿兹特克人的太阳历，见证着贵国古代文明的辉煌。

The Mayan pyramids and Aztec Sun Calendar both stand testimony to the splendor of your ancient civilization .

在遥远的过去，美国人侵略了阿兹特克人的众多部落。

We leave in the distant past , when America dominated the powerful and numerous tribe of the Aztecs .

尽管阿兹特克人如此珍视巧克拉特，但它的苦味并不合欧洲人的胃口。

However much the Aztecs valued chocolate , its bitter taste was not to the liking of the Europeans .

阿兹特克人和玛雅人用涂以鲜亮色彩的浮雕、大幅壁画或神秘动物装饰他们的金字塔和庙宇。

The Aztec and Mayans decorated the pyramids and temples with brightly painted sculptural reliefs and large frescoes or mythical animals .

你也能够去捕获阿兹特克人，明显也有可能你干的不如西班牙人那样好。（我要选黄种人捕捉白种人卖钱可以挖？）

You can to whale on the Azecs as well although apparently you may not get as lucky as the Spanish did .

16世纪阿兹特克人的一幅镶嵌画以双头蛇为图案（如上图），这表明不同文化通过人与思想的交流，早就有了联系。

A16th-century Aztec mosaic of a double-headed serpent ( pictured above ) exemplifies the way cultures have long been connected through the movement of people and ideas .

玛雅人和阿兹特克人都认为可可豆具有神秘的甚至是神圣的特性，适合在诸如出生、结婚和死亡这些最神圣的仪式上使用。

Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical , or even divine , properties , suitable for use in the most sacred rituals of birth , marriage and death .

小高：还有穿舌环最早也是来自古代部落的一些仪式，比如阿兹特克人和玛雅人的部落，人们使用这种方式来抽血以献祭神灵。

And tongue piercing was first practiced as part of rituals in ancient tribes , such as the Aztecs and Mayas . They did this to draw blood to prepare them for the gods .

墨西哥魅力无穷，国土面积近2000平方公里，历史可以追溯到阿兹特克和玛雅人。

Stretching over nearly 2m km2 , and with a history that goes back to the Aztecs and ancient Mayans , Mexico is a place of endless fascination .

然而有一些形式的蓝藻是有毒的，一个命名为阿兹特克螺旋藻的物种是阿兹特克人重要的食物来源，被许多亚洲国家的人经常食用。

This truly titanic event is now known as endosymbiosis.While several forms of cyanobacteria are toxic , a species named Spirulina was an important food source for the Aztecs and eaten regularly by many Asian nations .