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原文及翻譯
About 1,000 years ago, people known as the Vikings were known and feared throughout Europe. The Vikings were the people of the northern part of Europe called Scandinavia, which includes the modern countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
大約1000年前,被稱為維京人的民族在整個歐洲聞名且令人畏懼。維京人是歐洲北部斯堪的納維亞半島的人民,該地區(qū)包括現(xiàn)代的丹麥、挪威和瑞典。
Vikings made their living by farming and fishing, however, by about the year 700, they began making attacks or raids upon towns along the coast of Europe in order to steal the wealth of those towns. The Vikings made their attacks very quickly and without any warning.
維京人以農(nóng)業(yè)和捕魚為生,然而,大約在公元 700 年,他們開始襲擊或劫掠歐洲沿海的城鎮(zhèn),以竊取這些城鎮(zhèn)的財富。維京人的襲擊非常迅速,沒有任何警告。
They were very cruel to the people of the towns they attacked, and they sometimes destroyed the towns by burning down the buildings. In some parts of Europe, the local kings would often fight against the Vikings, sometimes, however, the kings would pay the Vikings in order to persuade them not to attack.
他們對所襲擊城鎮(zhèn)的人民非常殘忍,有時他們會燒毀建筑物,摧毀城鎮(zhèn)。在歐洲某些地區(qū),當(dāng)?shù)貒踅?jīng)常與維京人作戰(zhàn),但有時國王會向維京人付錢,以勸說他們不要進(jìn)攻。
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