#1: Romantic 浪漫的

　　We associate this word with sweetness and love, but it emerged from the conquering powers of the Roman Empire.
　　虽然我们一直把romantic这个词与“甜蜜、爱情”相联系，但是这个词却来自于罗马帝国的强大的征服力。

　　The expansion of ancient Rome created various dialects of Latin called "romans." (These evolved into Italian, French, Spanish, and others – the Romance languages.)
　　古罗马帝国的扩张致使了各种拉丁方言的诞生，这些方言被称作"romans"。（现在这些方言演变为了意大利语、法语、西班牙语等等罗曼语系。）

　　"Romans" were used to write popular stories involving chivalric or courtly love, and such tales became known as romances.
　　当时人们用"Romans"语言来写包括骑士时代或宫廷式爱情故事在内的各种流行小说，而这些故事后来就被称为romances了。

　　If we describe Rome today as a "romantic" city, we're using a word that has travelled a long way to come home.
　　如果现在我们用"romantic"这个词来形容罗马的话，那我们可是把这个词从远方带回了它的故乡呢。

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