原标题：标准北美英语口语景象对话和阅览文献-8

标准北美英语口语景象对话和阅览文献-8

the imperial courier of the ancient world is the ancestor of the modern postal system. that imperial service followed the discovery of writing, the growth of trade and the rise of cities.

古代世界的皇室快递是现代邮政体系的祖先。 这个帝国效能跟跟着文字的创造，生意的增加和城市的鼓起得以面世。

messenger services to look after the administrative needs of the empire developed in egypt after 1580b.c. between 550 and 333 b.c.

在埃及，效能于帝国的行政需要的信使效能照于公元前1580年之后得到打开。 在公元前550至333 年之间。

king darius of persia and his successors constructed relay stations for the transportation of men and horses along the highways that linked the persian empire’s key cities.

波斯国王达瑞斯和他的继任者缔造了中继站，用于为人和马在沿着联接波斯帝国首要城市的公路上行路人供给效能。

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stations were constructed every 23 km. and increased the speed at which the couriers could travel from one part of the empire to another.

这些车站每23公里建一个。 它前进了信使们从帝国的一有些到另一有些的速度。

postius, the latin word for these relay stations,contains the origin of the words post office.

postius，这个中继站的拉丁语单词，包括单词post office 的初始意义。

later the romans established a sort of express service, using horseback and speedy carts, and a regular service, using wagons.

后来，罗马人树立了一种运用马和快速马车的快速效能，以及守时运用运货马车的传递效能。

but both these services were restricted to government use. businessmen and others had to organize their own messenger systems.

但这两项效能仅限于政府运用。 商人和其别人不得不组织自个的信使体系

as the roman empire began to disintegrate in the sixth century organized courier systems diasappeared with them.

跟着罗马帝国在第六世纪初步割裂，那些有组织的快递体系也与他们一同不见。

marco polo, the italian explorer who visited china in 1299, found a service in many ways similar to the one step up by the romans.

意大利探险家马可波罗在1299年造访我国，在那里他发现了一种在许多方面于罗马人树立的邮政体系类似的信函效能网络。

the emperor kublai khan had established a messenger service that included 300,000 horse with relay stations placed at roughly 50 km. intervals along the most traveled imperial road.

库布拉汗皇帝树立了一个具有三十万匹马的信使网络，在皇帝的交通要道上每隔50公里就设有一个驿站。

in that same period, the growth of commerce and town life in europe brought the need for improved communication, numerous private postal systems were organized by monasteries,universities and merchants.

与此一起，欧洲商业和城市日子的打开带来了改进通讯的需要。教会，大学和商业届都组织了许多的私有邮政体系。

with the rise of nationalism in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, monarchs were reluctant to trust deliveries to private service. the modern postal system dates from that period.

跟着十五和十六

世纪民族主义的高涨，君主们不太信赖私有网络的信息传递效能。 现代邮政体系就从那个时期初步了。回来搜狐，查看更多

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