Nanjing, this city so rich in culture and nature that one will find themselves alternating between ancient and modern with every step with a canopy of cooling foliage overhead.

南京，这座有着深厚的文化底蕴和雄奇自然景观的古城，让人们仿佛徘徊在历史和现代之间，所到之处，落叶和白云轻盈地飘过头顶。

youdao

A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct species.

一项针对古代和现代大象的研究得出一个出人意料的结论：非洲大象已经分化成两个不同的物种。

youdao

It is amazing that this ultra-modern TV tower combines ancient concepts such as the spherical pearls, with technology, commerce, recreation, educational and conference facilities of the 21st century.

令人惊叹的是，这座超现代的电视塔将古老的概念，如球形的珍珠，与21世纪的技术、商业、娱乐、教育和会议设施相结合。

youdao

As he puts it in the dedication of his most famous book, he writes that this book The Prince "is a product of long experience with modern things " and a continuous reading of the ancient ones."

从而催生出,他最呕心沥血的大作，他笔下的《君王论》,“是一部,对现代事物长久体验,与持续阅读古籍的结晶“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The blend of ancient with modern fits well with the young, vibrant and culturally diverse crowd that hangs out in the local cafes, shops and galleries.

FORBES: Turkey's Hot Stock Market Is No One-Trick Pony

In her mind, she holds an alternative map of the centre of the city: one which, instead of modern buildings and highways crowded with traffic, has ancient walls, baths and residences dating back to Roman, Hellenistic and even prehistoric times.

BBC: Working Lives Athens

The capital, Bangkok, combines the modern skyscrapers of a bustling Asian metropolis with the ancient temples and monuments of previous Thai civilizations, dating back hundreds of years.

CNN: Country profile: Thailand