1·The African colonies clustered in particular around the great promontory which, with Sicily opposite, forms the narrowest channel on the main Mediterranean sea route.
非洲殖民地尤其集中在大海角周围，该海角与西西里岛相对，形成了地中海主要航线上最窄的航道。
2·The Antikythera Mechanism was found a hundred years ago, under water in an ancient Greek shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea.
100年前，人们在水下，在地中海的一艘古希腊沉船发现了安提基西拉机械装置。
3·The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804, which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why.
埃及航空公司的804次航班坠毁的悲剧再一次提醒人们为什么要这么做，那次航班可能是在地中海上空被恐怖分子击落的。
4·From May through September, Luca and other divers are working on Nemo's Garden in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 feet from the coast of Noli, Italy.
从5月到9月，卢卡和其他潜水员在距离意大利诺里海岸150英尺的地中海奈莫花园工作。
5·And largely for this reason that political power in Europe was centered for centuries in the South, around the Mediterranean Sea, which was where they could grow these grains with more reliability.
很大程度上，由于这个原因，欧洲的政治权力几个世纪以来都集中在南部，围绕着地中海区域，在那里他们可以更放心地种植这些谷物。