秦始皇统一中国

两liǎng千qiān多年duō nián前qián，中国zhōng guó有yǒu很hěn多duō小xiǎo国家guó jiā，天天tiān tiān打仗dǎ zhàng。

Over two thousand years ago, China was a patchwork of small states, constantly at war.

秦qín国guó在zài西部xī bù，越来越yuè lái yuè强大qiáng dà。秦qín王wáng嬴yíng政zhèng用yòng了liǎo十shí年nián时间shí jiān，灭miè了liǎo其他qí tā六lìu个gè国家guó jiā。

Qin, in the west, grew ever stronger. King Ying Zheng spent ten years destroying the six rival states.

他tā建立jiàn lì了liǎo中国zhōng guó历史lì shǐ上shàng第dì一yī个gè统一tǒng yī的de王wáng朝cháo，称chēng自己zì jǐ为wéi始shǐ皇帝huáng dì。

He founded the first unified dynasty in Chinese history and called himself the First Emperor.

他tā统一tǒng yī了liǎo文字wén zì、货币huò bì和hé度量衡dù liàng héng，修xīu了liǎo通往tōng wǎng全国quán guó的de道路dào lù。

He unified the script, the currency and the weights and measures, and built roads to every corner of the realm.

虽然suī rán秦qín朝cháo只zhī存在cún zài了liǎo十shí五wǔ年nián，但是dàn shì它tā改变gǎi biàn了liǎo中国zhōng guó历史lì shǐ。

Though the Qin lasted only fifteen years, it changed the course of Chinese history.