Paris 's most talked-about exhibition of the winter opened on tuesday with shock and soul-searching over the history of colonial subjects used in human zoos , circuses and stage shows , which flourished until as late as 1958 .
An open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses .
举行露天集市或展览或表演马戏的露天的地方。
Circuses don 't seem to have much pulling power these days .
现在马戏表演似乎不再有很大吸引力了。
Court cases involving celebrities like o.j. simpson can become media circuses .
像辛普森这种知名人物的法庭案例,反而成了媒体的马戏;
I would go to more circuses .
我会去更多的马戏团
Repressive governments try to keep the populace happy with bread and circuses .
反动政府想靠些小恩小惠来笼络人心。
Morrissey , the former smiths singer and author of the song meat is murder , is a long-term vegetarian , animal rights advocate and campaigner against circuses and zoos .
Of course there 's a chance that mr. phoenix just wanted a break from the bread and circuses , though the fact that he starred in - and helped produce - this movie around the time he was saying goodbye to acting strongly suggests otherwise .
It 's the same with zoos and circuses , which they claim sensitize people to animals when it actually does the opposite ; it desensitizes us to the use and abuse of animals .
It is beautifully and realistically depicted with roth 's stunning illustrations and the text allows for parents to discuss such weighty subjects as animal testing for drugs , hunting , the wonton destruction of the environment and the gory spectacle of animals in circuses .