中英文本

"It's a fine image of bashing-so it's violent, it's elegant, expressive, and it's beautiful as well."
“这威摄力的绝妙写照—充满了暴力、典雅、表现力以及美感。”史蒂夫贝尔说道。
Today's object shows us that in the Egypt of the pharaohs, the answer to the question of how to exert leadership and state control over a large population was quite simple: force.
今天的物品向我们展示了对于古埃及的法老而言，如何发挥领导力与领导一个人口众多的国家呢？最简单的答案就是：权力。
If you're going to talk about the Egypt of the pharaohs, the British Museum gives you a spectacular choice-monumental sculptures, painted mummy cases, and much much more but, as we're talking about a society that was created by its river, I've chosen an object that came quite literally from the mud of the Nile.
如果你想谈谈关于埃及的法老，大英博物馆提供了极为壮观的选择：不朽的雕塑、彩绘木乃伊棺椁等等，种类繁多，不可胜数；然而我们想要谈论的是一个河流哺育起来的国度，我现在选择的这物品，毫不夸张地说，正是来自尼罗河的泥桨。
It's made from a tusk of a hippo, and it belonged to one of Egypt's first pharaohs-King Den. Perversely for an object that's going to let us explore power on a massive scale, it is absolutely tiny.
它由河马的獠牙制成，属于埃及法老之一的国王丹所有。反差强烈的是，将要带领我们探索强大权力，却是一件微不起眼的小物品。
I'm holding it now. It's about one and a half inches square, it's very thin and it looks and feels a bit like a modern-day business card. But, in fact, it's a label-a label that was once attached to a pair of shoes; not any old shoes-these were sandals of the highest status, because this little ivory plaque is a name tag for an Egyptian pharaoh, made to accompany him as he set off to the afterlife.
我现在就拿在手心里。它大约有一英寸半，正方形，非常的薄，外观和感觉有点像是现代名片。但事实上它是一件标签，附在一双鞋上的标签；不过可不是随随便便的一双烂鞋，而是一双最高地位人穿的凉鞋，因为这张小小的牙牌是一位古埃及法老的名片，制造出来以供他来世使用。

重点讲解

1.talk about 讨论，谈论

But too much talk about extracurriculars is hazardous.
但是过多地谈论自己的私生活很危险。

It helps to hear one of your friends talk about the successes.
听到某个朋友谈论奥巴马的成功，效果会更好。

2.be made from 由…所做成

The ring will likely be made from a nugget of welsh gold.
戒指很可能是由一块珍贵的威尔士金打造而成。

Some of the lines appear to be made from a silver/ white material.
有些线条看起来是用银色或白色的材料专门制成的。

3.belong to 属于

Kashmir cannot belong to both india and pakistan.
克什米尔地区无法既属于印度又属于巴基斯坦。

Those who belong to christ don't live in fear of condemnation.
属基督的人就不生活在对被定罪的惧怕之中。

4.attach to 附属于,隶属于

The image it presented was bad, the source said who then added reluctantly that responsibilty for handling the crisis should attach to the president.
它提出的形象是不好的消息人士说，那么谁不情愿地说，对于处理危机负有责任，应重视总统。

Select log files to attach to the server status report.
选择要附加到“服务器状态报告”中的日志文件。