BBC百件藏品话沧桑 第12件:玉斧(6)
日期:2014-06-11 17:22

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中英文本

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So, with the Canterbury axe head, that was from the same block as one that was found in Dorset, and it's clear that people must have gone back to that block at different times, it might be centuries apart, but because it's distinctive compositionally, it's now possible to say...yep, that was the same block...chips off the old block!"
坎特伯雷斧头与多塞特斧头的原料来自同一块石头([fCX;%wkAwgu)L。很明显,人们曾在不同的时间来到了同样的地点,中间可能相隔几个世纪eKt;9BMLckU4&4[。 但根据它们的结构特点,我们能确定,他们来自相同的石头,都是从那块旧岩石上凿下来的BhIgC1%bupe3cec-C
The boulder from which the British Museum axe was chipped six thousand years ago sits today, as then, in a landscape high above the earth and sometimes above the clouds, with spectacular vistas stretching as far as the eye can see.
六千年前曾被釆下大英博物馆玉斧原料的岩石,至今仍端坐在高处,偶尔还坐在云端之上S#SQya1EY-)sjGHfY。于彼处极目远眺,能看到壮丽的美景pi*cGKSo3.@
The jade-seekers seem to have deliberately chosen this special spot-they could easily have taken jade that was lying loose at the base of the mountains, but they climbed up through the clouds-probably because there they could take the rock that came from a place midway between our world on earth and the celestial realm of gods and ancestors.
玉石的开釆者似乎有意选择了这样一个特别的地点,他们本可以从山脚轻松地捡 拾到玉石块,却选择一直攀缘到云端,也许就是为了在自己居住的世界与神灵和祖先居住的天国之间釆集一块石头doALsLQEtkiS[0
And so this jade was treated with extreme care and reverence, as if it contained special powers.
因此这块石头受到了特别 的呵护与礼遇,似乎带有非凡的力量cVg*qTP7hSyvOyrXt_X-
Having quarried rough slabs of jade, the stone-workers and miners would then have had to labour to get the material back down to a place where it could be crafted.
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It was a long, arduous task, completed on foot and using boats.
这是漫长又艰辛的过程,靠脚力与小船的协助完成(3fZlN,7vfQjm6lVW
Amazingly, big blocks of this desirable stone have been found over 120 miles away-an astonishing achievement-and some of the material had an even longer journey to make.
大批的这种石头在 距离采集地约二百公里之外的地方被发现,这已经是惊人的成就,但有的甚至走过了更长的旅途INanJ1.tS@ifWWdzdO4O
Jade from here eventually spread throughout northern Europe-some even as far as Scandinavia.
来自意大利阿尔卑斯山的玉石横跨了整个北欧,最远的甚至到达了斯堪的纳维亚wl(vQCnaQ&+MQ
We can only guess-but we can, I think, make some guesses-about the journey of our particular axe.
我们只能对本节中的玉斧所经过的旅途进行一些猜测,但这样的猜测也是有依据的q0_G%;![ys-UL

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重点讲解

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1.go back to 回去

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Let's go back to the decision to do a deal at all.
让我们回到最开始的问题,当初为何决定要达成这项交易?

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I'll go back to the appfog example.
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2.as far as 只要;远到

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As far as we know, it's the only vodka flavor inspired by a fish.
据我们所知,这是唯一一款酿造灵感源自鱼类的伏特加8h4=[yo.2SYKsG

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None of them, as far as she knows, was ever told not to do it.
而且,就她所知,组织上述活动的公司均从未被告知这些活动违规;eIBj+NKR=

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3.climb up 向上爬,攀登

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The climb up two flights of stairs had wearied his wife.
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I just climb up your back.
我刚爬上你的背d-EFkYv[g]b8I~E8vC

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重点单词
  • distinctiveadj. 独特的
  • eventuallyadv. 终于,最后
  • particularadj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的 n. 个别项目
  • desirableadj. 值得有的,令人满意的,有吸引力的 n. 有吸引
  • basen. 基底,基础,底部,基线,基数,(棒球)垒,[化]碱
  • deliberatelyadv. 慎重地,故意地
  • bouldern. 大圆石,巨砾
  • roughadj. 粗糙的,粗略的,粗暴的,艰难的,讨厌的,不适的
  • inspiredadj. 有创见的,有灵感的
  • flavorn. 滋味,香料,风格 vt. 加味于