BBC百件藏品话沧桑 第15件:米诺斯跳牛飞人(5)
日期:2014-07-15 17:21

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中英文本

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There are three main techniques we had to learn: first the 'recorte de rinon' (the kidney cut); second it's the 'quiebro' (the break or the swing); the third one is the 'salto' (or leap), which is mainly jumping right over the bull in a different variety of styles.
有三种主要技术需要学习,一是“recorte de rifi6n”(切肾);二是“quiebro”(翻转),三是“salto”(跳跃),其实就是几种不同跳到牛背上的姿势Vu0rDQ&FDVRLeBr
"Remember that the bulls are not injured before the match like in the bullfighting.
跟斗牛比赛不同,我们不会在赛前故意剌伤公牛,
The bull never dies in the arena.
也不会在场上将它们杀死^gnkEgX8abRc7
We are risking our lives here, we get butted and gored as frequently as bullfighters. The bull is unpredictable.
我们从事这项运动的人都是在玩命,像斗牛士一样常常被牛顶,被牛角戳0p80674_vd。你猜不透牛的想法,
He is the one in charge...We never lost a respect for the bull."
是它在掌控全场#h,%!tcRt*M4de。我们永远对公牛充满敬意kHZZS)VwNi
I think what Sergio Delgado says is quite fascinating, because it confirms scholars' suggestions that bull-leaping on Crete at the time of this little statue would probably have had a religious significance.
如前所述,一些学者认为,在制作这尊雕像的那个年代,跳牛飞人很可能有一些宗教含义u5Ca3t(W,stVVUjc_。用于制作雕像的昂贵青铜也说明它是神的祭品KGX(8lcS3F3%lPZeMG.
Even the bronze it's made of suggests an offering to the gods.
这种延续到现代的对牛的尊重,正好与他们的观点形成了绝妙的呼应z^[6NEX~NfLcb&co8Y1
It was made around 1700 BC in the middle of what archaeologists call the Bronze Age, when huge advances in making metals transformed the way humans could shape the world.
这尊雕像制作于公元前一千七百年,正处于被考古学家命名为青铜时代的年代的中期*&N#fcx8An9cA-。当时人类在金属锻造方面取得了巨大进步,改变了人类塑造世界的方式pZeekOTO8DEzBcDNc
Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, is much harder and cuts much better than copper or gold, and once discovered, it was widely used to make tools and weapons for over a thousand years.
青铜是铜与锡的合金,比铜或金都要更坚硬、切割的效果也更好,自一千多年前被发现起就一直用于工具和武器制作jSfuzdJ9AKYlm1x.
But it also makes very beautiful sculpture, and so it was quickly used, as you can see from this bull leaper, to make precious, probably devotional objects.
同时它也用于制作美丽的雕像,因此通常用来制作珍贵的祭神物品f3(dT-bd(VrN_u

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重点讲解

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1.jump over 跳过;腾越

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Jump over the barrier and we stand with them.
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First, there was what dad called the 'log roll' in which he would roll back and forth on the living room carpet while we kids had to jump over him without getting nabbed.
首先,是爸爸叫做“滚原木”的游戏,他在客厅的地毯上滚来滚去,我们会跳过他而不被捉到!zp3Hp=8=J!

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2.offer to 提供

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Another significant gap exists between mobile access to e-resources presently offered by libraries and the services libraries wish to offer to mobile users.
另一个显著的断层是现有的移动设备接入电子资源与图书馆希望向移动读者提供的服务之间的差别,8|Hy0;bt5WU8Vxd9Ts

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But russia, china and india later accepted brazil's offer to host the next summit in 2010.
但俄罗斯、中国和印度后来接受了巴西在2010年主办下届峰会的提议%34aVs0(y6

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3.use to 过去常常

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What methods do you use to tackle them?
你用了什么方法来对付它们?

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How can twitter be of any use to freelancers?
twitter对自由职业者们来说怎么可能有任何用处呢?

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重点单词
  • swingn. 摇摆,改变,冲力 v. 摇摆,旋转,动摇
  • devotionaladj. 虔诚的,祷告的;信仰的;献身的
  • tinn. 罐头,锡,听头 adj. 锡制的 vt. 镀锡于
  • sculpturen. 雕塑 vt. 雕刻,雕塑 vi. 当雕刻师
  • barriern. 界线,屏障,栅栏,障碍物
  • alloyn. 合金 vt. 使 ... 成合金,搀以劣质,减低成
  • unpredictableadj. 不可预知的
  • tacklev. 处理,对付,阻截 n. 用具,滑车,对付
  • preciousadj. 宝贵的,珍贵的,矫揉造作的 adv. 极其地
  • kidneyn. 肾,腰子,类型