(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
But even if the proportions of the alloy were less than ideal, the very existence of the tin and copper-both from outside Crete-tells us that the Minoans were moving around and trading by sea.
尽管合金的比例不理想，但来自克里特以外的锡和铜已足以证明米诺斯人当时曾四处流动，参与海洋贸易。
Indeed, Crete was a major player in the vast network of trade and diplomacy that covered the eastern Mediterranean-often focused on the exchange of metals, and all linked by maritime travel.
他们确实是整个东地中海巨大的贸易与外交网络中的一部分，常进行金属交易，全靠海路运输。
We asked the maritime archaeologist, Dr Lucy Blue of Southampton University, to tell us more:
南安普敦大学的航海考古学家露西布鲁博士说：
"The small bronze statuette from Minoan Crete, unique as it is, is also a very good indicator of this key commodity, bronze, that was sought after throughout the eastern Mediterranean.
克里特的这尊青铜小雕像是件很好的证物，让我们了解青铜是当时整个地中海东部地区需求巨大的重要商品。
Unfortunately, we have only a limited number of shipwrecks to substantiate these trading activities, but one of the shipwrecks that we have is that of the 'Uluburun'.
遗憾的是，我们尚未发现太多能证明这些贸易活动的沉船。
This was a vessel that was found off the Turkish coast.
但发现于土耳其的乌鲁布伦沉船可算其中之一。
The 'Uluburun' was carrying 15 tons of cargo, 9 tons of which was copper, copper in the form of ingots.
船上载有十五吨货物，其中九吨为铜锭。
In addition, the 'Uluburun' was carrying a very rich cargo-amber from the Baltic, pomegranates, pistachio nuts...there were also a wealth of manufactured goods, including bronze and gold statuettes,beads of different materials, large numbers of tools and weapons that were being carried on board.
其他货物也很丰富，如石榴、开心果和来自波罗的海的琥珀。还有很多手工制品，包括青铜和黄金雕像，各种材料制成的珠子，以及大量的工具和武器。
There's a wooden diptych, or essentially the first form of filofax, that would have been carried on board with wax inside, where they would have kept a note of the different cargoes that were being exchanged."
他们也发现了木制的记事板,备忘记事本或本质上的第一个表单,用蜡对内部进行封装,他们就会有不同的货物交换笔记。”
Despite the filofax, there are still many unanswered questions about Minoan civilisation.
参与了这些贸易的富裕的米诺斯文明，至今仍有许多未解之谜。
重点讲解
1.even if 即使；虽然
Even if we cannot agree, we should maintain our contact.
即使我们不能取得一致， 我们也要保持联系。
Even if he doesn't like what she did,he is not going to deep-six her now.
他虽然对她所做的事不满，但现在还不想除掉她。
2.focus on 集中
Focus on who you want to be and how you want to feel.
把精力集中在你想成为谁和你想要何种感觉上。
Next, we turn from the disk subsystem to focus on the processors.
接下来，我们要将焦点从磁盘子系统转移到处理器上。
3.carry on 继续
They will carry on their negotiations next week.
他们将于下周继续进行谈判。
If you carry on in that way, you'll get the school a bad name.
如果你仍然那样胡闹下去的话，你就会败坏学校的声誉。
