历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第一集04:千钧一发之际

Man's ability to project power,

人类投射的能力

The key to controlling our world.

是我们掌控世界的关键

We'll spend the next 100 millennia

人类将在之后十万年中

Perfecting weapons that kill at a distance.

不断完善远距离射程的武器

There's a window that's closing.

就好比有扇窗要关上了

You've got a half a second

你只有半秒的时间

and that's the kind of moment where,

如果在这千钧一发之际

if you can explode and do the right thing,

你能够爆发 恰到好处

you will eat, you'll survive.

你就能获得食物 就能活下去

And if you blow it, you're dead.

如果你没能把握住 就必死无疑

To prepare the kill,

准备屠杀时

The greatest key to our survival:

人类生存与否的最关键之处在于:

At 300 degrees, a spark.

300度高温下的一点火星

Fire.

火的诞生

Our planet is the only known place in the universe

地球是宇宙已知星球中唯一

With the right conditions for fire to burn.

有条件让火燃烧的星球

It's the element that makes us who we are.

有了这个元素 才有了今天的我们

重点讲解

1、project

a、项目；工程；计划；规划

Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam...钱也会用于越南的地方发展项目当中。

b、（学生的）课题，研究项目

Students complete projects for a personal tutor, working at home at their own pace.

学生完成了做私人家教的课题，在家里按自己的步调工作。

c、规划；计划；预计

Africa's mid-1993 population is projected to more than double by 2025...预计到2025年，非洲的人口会是1993年年中人口的两倍多。

The government had been projecting a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year.

政府预测全年消费价格将增长5%。

d、（使）呈现；（使）表现；（使）展现

Bradley projects a natural warmth and sincerity.

布拉德利表现出一种自然的热情和真诚。

He just hasn't been able to project himself as the strong leader.

他根本没能表现出一个强有力的领导者的样子。

2、survive

a、生存;存活;幸存

Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive.

最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。

b、挺过;艰难度过

On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'

我第一天到这儿时就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺过去呢?”

people who are struggling to survive without jobs.

艰难度日的失业者

c、比…活得久;比…长寿

Most women will survive their spouses.

大多数女性都比配偶长寿。

She is survived by two daughters from her first marriage.

她身后留下了头婚时生的两个女儿。