历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第一集06:开眼看世界的先驱者

Their unborn child has only a 50% chance

他们的孩子出生之后能活到成年的概率

Of surviving to adulthood.

只有一半

There are, perhaps, only 10,000 humans on the planet,

地球上大约只有一万人

Fewer people than are born in a single hour today.

比现今每小时出生的人数还要少

Scattered in small, isolated groups,

小规模分散 与世隔绝的族群

Always on the brink of extinction.

一直处在灭绝的边缘

But around 70,000 years ago,

但大约在七万年以前

A few hundred pioneers wander out of Africa.

几百位拓荒者离开非洲大陆

The beginning of an extraordinary adventure.

开启了一段非比寻常的冒险

Everyone is related

我们每个人与那些敢于冒险

to those first pioneers

离开家园

who dared to venture away

开眼看世界的先驱者们

out of their homeland and look beyond.

都是相关联的

We are a restless bunch, we humans.

我们人类生生不息

We're always looking over there,

我们一直注视着远方

and over there may mean oceans

那里也许有广阔无垠的海洋

or mountains or continents away.

巍峨的高山 或是遥远的大陆

This is our hardwiring, our DNA.

这是我们基因所向导的

Over 50,000 years,

五万年间

Mankind settles the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Europe.

人类定居在中东 亚洲 澳洲 以及欧洲大陆

As we spread out, a slight shift of the earth's axis

随着人类的分散 地轴相较太阳的轻微偏转

Away from the sun cools the planet.

使得地球温度有所下降

Average temperatures drop up to 14 degrees.

平均温度降到了十四度

A third of the planet under ice.

三分之一的地表覆盖在冰川之下

重点讲解

1、isolated

a、偏远的;偏僻的

Many of the refugee villages are in isolated areas...

很多难民村落都在偏远地区。

Aubrey's family's farm is very isolated.

奥布里家的农场非常偏僻。

b、孤独的;孤寂的;孤立无援的

Men can feel isolated at work.

人们工作时可能感到孤立无助。

Some patients may become very isolated and depressed.

一些病人可能变得非常孤独沮丧。

c、(事例)孤立的,个别的

They said the allegations related to an isolated case of cheating.

他们说这些指控与另一件欺诈案有关。

2、spread

a、摊开;铺开

She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.

她在沙滩上铺了一条毛巾，躺在上面。

His coat was spread over the bed.

他的外套摊在床上。

b、伸出，张开,叉开(手臂、双手、手指、双腿等)

Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching...

坐在地板上，在不要拉伤的前提下将双腿尽量分开。

He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.'

他往后退了一步，伸开双手。“非常欢迎你到我们家来。”

c、涂;抹;敷

Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes.

将混合物抹在蛋糕烤盘里，烘烤 30 分钟。

A thick layer of wax was spread over the surface.

表面涂上了厚厚的一层蜡。