历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第一集12:未来的蓝图

Now, an acre of land can feed 100 times as many people

现在 一英亩地可以养活的人数

As hunting and gathering.

是捕猎和收割的一百倍

Farming is a game-changer, it's the difference between

"农耕"改变了游戏规则 这就是

there being only a few million humans on the planet

地球上只有几百万人

and there being billions of humans on the planet.

和有几十亿人时的区别所在

A new crop conquers the globe: wheat.

一种新的作物掌控着地球 那就是小麦

From a single 60-lb bushel, 70 loaves of bread.

每60蒲式耳小麦可以做出70条面包

By 3000 BC, farming reaches Southern England,

公元前三千年 农耕延伸到南英格兰

Creating a blueprint for the future:

创造了一幅未来的蓝图

The village.

那就是村庄

Mankind's first settled communities.

人类首次以社区形式定居

And a new figure: the leader.

随之出现的是个新的角色:领导者

Smart, outspoken, charismatic.

他智慧过人 坦诚率真 魅力四射

The first farm animals:

同时也出现了首批农畜

pigs, sheep, goats, cattle.

比如猪 绵羊 山羊 牛

It's a turning point.

这是个转折点

重点讲解

1、conquer

a、占领;征服

During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia.

1936年，墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亚。

Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

11世纪早期，整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。

b、克服;攻克

I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.

我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。

He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.

他一直未能戒除烟瘾。

2、blueprint

a、蓝图；计划；设想；构想

The country's president will offer delegates his blueprint for the country's future.

该国总统会向代表们展示他构想的国家未来发展的蓝图。

the blueprint of a new plan of economic reform.

有关经济改革新计划的设想

b、（基因）模型，型板

子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。

DNA is the genetic material inside every cell that carries the blueprints for everything from hair color to the risk of cancer.

脱氧核糖核酸是存在于每个细胞内的基因物质，它承载从头发颜色到致癌风险等各种遗传型板。