历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第一集15:巨石阵

One in ten skeletons from early farming folk

十分之一的早期农耕民族的遗骨上

Show signs of violence.

可以看出其曾受到暴力损伤

A farmer can expect to die

一个农民的寿命

Five years before our hunter-gatherer ancestors.

大约比我们以狩猎为生的祖先少五年

With farming life comes another leap for mankind:

农耕让人类文明向前迈进了一大步

New ways of mourning and the beginnings of organized religion.

新的哀悼方式和有组织的宗教起源于此

On a plain in Southern England,

在南英格兰的平原上

A monument to those we have lost:

有一个为逝者而建的古迹

Stonehenge.

巨石阵

Belief in the afterlife

对于来世的信仰

Inspires some of mankind's greatest engineering projects.

是人类某些最伟大的建筑工程的灵感来源

And at the same time as stonehenge, 2200 miles away,

在距离巨石阵2200英里外的地方

Another extraordinary monument to the dead takes shape.

另一座为逝者而建的古迹也在逐渐成形

The greatest building on earth for another 4,000 years.

它是之后四千年历史中 地球上最伟大建筑

重点讲解

1、expect

a、预期;预料;期待

a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.

预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.

他们不再期待公司利润会增长。

b、要求；认为应当得到;指望

He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

他没有指望我们会盛情款待。

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.

我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。

c、怀孕

She was expecting another baby.

她又怀孕了。

I hear Dawn's expecting again.

我听说唐又怀孕了。

d、你还想指望什么；那有什么大惊小怪的

It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?

尝起来像是假的，但是就这个价格你还想指望什么？

If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect?

如果一个人打猎而且还有自己的枪，你还想指望什么？

2、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。

an international science project.

国际科学项目

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。