历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第二集02:帝国毁灭

The Nile delta of Egypt,

埃及尼罗河三角洲地带

Twelve hundred years Before Christ.

公元前一千二百年

Mankind's greatest civilizations falling one by one.

人类最伟大的文明接踵而至地衰落

A new enemy.

新劲敌出现

Egyptians call them the sea people.

埃及人把他们叫做海上民族

Hungry, violent,

穷凶极恶的敌人

Their origin a mystery even today.

他们来于何方至今仍是个谜

"Their ships came, our cities burnt,"

他们船舶驶来 吾城面临涂炭

"And they brought evil to our country."

"邪恶侵城而来"

A thousand years after the age of the Pyramids,

金字塔时代之后的千年

Even mighty Egypt faces destruction.

甚至强大的埃及也难逃没落之命

Around the Mediterranean,

地中海沿岸

Great cities and empires are swept away

大城市沦陷 帝国毁灭

By peoples on the move.

海上民族所向披靡

Troy, the Mycenaeans in Greece,

特洛伊 希腊迈锡尼人

The hittite empire of Turkey.

土耳其赫梯帝国

The sight of ships on the horizon

船只出现于地平线的景象

would have just sent chills down your spine.

令人不寒而栗

It would have been the most terrifying thing imaginable.

这是人们想象中最恐怖的一幕

When the sea peoples cause one great state to fall,

海上民族一旦攻占一个大国

then that one domino has fallen,

多米诺骨牌就会依次倒下

and then the rest around the Mediterranean go.

蔓延至地中海沿岸各国

重点讲解

1、origin

起源；来源；起因；由来

theories about the origin of life.

有关生命起源的各种理论

The disorder in military policy had its origins in Truman's first term.

军事政策的混乱可追溯到杜鲁门的第一届任期。

出身；身世；血统

Thomas has not forgotten his humble origins.

托马斯没有忘记自己卑微的出身。

people of Asian origin.

亚裔民众

2、destruction

破坏;毁灭;消灭

an international agreement aimed at halting the destruction of the ozone layer.

一项旨在阻止臭氧层破坏的国际协议

weapons of mass destruction.

大规模杀伤性武器

3、imaginable

(常与 best，worst 等形容词最高级连用)可想象的,想得到的

their imprisonment under some of the most horrible circumstances imaginable.

他们被关押在可以想象出的最恐怖的环境中

He could not disguise that he had had the worst imaginable day for any minister.

他刚刚经历了对于任何部长而言都是最糟糕的一天，这对他来说无法掩饰。

(用于 every，all 之后，表示强调)(一切)可能存在的,(一切)可能发生的;(用于 no 以后)根本

all of the other imaginable ramifications of this technology...

这项技术可能产生的其他一切后果

Parents encourage every activity imaginable.

父母鼓励孩子参与一切可能的活动。