历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第2集(14)智慧女神
日期:2015-09-20 17:00

(单词翻译:单击)

智慧女神

It takes 15 years to build.

神庙的修建花费了15年

A temple to Athena, goddess of wisdom,

它是为智慧女神雅典娜所建

It will become a symbol of democracy.

将成为民主的象征


It's the fairest way to organize a society

民主是人类历史上

that anyone in human history

可以构想和实现的

has ever conceived and realized.

最公平的组织社会的方式

And we owe all of that indirectly

我们将其间接归功于

to a small group, a handful of men,

2500年前 一个小群体

who lived in a place called Athens

一小部分人居住的地方:

two and a half thousand years ago.

希腊雅典

In the west, iron helps city-states fight for freedom.

在西方 铁器帮助各城邦夺回了自由

Five thousand miles to the east, it's one of the building blocks

五千里以外的东方 铁器铸就了

Of the world's most enduring empire: china.

世界上最古老的国家: 中国

The world's most powerful man is on a journey

世界上最有权力的人踏上了

To find the secret of eternal life.

寻找永生的旅程

重点讲解

1、organize

组织;安排;筹备

In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter.

最终,我们一致决定组织一场复活节音乐会。

a two-day meeting organised by the United Nations...

由联合国组织的为期两天的会议

提供,准备(想要或所需之物)

I will organize transport.

我来安排交通。

He rang his wife and asked her to organize coffee and sandwiches.

他给妻子打电话,叫她准备好咖啡和三明治。

整理;使有条理;使具结构

He began to organize his materials.

他开始整理材料。

She took a hasty cup of coffee and tried to organize her scattered thoughts.

她匆匆喝了杯咖啡,试图整理一下纷乱的思绪。

规划(自己);使有序高效

changing the way you organize yourself.

改变自我规划的方式

Go right ahead, I'm sure you don't need me to organize you.

只管干吧,我相信你用不着我来为你安排。

2、conceive

想象;相信

I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money.

那么多钱,我根本都无法想象。

He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.

他雄心勃勃,但是想不出自己能如何赢得权力。

构思;设想;想出

She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.

她萌生出撰写系列小说的想法。

He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.

1968年,他构想出第一台真正的便携式计算机。

怀孕

Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.

他说女性在计划怀孕之前应该戒酒。

About one in six couples has difficulty conceiving.

大约1/6的夫妻有受孕困难。


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重点单词
  • conceivedv. 构思;设想(conceive的过去式)
  • eternaladj. 永久的,永恒的 n. 永恒的事
  • democracyn. 民主,民主制,民主国家
  • quantityn. 量,数量,大量
  • alcoholn. 酒精,乙醇,酒
  • conceivev. 设想,构思,怀孕
  • transportn. 运输、运输工具;(常用复数)强烈的情绪(狂喜或狂怒
  • organizev. 组织
  • symboln. 符号,标志,象征
  • concertn. 音乐会,一致,和谐 vt. 制定计划,通过协商达成