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On Easter Island, entirely alone,
复活节岛完全与世隔绝
They'll create a unique civilization,
他们要在祖先神灵的雕像环绕下
Surrounded by statues of their ancestral gods.
创建独一无二的文明

If you think about it,virtually all the great monuments of the past
如果你好好想想就会发现 几乎以前所有的伟大遗迹
were built for a spiritual purpose,
都是为了精神寄托而建立的
as if satisfying the human need to reach out to the afterlife.
正好满足了人们触碰来世的需要
And Easter Island reveals the urge to celebrate, to commemorate,
复活节岛表明了人们对于 纪念和庆祝的渴望
epic monuments that are still impressive thousands of years later,
史诗般的遗迹在几千年后 仍然耀眼无比 震撼人心
and will be thousands of years from now.
再过几千年也依旧如此
Known as Moai,The tallest is 33 feet high and weighs 82 tons,
众所周知的摩艾石像 最高可达三十三英尺 重八十二吨
As heavy as the space shuttle.
几乎和宇航飞船一样重
Humans work so hard.
人类如此辛勤的劳动
We never just settle down and happily farm and live,
我们从未安于安定快乐的耕种生活
we're always building something, exploring something,
我们总是会建造 探索
doing something that's a challenge,that's bigger than ourselves.
做一些有挑战的事情 那是比我们自己更庞大的东西
Legend says the statues walk magically into place.
传说中石像是神奇地走到岛上来的
In reality, they are dragged overland.
但实际上 它们是被拖拽到岛上的

重点讲解

1、unique
唯一的；独一无二的
Each person's signature is unique.
每个人的签名都是独一无二的。
The area has its own unique language, Catalan.
这个地区有自己单独的语言，加泰罗尼亚语。
独特的；无与伦比的
Brett's vocals are just unique.
布雷特的歌声无与伦比。
Kauffman was a woman of unique talent and determination.
考夫曼是一个有着超群才智和决断力的女子。
独有的；特有的
No one knows for sure why adolescence is unique to humans.
没有人确切地知道为什么只有人类才会经历青春期。
This interesting and charming creature is unique to Borneo.
这种有趣迷人的动物是婆罗洲独有的。
2、settle down
(尤指结婚或买房后)定居，安顿下来
One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
总有一天，我会想安定下来，成个家。
Before she settled down in Portugal, she had run her own antiques shop in London.
在定居葡萄牙之前，她在伦敦经营一家自己的古董店。
(历经磨难或变化后)安静下来，平静下来
It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France.
等欧洲的局势平定下来后，去法国旅行一趟应该不错。
We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down.
我们去看了四次治疗专家，现在孩子们已经稳定下来了。
集中精力做;开始认真做
He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen.
他喝了杯咖啡，回来后开始认真听讲。
They settled down to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。