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The forests provide all the building materials the islanders need.
森林提供了岛民所需要的所有的建筑材料
Palm trees 80 feet tall become canoes and huts,
人们用八十英尺高的棕榈树做成独木舟
and rollers, to transport the Moai.
小屋和滚轮 运送摩艾石像

To lift them into place,wooden levers and ropes made from tree fiber.
为了举起石像 人们用树木的纤维做成木制杠杆和绳子
There is nothing like these statues,
没有什么能与这些石像相媲美
and they were made with such primitive technology,
它们是用如此原始的技术建造而成
we are fascinated by them.
我们深深为之着迷
With these beautiful eyes staring out at you,
当这些美丽的眼睛凝视着你
it captures something, I think, in our hearts.
我觉得它捕捉到了我们心灵深处的一些东西
The Easter Islanders build 900 Moai,
复活节岛岛民建造了九百座摩艾石像
Protecting their isolated community.
来保护这个被隔绝的族群

重点讲解

1、primitive
原始的；远古的；未开化的
studies of primitive societies.
对原始社会的研究
primitive tribes.
原始部落
（动植物）原始的，低等的，进化初期的
primitive whales.
原始鲸
Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals.
原始人必须要能作出这样的反应以逃避危险的动物。
古老的；简陋的
The conditions are primitive by any standards.
无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。
The primitive surgery of those days left him virtually deaf in one ear.
那时候简陋的外科手术让他一只耳朵几乎失聪。
2、capture
(尤指在战争中)俘虏，擒获，占领，夺取
The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.
游击队击落了一架飞机,并俘获了飞行员。
The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured.
全城居民庆祝缴获了两辆坦克。
代表（特点);表现,体现(感情、气氛)
Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean.
厨师伊德里斯·卡尔多拉开出一份富有地中海特色的菜单，让人眼前一亮。
Their mood was captured by one who said, 'Students here don't know or care about campus issues.'
一个人的话道出了他们的心情，“这儿的学生既不了解也不关心校园问题。”
吸引(注意力);激发(想象);赢得(喜爱)
the great names of the Tory party who usually capture the historian's attention.
往往会引起历史学家关注的保守党大人物
the issue that has captured the imagination of nearly the whole nation.
激发了几乎所有国人想象力的争论