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The Viking histories record:"They killed eight Innu."

维京人的史书中记载如下 他们杀了八个土著人

Exhausted, they made camp.

筋疲力尽 就地安营扎寨

"Suddenly they were startled by the sound of a cry above them."

他们突然惊闻呼喊声从四面八方喷涌而来

Thorvald Eriksson,The first European to die on American soil.

索福尔德·埃里克森 成为第一个长眠于美洲大地的欧洲人

It will be 500 years Before another European sets foot in the new world.

时隔五百年之久 才有欧洲探险家再次登临这块新大陆

In the Americas, no iron tools or horses.No wheeled vehicles.

美洲大陆上 没有铁器 没有马匹 没有轮式交通工具

Yet America's people engineer great monuments

而彼时美洲人民建造的种种磅礴古迹

Thousands of years before the Egyptians.

足能领先埃及人几千年

They map the stars with as much accuracy

他们绘制星图 其准确度不亚于

As any astronomer in Europe.

任何一位欧洲天文学家

And high on a mountain lake in Mexico,

傍着墨西哥境内的一处高海拔山地湖

They build one of the greatest cities on the planet:

他们兴建起地球上最为宏伟的几座城池之一

Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire.

特诺奇蒂特兰城 阿兹特克帝国的都城

Larger than London, Paris or Rome.

辖下总面积远超伦敦 巴黎与罗马

At its heart,a stone temple 100 feet high...

城市中心地带 一座一百英尺高的石庙拔地而起

where sky, earth and underworld meet.

俨然一处天堂 人间与地狱的交汇之地

The centre of a civilization dedicated to human blood.

当地文明偏崇用人类鲜血祭奠神灵

重点讲解

1、dedicate

献(身);投(身);致力

Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics.

回到岛上后，他便投身于政治。

Bessie has dedicated her life to caring for others.

贝茜一生都致力于照顾他人。

把(书、戏剧、音乐作品等)献（给）

She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen.

她把自己的第一张专辑献给了伍迪·艾伦。

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother.

谨以此书献给我已故的母亲。

为(建筑物或教堂)举行奉献（或落成）典礼

The other day, in a little church near Brighton, a window was dedicated to the memory of the Revd. Michael Scott.

几天前，在布赖顿附近的一个小教堂，人们以一扇窗户来纪念迈克尔·斯科特牧师。

The church is dedicated to St Mary of Bec.

该教堂供奉的是贝克的圣玛丽。

2、capital

资本;资金

Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.

各公司融资困难。

A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.

一大笔资金投入了各分公司。

(工商业活动的)中心

Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade.

科尔马长期以来一直被视为葡萄酒贸易中心。

New York, the fashion capital of the world.

纽约,世界时尚之都

(犯罪)情节严重的,可判处死刑的

Espionage is a capital offence in this country.

在这个国家,从事间谍活动是死罪。

Americans wrongly convicted of capital crimes.

被误判死罪的美国人