Protected by the sea on two sides, but closely packed.
两面环海 布局紧凑
So even here people will have had to learn the skills
即使是在这里 居民也要学习
that any fixed settlement requires -
定居生活需要的技能
how to be neighbourly.
例如邻里相处之道
But there's more to civilisation than keeping neighbours happy.
但文明不止于邻里和睦
On Crete itself, we find the ruins of large towns
光是在克里特岛上 就有大型城镇的遗址
where the streets still thread their way,
街道穿过城镇
opening onto grandiose plazas,
通往宏伟的广场
spaces for ceremony and pomp,
在那里会举行盛大典礼
for ritual and for politics.
宗教仪式 政治活动
Minoan cultural style spread across the Aegean Sea
米诺斯文明的文化风格穿越了爱琴海
to islands like Santorini.
来到了圣托里尼等岛屿
A volcanic eruption destroyed the port city of Akrotiri
约在公元前1627年 火山喷发
in around 1627 BCE,
摧毁了港口城市阿克罗蒂里
but the ash preserved the murals found here
但这里的壁画上生动鲜明的形象
in all their vivid realism.
得以被火山灰保存下来
They raised the ghost of a seagoing civilisation,
它们展现了当时航海文明的景象
a clear ancestor of our own
这文明是我们现代航海文明的始祖
with its clamour and glamour, its commercial pulse.
迷人 喧闹 商业繁华
These passengers aren't going to the afterlife,
这些旅客并不是要去来世
they're on ferries and festive excursions.
而是在渡轮上 在节日的欢庆中