纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第27期：早期使用的火源

Using a fire stick, they quickly get a fire going.

他们迅速的用生火棍得到了火源

Now the bushmen cook only carefully selected parts of the porcupine¹

丛林人仅选择性的烹煮豪猪的一些部位

which will deteriorate² quickly in the African heat.

这些部位在非洲的高温下容易腐坏

What part will you eat right now on the fire?

你们现在要吃豪猪的哪些部位

We eat the skin and the heart where we are now

我们现在要把肉皮和心脏吃掉

Then we take the rest of the meat back to the village

然后把剩下的肉带回村子

Having scorched³ the porcupine's skin,

将豪猪皮烤焦后

they cut off the energy-rich fat and cook it.

他们割下富含能量的脂肪部分 继续烹煮

The soft heart and liver are baked in the ashes.

柔软的心脏和肝脏放进火焰灰烬中烘烤

It's their first meal for nine hours.

这是他们9个小时以来的第一餐

But this fire is temporary.

他们的火源是临时性的

All traces will disappear within days.

所有的烹煮痕迹将在几天内消失殆尽

Travis believes our ancestors lit similar ephemeral fires,

特拉维斯认为我们祖先也使用类似的短暂火源

leaving nothing behind for the archaeological record.

因此考古学家们没法找到任何痕迹

1 porcupine   

n.豪猪， 箭猪

参考例句：

• A porcupine is covered with prickles.箭猪身上长满了刺。
• There is a philosophy parable,call philosophy of porcupine.有一个哲学寓言，叫豪猪的哲学。

2 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

3 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。