纪录片《文明》 第13期 创世纪的第二个瞬间（13）

We can walk into rooms like this one

我们走进像这样的房间

which preserve the 19th century style of museum presentation -

它依旧保留着十九世纪博物馆的展览风格

abundance.

内容丰富

And as we wander through case after case,

我们走过一个个展柜

not just of minute fashioning tools,

不仅有精细的加工工具

but ivory and bone,

还有象牙和骨头

decorated with startling images of birds and horses,

上面装饰着令人震撼的鸟和马的图案

we can't avoid pushing back instinctively¹

我们不可避免地本能地反对

against the received wisdom of the scholars

学者们公认的见解

that none of these things should ever be thought of as art.

即所有这些都不能被称作艺术

For me, the last word in this entire debate

对我来说 整个辩论的定论

belongs to one tiny ancient piece in particular...

取决于一个很小的古代作品

La Dame² de Brassempouy.

《布拉桑普伊女士》

The lady of Brassempouy,

《布拉桑普伊女士》于1892年

found in a cave in south-west France in 1892.

在法国西南部的一个洞穴中发现

She's between

她约有

22,000 and 25,000 years old.

两万两千到两万五千年的历史

1 instinctively   

adv.本能地

参考例句：

• As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。