纪录片《文明》 第14期 创世纪的第二个瞬间（14）

With this intensively carved female head,

这个雕刻精细的女性头部雕像

we have, for the first time,

标志着我们第一个

something immensely and movingly momentous¹.

极为重要令人激动的发现

We have the revelation of the human face.

我们创作出了人类的面孔

It's a tiny thing, it can

就这样一个小小的作品

just go in the palm of your hand.

能放在你的掌心

This is exquisite².

非常精致

There are downward strokes and sideward strokes

有向下的刻痕 也有横向的刻痕

there is carving³ and gouging⁴ and polishing and scraping.

刻 凿 磨 刮

Every kind of extraordinary craft is applied⁵

各种非凡工艺的运用

to give this face what we have to say is its personality.

使这面庞展现出我们所说的个性

One example,

举个例子

a dig is made below the forehead

额头下面有个凹陷

to suggest the presence of eyes.

代表了眼睛

Those eyes are hauntingly vivid.

这对眼睛生动形象 难以忘怀

They only become eyes when a shadow falls over

只有当那道刻痕处于阴影中时

that passage in the head.

眼睛才显现

So this little piece would have been turned into the light

所以这件小艺术品必须面朝光线

and as it was turned into the light, the shadow would have fallen

当它面朝光线时 阴影落下

and suddenly we have eyes as well as that beautiful nose

突然间我们就看到了眼睛还有那漂亮的鼻子

and this extraordinary hair falling down the nape of the neck.

美丽的头发落在颈后

1 momentous   

adj.重要的，重大的

参考例句：

• I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.能应邀出席如此重要的场合，我深感荣幸。
• The momentous news was that war had begun.重大的新闻是战争已经开始。

2 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

3 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

4 gouging   

n.刨削[槽]v.凿( gouge的现在分词 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
• If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网

5 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。