纪录片《文明》 第25期 创世纪的第二个瞬间（25）

It sets something running in European culture.

它在欧洲文化的血脉中流传

This Mycenaean love of guts¹ and glory

迈锡尼文明对勇武与荣耀的爱

and the Mycenaeans themselves, along with the Minoans,

以及迈锡尼人自己都将与米诺斯

will pass into history.

一同成为历史

But this doesn't pass into history,

但此情此景并未成为历史

it passes into poetry.

它被写进诗篇

It passes for ever into the world.

并将永存于世间

Sometimes there are discoveries that radically² transform

新的发现有时会彻底颠覆

existing knowledge.

已有的认知

But then there are other discoveries

而有些其他的发现

that reveal a culture so far outside the river of history

又会展现出一段远离历史长河的文化

that we may never truly understand them.

我们也许永远无法完全了解它们

As Mycenae rose about 3,000 years ago,

三千年前 当迈锡尼兴起之时

an extraordinary culture grew in west central China -

一段非凡的文明在中国中西部发展壮大

Sanxingdui.

三星堆

Its remains³ were unearthed⁴ in 1986 on a building site.

1986年三星堆遗址在一处建筑工地被发现

The revealed pits contained hundreds of elephant tusks⁵,

发掘出的考古坑中包含数百枚象牙

the remains of sacrificed animals,

祭祀牲畜的遗骸

and a vast and startling abundance

以及数目惊人的

of masks.

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1 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 unearthed   

出土的（考古）

参考例句：

• Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

5 tusks   

n.（象等动物的）长牙( tusk的名词复数 )；獠牙；尖形物；尖头

参考例句：

• The elephants are poached for their tusks. 为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
• Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. 非洲的一些地区则使用象牙、猴尾和盐。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）