纪录片《文明》 第50期 自视如何（11）

It's deeply gendered and rigidly¹ hierarchical,

它严格区分了性别和阶级

and it explicitly² derides³ all those

它不讳地嘲笑那些

who have faces or bodies or habits that somehow don't fit -

不符合审美的脸庞 身体 习惯

from barbarous foreigners to the old and ugly,

从野蛮的外乡人到年老貌丑

the fat and the flabby.

体态肥胖松弛的人

But, like it or not,

但不管怎么说

what we are seeing here are visual images

我们所看到的图案

constructing one idea of a civilised human being.

传达出了一种文明人的理念

Of course, the human body can do many different things

当然 人类身体能做很多事

and so can its images.

形体图案也能

And the Athenians exploited that range,

雅典人探寻了形体的界限

creating other bodies for very different purposes.

为不同目的塑造不同形体

This is one of the most gorgeous memorial statues

这是古希腊能找到的

ever to have been found in ancient Greece.

最华丽的纪念雕像之一

Her name is Phrasikleia

她叫佛雷斯科莱

and that means something like "aware of her own renown⁴".

意思是"意识到自己的名声"

Phrasikleia was carved in marble around 550 BC,

佛雷斯科莱约在公元前550年由大理石刻成

and was only rediscovered in 1972.

到1972年才被发现

She has a wonderfully patterned dress,

她穿着一条图案精美的裙子

clothed for eternity⁵ in her finest.

在最美的年纪变成了永恒

1 rigidly   

adv.刻板地，僵化地

参考例句：

• Life today is rigidly compartmentalized into work and leisure. 当今的生活被严格划分为工作和休闲两部分。
• The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. 自儿童时起即已开始有严格的课程设置。

2 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 derides   

v.取笑，嘲笑( deride的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• That newspaper columnist derides the mayor whenever he can. 那位报纸专栏作家从不放过取笑市长的机会。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Bayrou derides his rivals for proposing to spend France's problems away. Bayrou先生嘲笑他的竞争者意图将法国的问题撇开。 来自互联网

4 renown   

n.声誉，名望

参考例句：

• His renown has spread throughout the country.他的名声已传遍全国。
• She used to be a singer of some renown.她曾是位小有名气的歌手。

5 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。