纪录片《文明》 第52期 自视如何（13）

Phrasikleia faces death in the most forthright¹ way,

佛雷斯科莱以最直率的方式面对死亡

resolutely² refusing to be forgotten.

坚决拒绝被遗忘

But can an image of a person ever fix time,

但是一个人的肖像到底能不能改变时间

suspended death,

延缓死亡

or even, for a moment, deny it?

甚至是在某一刻拒绝死亡呢

That's what these vivid faces

那正是这些栩栩如生的脸庞

from Roman Egypt appear to do.

从罗马时代的埃及被保留下来的目的

Though 2,000 years have passed since these people died,

尽管这些人死去已有两千年之久

it feels like they're still with us.

但感觉像是他们还在我们身边

They looks like the kind of portraits

它们像是画廊墙壁上

that hang on gallery walls.

悬挂的那种肖像画

And that's where we often see them.

那也是我们可以经常看到它们的地方

But these portraits actually belong on coffins³.

但这些肖像实际上应该被放在棺材上

Few have remained intact, but this is one of them.

很少有保存完好的 但这是其中之一

It contains a man named Artemidorus,

里面是一个叫阿特米多鲁斯的男人

1 forthright   

adj.直率的，直截了当的 [同]frank

参考例句：

• It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offence.又直率又不得罪人，这有时很难办到。
• He told me forthright just why he refused to take my side.他直率地告诉我他不肯站在我这一边的原因。

2 resolutely   

adj.坚决地，果断地

参考例句：

• He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他坚持他在会上所说的话。
• He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难，而是抱怨自己运气不佳。

3 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白