纪录片《文明》 第78期 画卷天堂（2）

Yet it's rarely a depiction¹ of the way the world is,

然而 与其说是对世界的客观描绘

but a vision of the way we would like it to be.

风景画更多的是表达我们对世界的愿景

Sometimes it delivers a sense of harmony

有时它传达了自然与人类之间的

between nature and humanity.

一种和谐感

Sometimes, it's a picture of a nation's home.

有时 它是丹青勾勒的家国故土

Sometimes, it's a dream of heaven writ² in fabric³.

有时 它是经纬编织的梦中天堂

Or glimpsed through a lens.

又有时 它是透镜折射的刹那风光

But, most of all, it's a way to understand our civilisation⁴

但最重要的 它是一个理解我们文明的方法

and to behold⁵ that most terrifying

让我们感悟大千世界中最令人恐惧

and thrilling of all truths:

却又最令人振奋的真相

our place in the cosmos⁶.

浩瀚宇宙中 我们生存的地方

"The nation is broken, but mountains and rivers remain."

"国破山河在"

Those words could have come from Mu Xin in the 1970s,

1970年代木心可能发出的这句感叹

but, actually, they were written 1,000 years earlier.

其实早在千年之前就已被写就

In the early 10th century,

在十世纪早期

China was torn apart by endless civil war.

无尽的内战让中国四分五裂

As feuding⁷ states vied for power,

各割据邦国之间争权夺势

they burned cities and towns, and slaughtered⁸ their people.

烧毁城镇 屠杀百姓

Yet it was out of this anarchy⁹ and chaos¹⁰

而正是在这兵荒马乱之中

that the Chinese tradition of landscape painting first blossomed

一种伟大的艺术形式 中国传统山水画

as the great subject of art.

开始蓬勃发展

1 depiction   

n.描述

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。

2 writ   

n.命令状，书面命令

参考例句：

• This is a copy of a writ I received this morning.这是今早我收到的书面命令副本。
• You shouldn't treat the newspapers as if they were Holy Writ. 你不应该把报上说的话奉若神明。

3 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

4 civilisation   

n.文明，文化，开化，教化

参考例句：

• Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
• This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。

5 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

6 cosmos   

n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？

7 feuding   

vi.长期不和（feud的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Riccardo and Cafiero had been feuding so openly that the whole town knew about it. 里卡多和卡菲埃罗一直公开地闹别扭，全城的人都知道此事。 来自辞典例句
• The two families have been feuding with each other for many generations. 这两个家族有好多代的世仇了。 来自互联网

8 slaughtered   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 anarchy   

n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
• The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。

10 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。