纪录片《文明》 第188期 进步崇拜（20）

This is the work of a man who was trapped inside his own recurring¹ nightmare.

这幅作品的作者 是一位被自己萦绕的噩梦所困住的男人

Otto Dix and his generation had borne witness to these horrors,but they'd also been witness to the death of the 19th century faith in inevitable², unstoppable progress.

奥托·迪克斯和他那一代人见证了这些恐怖 但他们同样也见证了 十九世纪的信仰那不可避免的无法阻止的消亡

What they'd learned in the trenches³ was that savagery⁴ and barbarism weren't external,to be found only in the colonies,but inside all of us.

他们在战壕里所学到的就是 野蛮与暴虐并非外在的东西 只有在殖民地里才能找到 而是存在于我们每个人的内心

They had seen that industry and progress and the supposed triumph of Enlightenment rationalism did not guarantee the survival of civilisation⁵.

他们发现工业和进步 以及所谓的启蒙运动理性主义的胜利 并不能保证文明的持续

And it was them,the poets and the artists and the painters of the trenches,who best understood what Europe had been through and who best foresaw the horrors that lay ahead.

而正是这些人 战壕诗人 战壕艺术家和战壕画家 才能最深刻地理解欧洲经受了什么 才能最好地预见到未来可能会发生的恐怖

The Open University has produced a free poster that explores the history of different civilisations through artefacts.

开放大学已经制作出了通过手工艺品 来探索不同文明历史的免费海报

To order your free copy,please call 0300 303 3553,or go to the address on screen and follow the links for the Open University.

订购免费海报 打电话[phone] 也可以访问屏幕上的网址 并点击开放大学的链接

1 recurring   

adj.往复的，再次发生的

参考例句：

• This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
• For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。

2 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

3 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。

4 savagery   

n.野性

参考例句：

• The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
• They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。

5 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。