纪录片《文明》 第192期 重要的火花（4）

This is one answer art makes to the woes¹ of the modern world,not only to its brutality² but also to its frantic³ materialism,and it's a very Zen answer.

这是艺术对这个现代世界的悲叹所做出的回答 回答的不仅是世界的残酷 还有疯狂的唯物主义 这个答案充满了禅意

In 1987,the Japanese entrepreneur Soichiro Fukutake decided⁴ that Japanese cities had become living hells of inhuman⁵ alienation⁶ and gross consumerism.

一九八七年 日本企业家福武总一郎 认为日本的城市已经变成了人间地狱 充斥着非人的冷漠与粗恶的消费主义

He bought half the island of Naoshima in the Seto inland sea,and on it he created an art island.

他买下了濑户内海中直岛町的半座岛屿 并将其建成了一座艺术之岛

It would be both a shrine⁷ to great works of modern art and, in its own right, a place of contemplation.

这里既是展出现代艺术杰出作品的圣地 也是个沉思的好地方

People would come and immerse themselves in its aesthetic⁸ power and spiritual purity.

人们总会来此 让自己沉浸在 这里美学的力量和精神的纯净中

And, as they did so, all the ugliness and violence of contemporary life would be washed away.

在此过程中 现代生活所有的丑恶暴力 都被冲刷得一干二净

They would be put in touch with the elemental forms of the universe and so with their true selves.

参观者能够接触到 宇宙形成的基本形态 进而触及到真正的自己

You might call it retinal yoga,healing through purified vision.

你可以称之为"视网膜瑜伽" 通过纯净的视觉得到治愈

In its radical⁹ simplicity¹⁰, the Chichu Art Museum,designed by architect Tadao Ando,

这座极简主义的地中美术馆 由建筑师安藤忠雄设计

is a testament¹¹ to the enduring moral faith of modernism and its core belief that the renewal¹² of civilisation¹³ only comes about when the stale clutter¹⁴ of the past has been cleared away.

是历久弥坚的现代主义道德信念的实证 其中心思想是 文明的复兴 只有在过去的陈旧喧嚣 被清扫一空时才会到来

A century ago, the prophets of modernism tried to pull down the pillars on which art had rested for thousands of years -

一个世纪之前 现代主义的提倡者 试图推倒 艺术已经栖身几千年的支柱

..the human figure and face,the drama of nature's abundance......and the endless treasury¹⁵ of stories sacred and profane¹⁶.

即人类的形体与面孔 讲述丰富人性的戏剧 以及无穷无尽的 或神圣或异教的故事宝库

1 woes   

困境( woe的名词复数 )； 悲伤； 我好苦哇； 某人就要倒霉

参考例句：

• Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
• She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。

2 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

3 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。

6 alienation   

n.疏远；离间；异化

参考例句：

• The new policy resulted in the alienation of many voters.新政策导致许多选民疏远了。
• As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated,the alienation index goes up.随着人与人之间几乎一切能想到的接触方式的自动化，感情疏远指数在不断上升。

7 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

8 aesthetic   

adj.美学的，审美的，有美感

参考例句：

• My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.我的审美标准与他的大不相同。
• The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美学理论。

9 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

10 simplicity   

n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯

参考例句：

• She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
• The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。

11 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

12 renewal   

adj.(契约)延期，续订，更新，复活，重来

参考例句：

• Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
• Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。

13 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。

14 clutter   

n.零乱，杂乱；vt.弄乱，把…弄得杂乱

参考例句：

• The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.车库如此凌乱，我们什么也找不到。
• We'll have to clear up all this clutter.我们得把这一切凌乱的东西整理清楚。

15 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

16 profane   

adj.亵神的，亵渎的；vt.亵渎，玷污

参考例句：

• He doesn't dare to profane the name of God.他不敢亵渎上帝之名。
• His profane language annoyed us.他亵渎的言语激怒了我们。