纪录片《文明》 第99期 画卷天堂（23）（在线收听）

But, most of all, it's a picture of American gold.

但最重要的 它是有关美国黄金的画

Perhaps the only gold which truly mattered -

或许唯一真正重要的金子就是

the gold of the endless prairies,

无垠的蓝色天空下

standing beneath an infinitely blue harvest sky.

广袤的大草原

Tragedy, coloured by an impassioned religious faith

在无尽的美国未来中

in a boundless American future,

被热情的宗教信仰浸染的悲剧

planted in boundless American space.

在无限的美国大地上生根发芽

Lincoln himself never lost that faith.

林肯从未失去那个信仰

Even before the war was over,

甚至在战争结束前

he pushed through a law to protect and bequeath

他就促使通过一项法律来保护

one particular landscape, one American Eden,

流传给子孙后代一个特别的风景

to the people for all posterity.

一个美国伊甸园

While America's wounds would stay livid

当美国的伤口还需要

and open for generations to come,

几代人的时间来愈合

this would be at least one place of miraculous healing.

这个地方可能是奇迹般的治愈

Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada.

内华达山脉的约塞米蒂

Very rapidly,Yosemite became America's most sensational tourist destination.

很快约塞米蒂成为美国最有名的旅游胜地

Its lonely beauty instantly compromised by its popularity.

它那罕见的美景在人潮影响之下很快变化

And the images which promoted it made sure to represent it

而宣传了这里的画作更是像美国的做法那样

as they did much of America - as empty of native people.

将原住民消隐得干干净净

The Miwok Indians were either moved on or painted out.

米沃克族印第安人要么离开要么被驱逐

And when Yosemite eventually found its ultimate visual poet,

当约塞米蒂最终遇到了其视觉诗人

he too cleared the view of humans.

诗人也排除了人的影响

In 1916,a teenager from San Francisco

1916年来自旧金山的一名少年

visited Yosemite for the first time.

第一次去约塞米蒂

Ansel Adams was always going down with something -

安塞尔.亚当斯总是体弱多病

the flu, measles, a nasty cough -

流感 麻疹 讨厌的咳嗽

the sort of thing budding pianists bent over the keyboard

这些疾病都是伏在琴键上钢琴家们的职业病

were supposed to get, and Adams was one of those.

亚当斯也没能幸免

But, while he was wheezing and hacking,

但当他在卖力喘气和咳嗽的时候

he'd read a book about Yosemite

他读到了一本关于约塞米蒂的书

and when a get-well trip was suggested,

当被建议旅行养病时

he'd go nowhere else.

他笃定了这里