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BBC英国史精讲《源起》第5期:审美情趣不谋而合

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They were just as concerned about housing the dead as the living.

而他们对地宫的关注 绝不逊于生前的寓所

The mausoleum at Maes Howe, a couple of miles from Skara Brae,

在斯卡拉布雷数英里外的麦豪石室

seems no more than a swelling on the grassy landscape.

看上去不过是青草间一处隆起地块

This is, as it were, a British pyramid and in keeping with our taste for understatement,

其实它堪称不列颠之金字塔 其含蓄与我们的审美情趣不谋而合

it reserves all its impact for the interior.

将所有华美尽藏于室内

Imagine them open once more.

试想将这墓穴再次打开

A detail from a village given the job of pulling back the stone seals,

一个村民受雇 进入将石门封死

lugging the body through the low opening in the earth.

匍匐穿进这条深入的地洞

Up 36 feet of narrow, tight-fitting passageway,

一条长达三十六英尺狭窄

lit only once a year by the rays of the winter solstice.

并只有在每年冬至才会沐浴日光的通道

A death canal, constriction, smelling of the underworld.

一条紧窄并弥漫着阴森气息的冥界之路

Finally the passageway opens up to this stupendous,high-vaulted masonry chamber.

最终 这条通道将我们引向了这巨大的 穹窿形石室

Some tombs would have been elaborately decorated with carvings in the form of circles or spirals,

一些装饰华美的陵墓 被雕刻上圆圈或是螺旋的形状

like waves or the breeze-pushed clouds.

犹如波浪 又如清风掠过的云海一般

Others would have had neat little stone stores or cubicles where the bodies would be laid out on shelves.

另一些则附有精巧的小型石室 便于死者的遗体存放于搁架之上

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understatement [ʌndə'steitmənt]

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n. 少说,有保留地陈述,轻描淡写

 
concerned [kən'sə:nd]

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adj. 担忧的,关心的

 
reserved [ri'zə:vd]

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adj. 保留的,预订的,冷淡的,缄默的

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reserve [ri'zə:v]

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n. 预备品,贮存,候补
n. 克制,含蓄

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landscape ['lændskeip]

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n. 风景,山水,风景画
v. 美化景观

 
impact ['impækt,im'pækt]

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n. 冲击(力), 冲突,影响(力)
vt.

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collapse [kə'læps]

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n. 崩溃,倒塌,暴跌
v. 倒塌,崩溃,瓦解

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canal [kə'næl]

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n. 运河,沟渠,气管,食管
vt. 建运河,

 
stake [steik]

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n. 桩,赌注,利害关系
v. 下注,用桩支撑

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pyramid ['pirəmid]

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n. 金字塔
vi. 急速增加
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