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BBC纪录片《文明》第2集 第26期:希腊雕塑家的工作流程

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As you can see, it was going to be

我们可以看到 它本该是

one of those massive, static early Greek sculptures.

一尊庞大 静态的早期希腊雕像

Here are his feet.

这是他的脚

And I'm now walking up past his legs.

现在我沿着他的腿往上走

This thing here, this must be his outstretched arm

这个部分 肯定是他伸展的手臂

and then right up here, we come to his head.

在这之上的 就是他的头了

And by the looks of it,

从外表来看

he was going to have a beard, and they have already

他本来要有胡子的 他们已经

roughed out the shape.

磨出了大致的形状

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Makes me think that some men can be very stubborn.

不禁让我想到 有的人会非常顽固

But this guy hasn't budged in 2,500 years.

但这家伙已经两千五百年都没有移动分毫了

Quite why he's still here is a mystery.

他被留在这里的原因仍是个谜

Something must have gone wrong but,

肯定出了什么差错

whatever, this figure gives us

但无论如何 这尊雕像

a great view of how the Greek sculptors went about their work.

让我们清楚知道了希腊雕塑家的工作流程

They must have cut a trench out all the way round it

他们肯定是在雕像周围凿出了一圈壕沟

in order to get to it to work,

才能到它周围进行作业

and you can see a rather neatly worked trench at the back.

你可以看到 后面有一道非常齐整的沟

For me, it's just a wonderful illustration

我觉得 这尊石像很好地证明了

of the number of people

要制作一尊如此规格的雕像

that must have been involved in making a statue like this.

需要投入大量的人力

And every one of these little pockmarks

而每一个这样的小凹痕

has been made by somebody's tool,

都是由某个人用工具凿出来的

with hundreds of men hacking away to get this statue like this.

几百人千锤万凿 才造就了这尊石像

I find it a bit sort of weirdly surreal.

我觉得这有种超乎现实的奇怪之感

But his feet make an extremely nice place to sit.

不过他的脚坐起来可真舒服

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mystery ['mistəri]

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n. 神秘,秘密,奥秘,神秘的人或事物

 
illustration [i.ləs'treiʃən]

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n. 插图,例证,说明,图解

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massive ['mæsiv]

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adj. 巨大的,大规模的,大量的,大范围的

 
stubborn ['stʌbən]

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adj. 顽固的,倔强的,难对付的

 
statue ['stætju:]

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n. 塑像,雕像

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static ['stætik]

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adj. 静态的,静力的,静止的,静电的
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figure ['figə]

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