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国家地理:玛雅神庙之谜

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Deep in the jungles of Guatemala lie the ruins of a lost Maya civilization.
在危地马拉的丛林深处，埋藏着失落的玛雅文明遗迹。

The culture thought of as the classic Maya flourished across Central America between 250-900 AD.
经典的玛雅文化在公元250-900年间在中美洲盛行。

But archeologists are now discovering a Maya society that existed a full thousand years before that, in a time they call the Preclassic.
但考古学家现在发现了一个玛雅社会，它在那之前已经存在了整整一千年，他们称之为前古典时期。

Many of its remains lie buried at the lost city of El Mirador.
许多遗迹被埋在失落的米拉多尔市。

Archeologist Richard Hansen has worked for more than 20 years to solve the enigma of the early Maya.
考古学家理查德·汉森为解开早期玛雅人的谜题已经研究了20多年。

You lost the history, as right now we've never known who these individuals were,
失去了历史，因为现在我们还不知道这些人是谁，

and never known what other than seeing the physical evidence of their prowess.
除了看到他们的超凡技术之外，谁也不知道还有什么。

We've never had a chance to know them personally,
我们从来没有机会亲自认识他们，

and the work that we're doing now is gonna give us the chance to know these guys personally.
我们现在所做的工作将使我们有机会认识这些人。

One of the smaller pyramids of this lost city has captured Richard's imagination.
这座失落之城的一个小金字塔激发了理查德的想象力。

This is a, a, a large jaguar paw with an ear spool in the middle, you see the earspool here?
这是一个巨大的美洲虎爪子中间有一个耳轴，看到耳轴了吗？

And it has three realistic jaguar claws emanating from a, from a realistic cuticle.
它有三个真实的美洲虎爪子，是从一个角质层中发现的。

Here is another jaguar claw here and another one at the very bottom.
这是另一只美洲虎爪，在最下面的是另一只。

The fact that we found this Preclassic jaguar paw connotes very well with a king who we believe governed from 152 BC to 145 BC.
我们发现这只前美洲虎爪子，我们认为这和公元前152年到公元前145年统治着这个国家的国王有着某种联系。

His name was Chak-Tok-Ich'aak or Great Fiery Jaguar Paw.
他的名字叫查克·托克·艾哈克一世或美洲虎之爪一世。

And this may be a symbol of this.
这可能是一个象征。

That's why this building is so interesting to us because it's possible that this king could be buried here.
这就是为什么我们对这座建筑感兴趣的原因，因为这个国王有可能被葬在这里。

To test his theory, Richard has brought in the latest ground-penetrating imaging system.
为了验证他的理论，理查德引进了最新的穿透地面成像系统。

It's on this side. It's on this side. Yeah.
在这一边。在这一边。是的。

11 meters down on this side.
在这边往下11米。

Yeah. 10, about 10, 11 meters down. Yeah.
10米。大概10-11米。是的。

Good news. So. It's definitely there. Yeah.
好消息。所以。它肯定在这。是的。

The system has revealed a cavity, perhaps 8×2 meters, just the right size for a magnificent tomb.
系统显示这是一个洞，也许8×2米大小，正好是一个宏伟坟墓的大小。

This was construction on an epic scale.
这是宏伟的建筑。

The results were awe-inspiring: a vast metropolis gleaming red and white in the jungle sun, El Mirador.
结果是令人惊叹的：在丛林阳光的照耀下，一个巨大的米拉多尔市闪耀着红白光芒。

Perhaps 100,000 people, hundreds of great buildings, and at the eastern end of the city,
大约有10万人，数以百计的宏伟建筑，在城市的东端，

the massive Pyramid of Danta, possibly the largest pyramid ever built.
巨大的丹塔金字塔，可能是有史以来最大的金字塔。

At El Mirador, Richard and his team have tunneled deep into the jaguar temple,
在米拉多尔市，理查德和他的团队已经挖掘到美洲虎神庙深处，

finally arriving at the place where the imaging system showed the cavity.
最后到达成像系统显示洞的地方。

We broke through here. We found more fill and rubble.
我们在这里有所收获。我们发现了更多的填土和碎石。

It should've been a, a chamber or something on the other side of this, of this wall.
它应该是一个房间或者什么，位于墙的另一边。

Em, this has, em, is a setback. There should've been something in there.
这是一次挫折。里面应该有东西的。

Oh, the fact is that it's not there, tells us that, the, the elusive Kan kings are still elusive.
哦，事实是，里面什么也没有，这也就是说，让人琢磨不透的国王仍然难以捉摸。

He is not going to give up that easily.
他不会轻易放弃的。

At another temple, he prepares to excavate next season.
在另一座寺庙，他准备下个季节挖掘。

Maybe then, he'll find the remains of an early Maya king.
也许到那时，他会发现早期玛雅国王的遗骸。

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1.a symbol of 一个……的象征
Robert said: "Each image is a symbol of war or violence, such as a gun or a tank."
罗伯特说：“每幅图像都是一场战争或暴力行为的象征，比如一杆枪或一辆坦克。”

2.deep into 深入地
Yet we were captivated by this mysterious voice that somehow reached deep into our thoughts and memories.
但我们人被这神秘的歌声所吸引，不知怎么的，这个声音已经深深地印在了我们的脑海和记忆里。

3.break through 突围；突破
This financial software to foreign manufacturers formed a more difficult to break through market barriers.
这就对国外的财务软件厂商形成了较难突破的市场壁垒。

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mysterious	[mis'tiəriəs]	想一想再看 adj. 神秘的，不可思议的	联想记忆 X 单词mysterious 联想记忆：源于：mystery（n 神秘）
vast	[vɑ:st]	想一想再看 adj. 巨大的，广阔的 n. 浩瀚的太
pyramid	['pirəmid]	想一想再看 n. 金字塔 vi. 急速增加 vt
scale	[skeil]	想一想再看 n. 鳞，刻度，衡量，数值范围 v. 依比例决
tank	[tæŋk]	想一想再看 n. 坦克，箱，罐，槽，贮水池 vt. 把 .
evidence	['evidəns]	想一想再看 n. 根据，证据 v. 证实，证明	联想记忆 X 单词evidence 联想记忆： e出+vid看+ence→[明显的证据]证据，证人
elusive	[i'lu:siv]	想一想再看 adj. 难懂的，难捉摸的，难记的，逃避的	联想记忆 X 单词elusive 联想记忆： e出+lus玩，戏剧+ive→把人玩出去→让人难懂的→难懂的，难捉摸的
setback	['setbæk]	想一想再看 n. 顿挫，挫折，退步	联想记忆 X 单词setback 联想记忆： set back（v 阻碍；使挫折；把表针往回拨）
solve	[sɔlv]	想一想再看 v. 解决，解答
realistic	[riə'listik]	想一想再看 adj. 现实的，现实主义的