1、巨石陣This is an ancient monument of huge stone standing on the vast Sablisbury plains in England has captured our imaginations for centuries. Its the most enigmatic pre-historic monument on earth. 古老的巨石陣屹立在英格蘭索爾茲伯里平原上,數(shù)世紀以來,它的豐姿賦予了我們豐富的想象力。它是地球上最神秘的史前遺跡。 What makes the structure at Stonehenge unique i

2、s the fact that for the first time theyre shaping stones on a massive scale. Dating back as far as 2950B.C., theories about who built Stonehenge have included the druids and the Greeks. Speculation as to its purpose, range from astronomy to a UFO landing site. 巨石陣是獨一無二的,因為它是首次出現(xiàn)的最大規(guī)模的成形巨石。究竟是誰建造了巨石陣

3、?這要追溯到公元前2950年,有兩種說法:一種認為是特魯伊特教的教徒,另一種說法則認為是希臘人。有關(guān)巨石陣作用的推測也是眾說紛紜,上至天文學(xué)意義,下至不明飛行體的降落點,尚無定論。 Now a ruin with many of the original stones fallen or removed, this site Sun attracts nearly five thousand tourists everyday. 現(xiàn)在,盡管很多巨石已經(jīng)倒塌,或給搬走,但是這古跡仍然每天吸引著近五千名觀光游客。 Around the same time as the ancient Egypti

4、ans were building the pyramids, the first stones arrived here at Stonehenge. The mystery of this stone is that they are only found in the Brescelly Mountains in south Wales, nearly 150 miles away. 差不多就在古埃及人建造金字塔的時候,巨石陣的第一批石頭被運達英格蘭索爾茲伯里平原。巨石的神秘之處在于,它只能從南威爾士的普雷西山:脈取材,而那里位于150英里開外。 It was a huge job to

5、 transport these stones from Wales, because originally there were about 80 of them here at Stonehenge weighing up to four tons each. Now, if I got m my car it would take me about five hours to dive all the way to Wales. But to those people, it wouldve been m enormous distance. 從威爾士搬運石材是個艱巨的工作,因為最初的巨

6、石陣中約有80塊巨石,每塊重達4噸?，F(xiàn)在如果從巨石陣開車去威爾士,全程需要大概5小時?？蓪τ诠湃藖碚f,這實在是條遙遙長路。The stones were brought by boat from the mountains and pulled from the coast by sledge to the site. 巨石從大山里開采出來后,先用船只運抵海岸,然后再利用撬具從海岸運到現(xiàn)在的地址。 I think you need a minimum of about 150 people, simply to move one of these massive forty-ton stone

7、s. 僅僅是搬運這些重達四十噸的巨石,就需要大約150人。 Getting the stones to the site was an amazing feat, but building Stonehenge was much more complex. It is not just simply one stone piled on to top of another, theyre joined together, this hole in the arch on here thats been pounded out using stone hammers, and that orig

8、inally fitted on the top of that stone. 能把巨石運送到這里已是驚人之舉,但建造巨石陣所花費的工夫更是復(fù)雜。因為巨石并不是簡單地堆疊在一起,而是被巧妙地連接在一起:石塊拱起部分的孔眼是用石錘開出來的,它原來剛好可以套住頂上另一塊巨石的石楦。 After nearly 5,000 years Stonehenge is still standing. We now know how it was built. The question why is a bit more problematic. Twenty century followers of anc

9、ient mystical beliefs are sure that Stonehenge has a connection with summer and winter solstices. As a druid, as a priest of the land, I feel Stonehenge to be one of the key sacred temples in the world. Stonehenge evokes in us a connection between some deep ancestral intuitive soul and the power of nature around us. 經(jīng)歷了近五千年的風(fēng)風(fēng)雨雨,巨石仍然屹立不倒?，F(xiàn)在我們已經(jīng)知道它是如何建成的了。但問題是,為什么要建造這樣一個巨石陣呢?古代密教的世紀追隨者則確信不疑:巨石陣與夏至、冬至日有關(guān)。身為特魯伊特信徒以及這片土地的神職者,我認為巨石陣是世上最重要的圣殿之一。它喚醒我們,在深藏的祖?zhèn)髦庇X精神與大自然力量之間是有著某種聯(lián)系的。 Nature may well know all the answers, but sc