纪录片《文明》 第47期 自视如何（8）

Imagine the public plazas¹ and the shady sanctuaries²

想象一下在公共广场和荫蔽的圣所中

full of people in stone as well as people in flesh and blood.

石头雕成的人像与四处走动的人一样多

We begin to get the point of all this if we look at the art form

只要再看看另一种包含更多形体的艺术

that contained more bodies than any other.

我们就能更好地理解这一点

The red and black of Athenian ceramics³.

红黑配色的雅典陶器

These are some of the finest examples we have.

它们是我们手头最好的例子

Made from around 600 BC,

约公元前600年

they were produced in luscious⁴ colours

它们经过复杂的多重烧制

using an intricate process of multiple firings.

得以呈现鲜艳的颜色

They were turned out in their millions.

这样的陶器有数百万个

And with almost every surface displaying pictures of people,

几乎每一个表面都印着人的图案

it was pottery⁵

正是陶器

that made the human image ubiquitous across Athens.

让人体形象流行于雅典

These are two of my very favourite Greek pots.

这两个是我最喜欢的希腊陶罐

This is ordinary crockery,

这是普通的陶器

it's everyday homeware,

日常家用

the kind of thing you might have found on the kitchen shelf

你可以在任何一个雅典家庭的厨房架子上

in an Athenian house.

找到这种陶器

1 plazas   

n.（尤指西班牙语城镇的）露天广场( plaza的名词复数 )；购物中心

参考例句：

• At focal points, there are seating plazas as rest points for users. 在主要主景点上，有空间较大的广场提供休息的地方。 来自互联网
• Such products are suitable for lighting and decoration of plazas, courtyards, parks, residential district and roadside. 本产品适合于广场、庭院，公园、小区草坪和道路的装饰和照明。 来自互联网

2 sanctuaries   

n.避难所( sanctuary的名词复数 )；庇护；圣所；庇护所

参考例句：

• The designation of special marine reserves and marine sanctuaries shall be subject to the State Council for approval. 海洋特别保护区、海上自然保护区的确定，须经国务院批准。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After 1965 he acquiesced when they established sanctuaries on that soil. 1965年以后，他默认了他们在那块土地上建立庇护所。 来自辞典例句

3 ceramics   

n.制陶业；陶器

参考例句：

• an exhibition of ceramics by Picasso 毕加索陶瓷作品展
• The ceramics bore the imprint of Luca della Robbia. 陶器上印有卢卡·德拉·罗比亚的字样。

4 luscious   

adj.美味的；芬芳的；肉感的，引与性欲的

参考例句：

• The watermelon was very luscious.Everyone wanted another slice.西瓜很可口，每个人都想再来一片。
• What I like most about Gabby is her luscious lips!我最喜欢的是盖比那性感饱满的双唇！

5 pottery   

n.陶器，陶器场

参考例句：

• My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.我妹妹喜欢在空余时间学习陶艺。
• The pottery was left to bake in the hot sun.陶器放在外面让炎热的太阳烘晒焙干。