纪录片《文明》 第201期 重要的火花（13）

but the carving¹ enshrines the values of the Confederate slave states and Stone Mountain has become the site for annual gatherings² of the Klan.

但这浮雕铭刻下了联盟国蓄奴州的价值 石岭成为了三K党每年都要 进行集会的场所

You didn't sit around and talk about it at school or in the family or anything?

你没有在学校 家里或者其他地方 闲坐下来的时候谈起过它吗

We didn't talk about it when we got American flags with Ku Klux Klan flyers attached to them on out mailbox.

我们没提起过我们曾在信箱里收到过 附着三K党传单的美国国旗

Everybody did, it wasn't a death threat, it was just a reminder,you know, I think that was... I was perplexed³ by it but I don't remember anybody saying anything in particular about it.

每个人都收到了 这不是死亡恐吓 只是个提醒 我当时感觉很焦虑 但我记得没有人特意提起过这件事

That wasn't the first time that I got a Klan flyers in my life.

这也不是我人生中第一次收到三K党传单了

It just kind of became, like, a regular...

这好像变成了一件很平常的事

It's good that we can - you can, especially - chuckle⁴ about it,really, but it's deeply sinister⁵.

我们现在谈起此事可以笑出来 尤其是你 这是件好事 但它确实很凶险

For more than a decade now, she's been making a shockingly defiant⁶ art of resistance.

近十几年来 她一直在进行一场非常惊人且有挑战性的艺术抗争

Using the inescapable blackness of the silhouette⁷ tradition to empty it of its myths and pieties⁸.

她用这种剪影传统中不可避免的纯黑色来抹掉它的神秘感和虔诚感

Instead of sentimental⁹ storytelling,the kind that features in children's books,these silhouettes¹⁰ picture the violations¹¹ and torments¹² of slavery.

这些剪影图像取代了孩童课本中的那些感性的故事讲述 描绘出了奴隶制的暴力和折磨

In A Subtlety¹³ -the term given to artistically¹⁴ fashioned confections brought to European aristocratic tables -

在《微妙》里 使用这个标题是因为富有艺术造型的糖膏 由奴工带到了欧洲贵族的台面上来

the bitter history of sweetness made by slave labour is embodied¹⁵ in a colossal¹⁶ sphinx-like figure sculpted¹⁷ from sugar paste.

这段由奴工造就的痛苦而又美妙的历史 都蕴含在一个巨大的用糖膏雕刻而成的好似狮身人面像的人物中

Surrounded by molasses-dripping little attendants.

四周围绕着有糖浆滴落的小侍从们

It was made in the empty shell of an old sugar factory and it is a great black and white anthem¹⁸ to every kind of ruin.

它建造于一座废弃的制糖厂 为所有形式的废墟献上了 一曲黑白颂歌

More recently, she's taken to making collages¹⁹ of drawings done in sumi ink, though the shades of grey are only technical, not moral.

不久前 她的形象出现在了用黑墨创作的拼贴画中 不过灰暗的颜色 是出于工艺原因 而不是精神主题

A recent show portrayed²⁰, in a vein²¹ of horror/comedy,the endless theatre of American violence,past and present.

最近的一场展览以恐怖喜剧的风格 描绘了从过去到现在美国上演的无休无止的暴力

1 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

2 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

3 perplexed   

adj.不知所措的

参考例句：

• The farmer felt the cow,went away,returned,sorely perplexed,always afraid of being cheated.那农民摸摸那头牛，走了又回来，犹豫不决，总怕上当受骗。
• The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story.这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。

4 chuckle   

vi.／n.轻声笑，咯咯笑

参考例句：

• He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
• I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个，我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。

5 sinister   

adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的

参考例句：

• There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
• Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。

6 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

7 silhouette   

n.黑色半身侧面影，影子，轮廓；v.描绘成侧面影，照出影子来，仅仅显出轮廓

参考例句：

• I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.我能看到夜幕下它黑色的轮廓。
• I could see the silhouette of the woman in the pickup.我可以见到小卡车的女人黑色半身侧面影。

8 pieties   

虔诚，虔敬( piety的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties while acting just the contrary. 你会说以貌取人不是美国人的做法，这不公平，令人难以置信然而，科学家们又一次证明我们言行不一。

9 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。

10 silhouettes   

轮廓( silhouette的名词复数 )； （人的）体形； （事物的）形状； 剪影

参考例句：

• Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑，赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• They could see silhouettes. 他们能看得见影子的。

11 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

12 torments   

（肉体或精神上的）折磨，痛苦( torment的名词复数 )； 造成痛苦的事物[人]

参考例句：

• He released me from my torments. 他解除了我的痛苦。
• He suffered torments from his aching teeth. 他牙痛得难受。

13 subtlety   

n.微妙，敏锐，精巧；微妙之处，细微的区别

参考例句：

• He has shown enormous strength,great intelligence and great subtlety.他表现出充沛的精力、极大的智慧和高度的灵活性。
• The subtlety of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience.大多数听众都没有觉察到他讲话的微妙之处。

14 artistically   

adv.艺术性地

参考例句：

• The book is beautifully printed and artistically bound. 这本书印刷精美，装帧高雅。
• The room is artistically decorated. 房间布置得很美观。

15 embodied   

v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 )；象征；包括；包含

参考例句：

• a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家
• The heroic deeds of him embodied the glorious tradition of the troops. 他的英雄事迹体现了军队的光荣传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

17 sculpted   

adj.经雕塑的

参考例句：

• a display of animals sculpted in ice 冰雕动物展
• The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day. 女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的。

18 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

19 collages   

n.拼贴画( collage的名词复数 )；杂烩

参考例句：

• My work includes mixed media, paintings and digital collages. 我的工作包括混合媒介，绘画和数码拼贴。 来自互联网
• I love making photo collages. 我喜欢做照片拼贴。 来自互联网

20 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

21 vein   

n.血管，静脉；叶脉，纹理；情绪；vt.使成脉络

参考例句：

• The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
• The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。