纪录片《文明》 第206期 重要的火花（18）

The little spray of, you know... That is just so beautiful.

你知道这种奔放 喷洒的感觉 无与伦比

- I very much like this part too. - Yeah, yeah, me too.- It looks very mysterious. - Yes.

-这部分很合我意 -是的 我也是 -它看起来非常神秘 -是啊

With his second explosion, Cai has taken the work, and us,into a different world - deep bituminous darkness now mantles¹ everything.

蔡先生用他的第二幅爆炸作品将我们带入了 一个被浑浊的沥青黏稠与压抑感所覆盖的不同世界

All of nature seems hit by choking storms of soot².

原先的自然因素仿佛都受到了煤烟风暴的冲击

Or the black rain of a nuclear winter.

或是核冬天的尘雨所带来的窒息般的袭击

And on those pristine³ white canvasses⁴ appears the ghost of the explosion.

原本洁白崭新的画布上 触目皆是来自爆炸的幽灵

The risks Cai has taken have paid off beyond anything he'd himself imagined.

蔡先生坦言他承受的风险和他的成果相比 简直微不足道

The enactment⁵ of the uncomfortable closeness of destruction and creation stands revealed.

第二幅作品是揭示破坏与创造密切关系的静态再现

1 mantles   

vt.&vi.覆盖（mantle的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• The ivy mantles the building. 长春藤覆盖了建筑物。 来自互联网

2 soot   

n.煤烟，烟尘；vt.熏以煤烟

参考例句：

• Soot is the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.煤烟是燃料不完全燃烧的产物。
• The chimney was choked with soot.烟囱被煤灰堵塞了。

3 pristine   

adj.原来的，古时的，原始的，纯净的，无垢的

参考例句：

• He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
• He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。

4 canvasses   

n.检票员，游说者，推销员( canvass的名词复数 )v.（在政治方面）游说( canvass的第三人称单数 )；调查（如选举前选民的）意见；为讨论而提出（意见等）；详细检查

参考例句：

• He canvasses by singing, and the votes have really increased a lot. 他唱歌为自己拉票，票数还真是增长了不少呢。 来自互联网
• Even the canvasses on the restaurant's walls are up for sale. 连餐厅墙上的绘画作品也能出售。 来自互联网

5 enactment   

n.演出，担任…角色；制订，通过

参考例句：

• Enactment refers to action.演出指行为的表演。
• We support the call for the enactment of a Bill of Rights.我们支持要求通过《权利法案》的呼声。