世界小史 第56期:巨人和女巫

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He read Homer over and over again, and longed to see all the beautiful places described by the poet.

此人反复阅读荷马史诗并矢志不移地想见到书上所描写的那些美丽的地方，

If only he could hold in his hands, just once, the wonderful weapons with which these heroes fought.

要是他能亲自用手拿一拿这些英雄们用来作战的那些美妙的武器，哪怕一次。

And one day he did. For it turned out that all of it was true.

有一天他成功了。事实证明，这一切都真有其事，

Not in every detail,of course: the heroes named in the songs were no more real than the giants and witches¹ in fairy tales.

当然不是歌中所说的一个个英雄都真有其人。他们跟童话里的巨人和女巫一样并非真有其人。

But the world that Homer describes – the drinking cups, the weapons, the buildings and the ships,

但是荷马所描述的情形：酒器和武器，房屋和船只；

the princes who were at the same time shepherds², and the heroes who were also sea raiders – were not inventions.

王子们，他们同时也是牧羊童，英雄们，他们也是海盗——所有这一切都不是杜撰。

When Schliemann told people this they laughed at him.

当施利曼对人们说这话时，他们嘲笑他。

But he didn't give up.

但是他并没有放弃。

He just kept putting money aside, so that one day he could go to Greece and see for himself.

他只是仍然省吃俭用，以便最后能去希腊。

And when he had finally raised enough money, he hired laborers³ and set about digging⁴ in search of all the cities mentioned in Homer.

当他攒足了钱时，他便雇来挖土工人，在荷马史诗中提及的所有城市中进行挖掘。

1 witches   

n.女巫，巫婆( witch的名词复数 )；讨人嫌的丑女人v.女巫，巫婆( witch的第三人称单数 )；讨人嫌的丑女人

参考例句：

• Witches used to be burned at the stake. 巫婆过去要被处以火刑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Witches ain't got no power in the daytime." 巫婆白天是没有法力的。” 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

2 shepherds   

n.牧羊人，羊倌( shepherd的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Shepherds penned their flocks. 牧羊人把他们的羊群关入栏中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This was the first time the shepherds had seen the Corleone stare. 这两个牧民第一次看到考利昂家族传统的瞪眼。 来自教父部分

3 laborers   

n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工

参考例句：

• Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

4 digging   

n.挖掘v.挖，掘( dig的现在分词 )；（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘；挖得；寻找

参考例句：

• They were digging up worms to use for bait. 他们正在挖蚯蚓作鱼饵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade. 在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。 来自《简明英汉词典》