英语听力：自然百科 消失的西藏王朝古格(16)

In 1957, China's People's Liberation Army visited Tsaparang, giving us the first ever motion pictures of the abandoned city.

1957年人民解放军来到札布让带来这座古城有史以来的第一支动画影片。

Amongst the roaded ruins they discovered intricate religious objects, icons¹ and murals, tale-tell signs of grandeur² and opulence³.

在受到严重侵蚀的遗址中，他们发现精致的宗教宝物图腾及壁画，述说着繁华及财富。

But it was inside the caves deep within the city that the soldiers found the most intriguing⁴ revelations: armour⁵, shields and hundreds of arrows.

但更进入古城，他们发现最令人费解的洞窟，存放着兵器，盾牌及数以百计的箭。

And in one particular cave, the cave of the dead, they found the most grizzly⁶ ever evidence: the remains⁷ of hundreds of headless corpses⁸.

他们还发现干尸洞，洞中堆着令人毛骨悚然的，几百具无头尸体。

Whose macabre⁹ remains of these and how did they get here?

这些尸骸是谁？他们为什么在这里？

Perhaps answers to these questions would shed some light on the mysterious disappearance¹⁰ of Guge.

这些问题的解答或许可以稍稍解开古格王朝神秘消失的谜团。

But we would have to wait another 20 years for that illumination.

但我们却又等了二十年才见到曙光。

In 1985, a team from Xi'an Archaeological Institute stumbled upon an intriguing clue:

1985年，一支西安考古队偶然发现一个令人困惑的线索:

an ancient paper mask probably used in the religious ceremony.

他们发现用于宗教仪式的一只古老纸糊面具。

It seemed quite ordinary first, but when they turned it over, they found traces of an unrecognizable western script.

乍看平常，但他们发现背面印着西方字体。

Months of research would reveal this to be a section of pages from a Bible written in an ancient former Portuguese¹¹ used by early Jesuits.

经过了几个月后的研究显示面具背后的文字是用早期葡萄牙文写成的圣经，天主教圣经。

But how could the pages of an old Catholic Bible come to be part of a Tibetan shaman's mask in the far reaches of Guge?

如何飘洋过海来到古格王朝而被糊成西藏僧人的面具？

1 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 grandeur   

n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华

参考例句：

• The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

3 opulence   

n.财富，富裕

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence.他从未见过这样的财富。
• He owes his opulence to work hard.他的财富乃辛勤工作得来。

4 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 armour   

（=armor）n.盔甲；装甲部队

参考例句：

• His body was encased in shining armour.他全身披着明晃晃的甲胄。
• Bulletproof cars sheathed in armour.防弹车护有装甲。

6 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

9 macabre   

adj.骇人的，可怖的

参考例句：

• He takes a macabre interest in graveyards.他那么留意墓地，令人毛骨悚然。
• Mr Dahl was well-known for his macabre adult stories called 'Tales of the Unexpected'.达尔先生以成人恐怖小说集《意料之外的故事》闻名于世。

10 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

11 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。