2015-07-22 BBC:巨石阵行动:被埋藏的秘密-9

 But Mesolithic hunt gatherers had no rational¹ explanation for this vivid change in the flint. It would be the most extraordinary magic thing in the Mesolithic to see a transformation² like this. They were living at a time when the color palette was dominated³ by green, brown, black and white. Something is flanked buoyantly. This would give this particular rarer, a real, local signature, something that it would have meant this place to people. This is place where memory and tradition starts. Stonehenge isn’t just a new builds. It seems to respond to something. The magic pink flint and abundant supply of meat may have inspired the hunt gatherers to mark out the area with the totem pole like monuments. And that, Jack⁴ believes, may have been the start of this landscape mythical⁵ status. There have been memories attached to that, stories attached to that, almost certainly the people involved the game mythologized it. Does that mean down the line these ideas are again monumentalized and later take shape in structures like one we can see behind this Stonehenge. The evidence from Mesolithic encampment, combined with mysterious posts, establishes as a compelling starting point for the Stonehenge story.

1 rational   

adj.合理的，理性的，能推理的；n.有理数

参考例句：

• It was a rational plan and bound to succeed.这是一个合理的计划，肯定会成功。
• The reasoning seems rational.这论据似乎是合乎情理的。

2 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

3 dominated   

受控的 -tive

参考例句：

• As a child he was dominated by his father. 他小时候由父亲主宰一切。
• His personality dominated over the other members of the committee. 他的人格影响委员会的其他成员。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。