巨石阵 Stonehenge

1. 巨石阵 Stonehenge This is an ancient monument of huge stone standing on the vast Sablisbury plains in England has captured our imaginations for centuries. It’s the most enigmatic pre-historic monument on earth. 古老的巨石阵屹立在英格兰索尔兹伯里平原上,数世纪以来,它的丰姿赋予了我们丰富的想象力。它是地球上最神秘的史前遗迹。 巨石阵的介绍 Presentation of Stonehenge Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

2. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的介绍 Presentation of Stonehenge What makes the structure at Stonehenge unique is the fact that for the first time they"re shaping stones on a massive scale. Dating back as far as 2950B.C.,theories about who built Stonehenge have included the druids and the Greeks. Speculation as to its purpose, range from astronomy to a UFO landing site. 巨石阵是独一无二的,因为它是首次出现的最大规模的成形巨石。究竟是谁建造了巨石阵?这要追溯到公元前2950年,有两种说法:一种认为是特鲁伊特教的教徒,另一种说法则认为是希腊人。有关巨石阵作用的推测也是众说纷纭,上至天文学意义,下至不明飞行体的降落点,尚无定论。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

3. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的介绍 Presentation of Stonehenge Now a ruin with many of the original stones fallen or removed, this site Sun attracts nearly five thousand tourists everyday. 现在,尽管很多巨石已经倒塌,或给搬走,但是这古迹仍然每天吸引着近五千名观光游客。 Around the same time as the ancient Egyptians were building the pyramids, the first stones arrived here at Stonehenge. The mystery of this stone is that they are only found in the Brescelly Mountains in south Wales, nearly 150 miles away. 　差不多就在古埃及人建造金字塔的时候,巨石阵的第一批石头被运达英格兰索尔兹伯里平原。巨石的神秘之处在于,它只能从南威尔士的普雷西山:脉取材,而那里位于150英里开外。 It was a huge job to transport these stones from Wales, because originally there were about 80 of them here at Stonehenge weighing up to four tons each. Now, if I got m my car it would take me about five hours to dive all the way to Wales. But to those people, it would"ve been m enormous distance. 从威尔士搬运石材是个艰巨的工作,因为最初的巨石阵中约有80块巨石,每块重达4吨。现在如果从巨石阵开车去威尔士,全程需要大概5小时。可对于古人来说,这实在是条遥遥长路。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

4. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的介绍 Presentation of Stonehenge The stones were brought by boat from the mountains and pulled from the coast by sledge to the site. 巨石从大山里开采出来后,先用船只运抵海岸,然后再利用撬具从海岸运到现在的地址。 I think you need a minimum of about 150 people, simply to move one of these massive forty-ton stones. 　仅仅是搬运这些重达四十吨的巨石,就需要大约150人。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

5. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的介绍 Presentation of Stonehenge Getting the stones to the site was an amazing feat, but building Stonehenge was much more complex. It is not just simply one stone piled on to top of another, they"re joined together, this hole in the arch on here that"s been pounded out using stone hammers, and that originally fitted on the top of that stone. 能把巨石运送到这里已是惊人之举,但建造巨石阵所花费的工夫更是复杂。因为巨石并不是简单地堆叠在一起,而是被巧妙地连接在一起:石块拱起部分的孔眼是用石锤开出来的,它原来刚好可以套住顶上另一块巨石的石楦。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

6. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的介绍 Presentation of Stonehenge After nearly 5,000 years Stonehenge is still standing. We now know how it was built. The question "why" is a bit more problematic. Twenty century followers of ancient mystical beliefs are sure that Stonehenge has a connection with summer and winter solstices. "As a druid, as a priest of the land, I feel Stonehenge to be one of the key sacred temples in the world. Stonehenge evokes in us a connection between some deep ancestral intuitive soul and the power of nature around us." 经历了近五千年的风风雨雨,巨石仍然屹立不倒。现在我们已经知道它是如何建成的了。但问题是,为什么要建造这样一个巨石阵呢?古代密教的世纪追随者则确信不疑:巨石阵与夏至、冬至日有关。"身为特鲁伊特信徒以及这片土地的神职者,我认为巨石阵是世上最重要的圣殿之一。它唤醒我们,在深藏的祖传直觉精神与大自然力量之间是有着某种联系的。" Nature may well know all the answers, but science has yet to prove its theories. It seems Stonehenge isn"t ready to reveal all its secrets just yet. 大自然也许知道一切答案,但理论有待于用科学去进一步考证。看来巨石阵似乎还不愿意将神秘面纱全部揭开。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

7. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的发现 Discovery of Stonehenge You know, one of the world's oldest mysteries may have just gotten closer to being solved. There's a new finding at the Stonehenge. 你知道吗，世界上最古老的神密事件之一可能快被破解了。关于巨石阵有新的发现。 In fact, some of its secrets may have been unlocked through the discovery of more stones and bones at Stonehenge. There was a dig around the inner two circles. Expert team of archaeologists and professors believe that it was actually a healing center. 实际上，在巨石阵，通过发现更多的石头和尸体，一部分关于它的秘密可能会被揭开。围绕着这个中心发掘出来两个圆环，考古的专家教授们相信它实际上是一个康复中心。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

8. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的发现 Discovery of Stonehenge But basically that part of Stonehenge, the inner two circles, made of blue stones which over the centuries has been believed to have healing qualities. So from 2300 BC and that corresponds with that fits in nicely with discoveries over years that were made of skeletons of people who clearly had some sort of ailment. So putting the two together, this team now believes that the Stonehenge really was a healing center; a place where people went to try to get better and also, another thing they found there was that people tried to take bits of the stone away. 基本上，在巨石阵内部的这两个圆环是由超过几个世纪来被相信具有健康疗效的蓝石组成。从公元前2300年开始，这么多年来的发现精确地证明了，巨石阵里有许多人类的骨骼，这些人显而易见患有多种慢性病。把这两件事放在一起，考古队相信巨石阵实际上就是一个康复中心，在这病人希望得到好转，另外他们也发现这些古人曾尝试带走一小块石头。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade

9. 巨石阵 Stonehenge 巨石阵的发现 Discovery of Stonehenge The latest is that scientists now believe that it really, its primary purpose at that particular time, 2300 BC, was as a healing center. We don't know exactly what the qualities of that blue stone is, but apparently to this date, some people still believe that it's very very powerful. Back to you guys. 最新的消息是科学家相信这是真的，在公元前2300年那个特定的时期，巨石阵主要的作用就是一个康复中心。我们不知道蓝石的疗效到底如何，但是时至今日，相当多的人依旧相信它很有效。这些人说不定就在你身后。 Prepared by Li Shanshan (李姗姗） from 1st class on 5th grade