胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第193期:斯坦亨格 Steinhenge

所屬教程:胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯

瀏覽:

2018年06月29日

手機(jī)版

掃描二維碼方便學(xué)習(xí)和分享

00:00

MP3下載文本下載

胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第193期:斯坦亨格 Steinhenge

中英對(duì)照

193.Steinhenge

193.斯坦亨格

On the Strawberry Plain in Kringland, stand the ruins of an ancient culture, which are called Steinhenge. The people of this culture, the Welts, had a priestly class called the Kruids. The rubble that stands there today is the site of an ancient astronomical observatory. It is the place where rites and rituals were performed.

克林蘭的斯特勞貝里平原上矗立著一個(gè)古文化遺跡——斯坦亨格。這個(gè)文化的人民，威爾茲人，有著一個(gè)僧侶般的等級(jí)制度，通常被稱為克魯茲制度。今天我們?nèi)阅芸吹降耐叩[堆就是一個(gè)古天文臺(tái)的遺址，古時(shí)人們經(jīng)常在這個(gè)地方舉行儀式和典禮。

The structure is formed of large rough stone slabs that were hewn from a nearby quarry and rolled over rugged terrain to the site. They were roughly fit together and cemented with a rubbery substance to form vertical and horizontal structures in a circular arrangement that was aligned to the rudimentary rotations of the heavenly bodies.

整個(gè)建筑由很多巨大粗糙的石板構(gòu)成，這些石板都是從附近的采石場(chǎng)開采出來的，經(jīng)過崎嶇的地形滾到工地。石板被大致組合起來，并用一種橡膠似的物質(zhì)粘牢，形成一些垂直和水平的建筑。這些建筑再以環(huán)形排列，初步構(gòu)成類似天體的旋轉(zhuǎn)結(jié)構(gòu)。

The Welts knew that petty rivalry between members of the ruling class could ruin their society. So they designed a ritual to dispel such rivalry. First, the two rivals were forced to memorize by rote the lines involved in the two roles of the rivalry ritual. Next, a rooster was to be procured. Either a roaming rooster or a roosting rooster would do. Then the two rivals were to enter the Steinhenge structure carrying rods and rotate around the center slab where the live rooster had been placed. After that, they were to let out a robust roar and beat the rooster to death. Finally, if the two rivals at this point in the routine had expelled their contentions, they could roast the rooster and enjoy it as compatriots. Otherwise, they were to stay there and rotate around the rooster until it was rotten and then eat it. This could sometimes take days.

威爾茲人知道即使統(tǒng)治階級(jí)之間最小的敵對(duì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)都能毀滅他們的社會(huì)，所以他們?cè)O(shè)計(jì)了一個(gè)宗教儀式來消除這種敵對(duì)狀態(tài)。首先，兩個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者必須死記硬背一些句子，這些句子是兩人在儀式中擔(dān)任各自角色時(shí)必須說的話。接著，他們必須去找一只公雞。可以找正漫步行走的公雞，也可以找正棲息的公雞。然后這兩個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者必須扛著一根棒子進(jìn)到斯坦亨格天文臺(tái)里，把那只活公雞放在中心大石板上，繞著這塊石板旋轉(zhuǎn)。轉(zhuǎn)了幾圈之后，兩人都必須粗野地大吼一聲，用棒子把公雞打死。最后，接常規(guī)這兩個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者此時(shí)已盡釋前嫌，他們可以烤了那只公雞，像同胞一樣坐在一起共同享用。否則的話，他們就不得不留在那兒，繼續(xù)圍著公雞旋轉(zhuǎn)，一直到公雞腐爛了他們才能把它吃掉。像這樣進(jìn)行的話有時(shí)甚至要持續(xù)好幾天。

As in most ancient civilizations, rituals were often used to solve disputes. Steinhenge played an important role in this in the Weltic culture.

在很多古代文明中，人們都用宗教儀式來解決爭(zhēng)端。斯坦亨格天文臺(tái)在威爾茲文化中起了相當(dāng)大的作用。