of El Dorado
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Andre’s Personal Blog Draft Saved June 13, 1:45 a.
Andre的个人博客草稿,
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This blog may seem a bit insane, but I feel a sense of obligation to document this—just in case.
博客可能有点疯狂, 但我觉得有义务记录此事,
I’ll be embarking on an expedition to Colombia in a few days to explore Lake Guatavita, which supposedly contains archaeological remains of the Muisca.
我将在几天内前往哥伦比亚考察瓜塔维塔湖,
That may sound like the crazy part, but it’s not.
这听起来像是疯狂的部分,
Here it is: I have a treasure map that my grandpa used to show me as a kid (if you’re reading this, sorry for taking it, Abuelo!)
这是:我有一张我爷爷小时候给我看的宝藏图(如果你在读,
It seems ancient, but there’s not much to go on—just a sketchy drawing and this obscure little guide that I translated: Panama Venezuela Ecuador Colombia Brazil PACIFIC OCEAN Lake Guatavita Bogotá H On the brightest day, with the shortest night, the full moon will rise in the keyhole of the crater.
这似乎很古老, 但没什么可继续的, 巴拿马 太平洋 波哥大湖 最明亮的一天,以最短的夜晚,满月会从陨坑的钥匙孔中升起.
Wade into the waters as far as you can, farther still, and there you will find the treasure.
韦德进到水里 尽可能远,更远,在那里你会找到宝藏。
Given my abuelo’s mild obsession, I have reason to believe that this may lead to some clue or perhaps even the concealed location of one of the greatest myths in history: El Dorado.
我有理由相信这可能导致一些线索, 甚至可能是史上最伟大的神话之一El Dorado的隐秘位置。
You see, in the era around 1000 bce, the Muisca zipa would cover his body with gold and rinse it into Lake Guatavita.
你看,在1000bce左右的时代,穆伊斯卡拉帕会用金子覆盖他的身体并把它冲入瓜塔维塔湖.
All the gold and gemstones would just settle to the bottom, year after year.
所有的金和宝石 只会沉入水底 年复一年
My abuelo told me that his grandfather told him stories containing the secret of where that gold lay.
我的Abuelo告诉我,他的祖父 告诉他的故事 包含的秘密 黄金的地盘。
I hope to use Jacques, the submersible robot, to explore the lake using this map and find the gold while everyone else is none the wiser.
我希望利用潜水机器人Jacques 利用这张地图探索湖面 寻找出金子 而其他人都不是更聪明的人
Archaeology 579 June 19, 10:12 a.
考古学 579年6月19日,10:12 a.
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ANDRE [panting]: Hey guys, Andre here from the Muisca research expedition.
安德烈[喘气]: 嘿,伙计们, 安德烈来自穆伊斯卡研究探险队
We’ve arrived at the lake, and it’s beautiful!
我们来到了湖边,
The video doesn’t do it justice.
这段影片不公道。
The water sits in this bowl-shaped crater with a weird notch on one side, almost like a pitcher.
水坐落于这个碗状的陨石坑中,一面有一个奇怪的鼻孔,几乎像投手.
It’s not hard to understand why it was sacred to the Muisca people.
为何对穆伊斯卡人来说是神圣的,
Video Update, June 20, 10:38 a.
视频最新消息,6月20日 10:38 a.
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ANDRE: I thought I’ d give you guys a taste of how we do this underwater archaeology thing.
我想让你们尝尝我们的水下考古工作
As you can see, we’re loading our inflatable rowboat.
大家可以看到,我们正在装上充气的划艇。
This box is a sonar unit, which we’ll use to survey the lake bottom and note anything interesting.
这个盒子是一个声纳单位, 我们将用来调查湖底,
That lump there is Jamie, the other research assistant.
那个家伙是Jamie 另一个研究助理
JAMIE: Man, I did not sleep well, so go easy.
我睡得不好,别紧张
How is it freezing cold in June?
六月冻得如何.
ANDRE: And that scorpion-shaped robot is Jacques Cousteau, a sonar- and video-equipped underwater drone.
蝎子形的机器人是雅克·库斯托, 声纳和视频装备的水下无人机。
I don’t even want to know how much he cost.
我甚至不想知道他花了多少钱。
[Whispering] I’m guessing more than the entire rest of the expedition.
我估计比整个探险队还要多。
K AT: You’ d be right.
K级 你说得对。
Jacques will be hanging out until the sonar shows where to send him.
雅克会一直呆到声纳显示 送他到哪里去
ANDRE: That, of course, is our professor, Kat.
那当然是我们的教授,Kat.
This part of the process is pretty dull, rowing back and forth to cover the whole lake, so goodbye for now, unless—until—we find something.
这个过程很乏味, 不停地划来划去覆盖整个湖, 所以,现在再见, 除非—— 直到—— 我们找到一些东西。
Video Update, June 20, 11:52 a.
视频最新消息,6月20日,11:52 a.
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K AT: Oh, this is very interesting!
K级 哦,这很有趣!
See the parallel ditches here?
看到平行的沟道了吗?
They’re probably part of an irrigation system.
他们可能是灌溉系统的一部分。
Can we mark this on the GPS for Jacques?
我们能给雅克在GPS上标上这个吗?
ANDRE: What is that?
这是什么?
K AT: Oh my.
K级 天呐
that’s.
说得没错。
that looks like cut stone.
看起来像被砍了的石头
That is very unexpected.
这是非常出乎意料的。
JAMIE: There’s another one, parallel, like the walls of a building or something!
还有另一个,平行的,像建筑物的墙壁之类的!
ANDRE: Looks like we’re on to something.
看来我们有所行动。
Tune in tomorrow, when we launch Jacques!
明天,我们发射雅克时, 塔纳!
Video Update, June 20, 11:12 p.
视频最新消息,6月20日 11:12 p.
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JAMIE: Do you think it could be some kind of temple?
你觉得可能是某种寺庙吗?
K AT: Even the Muisca’s temples would have rotted away hundreds of years ago.
K级 AT:即使是穆伊斯卡的庙会几百年前就已经腐烂了。
It’s likely Spanish, or possibly even later.
可能是西班牙语,
JAMIE: It seems odd that the Maya, the Inca, the Aztec all had stone architecture, and even though the Muisca had all this gold, they still lived in wood houses.
JAMIE:似乎很奇怪的是,玛雅人,印加人,阿兹特克人都拥有石头建筑,尽管穆伊斯卡人拥有了所有这些金子,但他们仍然住在木屋中.
K AT: Those were empires—they made their people build those structures.
K级 AT:那些是帝国,他们让自己的人民建造这些结构。
The Muisca cooperated instead of taking over and lived a simpler life.
穆伊斯卡人合作,而不是接管并过上更简单的生活.
Gold was precious, yes, but only religiously, which is why they dropped so much of it in the lake.
黄金是珍贵的,是的,但只是宗教上的, 这就是为什么他们把这么多的它扔入了湖中。
Living in this lovely place, they probably gave it away happily.
住在这个可爱的地方 他们可能很快乐地把它送走
JAMIE: I can see that—being happy to live under the moon and stars like this.
我看得出来 在月球和星星下生活很开心
ANDRE: Tomorrow night is the summer solstice and a full moon at the same time.
明晚是夏至同为正月.
That hasn’t happened for almost seventy-five years.
近七十五年来,
K AT: Is that right?
K级 是吗?
ANDRE: Is it possible to take Jacques out and explore the site at night?
能否在晚上带雅克出场并探索现场?.
K AT: He has lights and infrared for working in deep water, but we wouldn’t paddle out there now.
K级 AT:他有光和红外线在深水中工作,
ANDRE: But he could.
但他会的
K AT: Sure, I suppose.
K级 AT:我想是的。
Don’t get any ideas, though.
不过,
ANDRE: No, ma’am.
没有,夫人。
Video Blog Update, June 21, 5:35 p.
视频博客最新消息,6月21日:5:35 p.
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K AT: Five meters.
K级 AT:5米长.
two meters.
两米
okay, boys, wrestle him overboard!
好了,伙计们,把他摔倒了!
ANDRE: Ugh, Jacques needs to go on a diet.
安德鲁: 雅克需要去节食。
JAMIE: Careful not to hit the boat.
小心别撞到船
KAT: Lights.
凯特：灯光。
and we have video feed.
我们有录像
gosh, this water is so murky!
这水真脏!
Wait, I see something.
等等 我看见什么了
It’s a jaguar carving.
这是美洲虎雕刻。
it certainly looks pre- Columbian, and definitely stone!
它看起来肯定是哥伦比亚前, 绝对是石头!
My goodness, this is something big.
天啊,这是件大事
JAMIE: A storm is coming up fast.
暴风雨即将来临
ANDRE: Are you kidding?
你在开玩笑吗?
Today it decides to cloud over?
今天它决定云覆?
K AT: These storms pass quickly, but we should get off the water.
K级 AT:这些风暴很快就过去, 但我们应该下水。
I’m surfacing Jacques, boys, so get ready to grab him.
准备抓住他。
JAMIE: Here comes the wind!
风来了!
Okay—ready, Andre?
准备好了吗,安德烈?
On three—one, two, LIFT!
数到三,一,二,LIFT!
K AT: Grab those oars, Andre—row, row!
K级 抓住那些桨,安德烈-罗,划!
ANDRE: What’s happening to the lake?
湖里发生了什么?
It looks like someone’s shooting into the water.
似乎有人朝水里开枪。
OW!
欧!
K AT: It’s hail!
K级 这是冰雹!
Jamie, cover the equipment—Andre, row, row!
杰米,掩护设备... 安德烈,划,划!
ANDRE: Ow, I’m rowing!
我在划船!
I’m— Audio Update, June 21, 6:03 p.
6月21日6:03页。
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ANDRE: Sorry for the poor sound.
对不起,声音不好
I’m sitting in my tent, and it’s still raining a bit.
我坐在帐篷里,
Things are kind of a mess here.
这儿有点乱
There’s a hole in the boat, our laptops are totally soaked, and we’re still trying to get Jacques online, though he won’t be much use without a boat.
我们的笔记本电脑完全浸透了, 我们仍在尝试让雅克上网,
Obviously, my camera is shot since this is an audio-only recording.
显然,我的相机是拍摄 因为这是一个只录音。
Rumor is, the trip is over.
传言出行已.
It’s still cloudy, so I won’t be able to see the moonrise anyway.
我无法看到月亮升起。
Unbelievable.
难以置信
I’ve been dreaming of this since I was ten, and the whole thing gets ruined by the stupid weather.
我从十岁就开始做梦,
Maybe it’s for the best.
也许这样最好。
Maybe I should give up on the idea of El Dorado.
也许我应该放弃埃尔多拉多的想法
Video Blog Update: June 21, 8:15 p.
视频博客最新消息:6月21日 8:15 p.
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ANDRE: I got the camera working, and the rain stopped.
我让相机工作,雨停了。
Check that out!
看看这个!
The moon is lined up in that V-shaped notch in the crater.
月球以该陨坑内的V形口排列.
“In the keyhole of the crater; wade into the waters as far as you can, farther still.”
“在陨石坑的钥匙洞中;尽你所能再深入到水中去。 “
Jacques or no, let’s do this.
Jacques与否,
I’m going to set you down on this rock.
我要把你放进这石头上。
It’s dark, so I’ll try to let you know what’s happening.
我试着让大家知道发生了什么。
I’m in.
我加入,
It’s freezing!
冰冻得要命!
Going under.
下潜
So dark down there; I had to feel around.
那边太黑了,我必须摸摸
This box was all I could find.
这个盒子是我能找到的
It’s.
这是。
it’s a cheap toy!
这是一个便宜的玩具!
Just an old jaguar figurine.
只是一个老美洲豹花果。
There’s a metal tube in its mouth.
嘴里有一个金属管。
It has a screw cap—don’t think the Muisca had those.
它有一个螺丝帽,
There’s a note inside.
内有一张纸条。
It’s in Spanish.
这是西班牙语。
“You have found.
“你找到了。
my greatest.
我最伟大的。
treasure.
财宝。
June 22, 1954, Mario Fernandez.”
1954年6月22日,马里奥·费尔南德斯出道. “
Abuelo.
阿布罗。
my grandpa.
我爷爷
He was just a kid who buried his “treasure,” and I was just a kid when he told me, so I believed him.
他只是一个埋了自己"宝藏"的孩子,当他告诉我时,我只是一个孩子,所以我相信他.
El Dorado, indeed.
艾尔多拉多 确实
Video Blog Update, June 29, 4:50 p.
视频博客最新消息,6月29日:4:50 p.
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ANDRE: We’re heading up the walk to my abuelo’s house.
我们正走向我的Abuelo家。
I figured since you all joined me in finding his “greatest treasure,” you might as well see it returned to the man it meant so much to.
我想,既然你们都跟我一起寻找他的"最伟大的宝藏",你们就不妨看到它回到了它如此重要的人身上。
Hola, Abuelo?
你好,阿布罗?
You in the living room?
你在客厅吗?
ABUELO: Who’s hiding behind that camera?
摄影机背后隐藏着谁?
Andre, my boy!
安德鲁,我的孩子!
ANDRE: No, no—don’t get up.
不,不,不要起来。
I brought you something.
我给你带了点东西
I meant to tell you before I left, but my archaeology class went to Colombia— ABUELO: Really?
我本来想在离开之前告诉你 但我的考古课去了哥伦比亚——ABUELO: 真的吗?
You went to my home!
你去过我家!
ANDRE: We were looking for Muisca artifacts, and.
我们在找Muisca的文物 还有...
we did find a big stone jaguar in Lake Guatavita.
我们确实在瓜塔维塔湖找到一头大石虎
My professor will be returning to check it out, but this was all I brought back.
我的教授会回来检查,但这是我带回来的。
Let me help you with that bubble wrap.
让我来帮你包个包
I covered it in tape so it wouldn’t break on the trip home.
我用胶带把它遮住,
Don’t cry, Abuelo.
别哭,
ABUELO: How did you ever.
你怎么会这样?
My padre passed this down from his padre, from many generations back.
我的牧师从他的牧师那里传下来的 是从几代人那里传下来的
It’s jaguar bone, and gold dust from the mountains.
山上出土出土出土了
ANDRE: Wait, it’s real?
等等,这是真的吗?
ABUELO: Most of the gold is gone, but as a child it was my treasure—a vestige of how rich our people once were.
大部分金子都不见了,
I couldn’t bear to take her from her home when I came to the United States, so I sank her, for Guatavita, like the zipas did.
我无法忍受我来到美国时把她从家中带走,
I thought I would go back, but I never got the chance.
我以为我会回去,但我从来没有机会。
After all these years, it’s still so beautiful.
这些年来,
Here, I want you to have it.
在这里,我要你拥有它。
ANDRE: You should keep it, Abuelo—it’s your treasure.
你应该留着它, Abuelo 这是你的宝藏。
ABUELO: Our treasure.
我们的宝藏
I pass her to you.
我把她递给你
Glossary archaeological (adj.)
词汇考古学(adj.)