PBS. 新星.失落的帝国.巨石阵（1997）

在那儿已经架好了支架
I've just put some timbers on it
我们沿着土堆走上去
and we're walking up the pile of earth,
就能把石块拉起来
we're dragging the stone up
拉到土堆上
the pile of earth.
所以说
So, you know,
这就是那时候的方法 朱利安
that's what it is Julian, it's . . .
你知道
you know . . .
这是古代技术
it's ancient technology—
你不觉得吗
can't you see:
可能是那些支架
Perhaps it's the scaffolding
让我觉得困惑
that confuses me a bit.
在这一点上
Well, you've got
你已经戴着
to put your blinkers on
有色眼镜了 朱利安
at this point, Julian.
我必须承认
I must admit,
我认为这是一个20世纪工程师
I find this a twentieth century engineer's
所能采取的方法
approach to how to get the lintel up.
我是说 以我的观点看来
I mean, personally,
很高兴能利用木垛支架
I am happier with a timber crib.
这看起来像是
It seems less intrusive into,
当时的建造技术
into the monument at the time.
看起来比这种方法
And it seems a lot less elaborate
更为原始
than this somehow.
你知道
You know,
可能在四千年前
perhaps four thousand years ago—yes,
在工程开始前
I still there's a lot of
确实需要精心准备
preparation went into things—
但是必须让人们
but there would have been a willingness
自愿接受才行
to accept that,
可能石块需要一周
perhaps, that stone would have inched
才能一寸一寸的立起来
it's way up over a period of a week.
我们已经试过那种方法
We tried one method,
我们看到结果如何了
we can see that.
现在试试另一种方法
Let's try another method
看看结果如何
and see how it goes.
预备 拉
Ready . . . rope!
因为A字支架在竖起石块时
Since the A-frame worked so well
发挥了巨大的作用
in raising the stone to vertical,
马克在抬升横梁时
Mark will use it again
又一次使用了它
to drag the lintel up the ramp.
一二三 拉
One, two, three, pull!
一二三 拉
One, two, three, pull!
一二三 拉
One, two, three, pull!
为了让志愿者们
To allow the volunteers
在工作间隙能够休息
to rest between pulls,
斜坡顶端配备了
the top of the ramp is equipped with
一根起刹车作用的圆木
a log that's supposed to act as a brake,
用来防止横梁滑回地面
preventing the lintel from sliding backwards.
几次拉动过后
But after a couple of big pulls,
发现刹车并未发挥作用
it's clear that the brake is not working.
好 拉住
Okay, hold it!
拉住别动
Hold it there.
我们要把圆木解下来
Right. We've got to release these back down.
它根本不起作用
This isn't working,at all.
马上把这些绳子解下来
Look, just let these ropes right off,
行吗
okay?
志愿者们刚一停手
As soon as the volunteers stop pulling,
横梁立刻滑到了
the lintel descends
斜坡底部
to the bottom of the ramp.
这说明工人们
It turns out that the riggers
绑圆木的方法
have wound the rope the wrong way
不正确
around the log.
谢天谢地
Thankfully,
这个问题很容易就解决了
the problem is easily fixed.
当志愿者们
And when the volunteers
重新开始努力时
renew their efforts,
横梁又慢慢的
the lintel starts
向斜坡上方爬去
to make its way up the ramp.
向古时候的石头一样
Like the ancient stones,
横梁底部同样被
the bottom of the lintel
打了两个用于接合的榫眼
is equipped with two large mortise holes,
必须将榫眼准确无误的
which must fit exactly over
安放在两根支柱
the projections—or tenons—on top of
顶部的榫舌上
the uprights.
为了保证石块
To ensure that the stones
精确的对齐
are properly aligned,
工程的最后一步
the final phase of the operation
要进行的缓慢而精确
must be performed slowly and precisely.
很容易
Nice and easy.
太容易了
Nice and easy.
太吓人了
That was quite frightening.
我的心还在扑通扑通的跳呢
My heart is still pumping!
志愿者们激动地欢呼
The volunteers are thrilled,
但是马克没心情庆祝
but Mark is in no mood to celebrate.
正如他所担心的
As he feared,
榫舌和榫眼没有对齐
the mortises and tenons are not lined up.
横梁得重新放置
The lintel must somehow be repositioned.
幸运的是
Luckily,
罗格带来了杠杆
Roger brought along his levers.
抬起来
Keep that up,
我们要塞木条
and we'll, you know,
慢一点 我们能做到
slowly but surely we'll make it.
这花了点时间
It takes some time,
但是最终
but finally,
横梁被放到了准确的位置上
the lintel slides down into position.
巨石牌坊终于建成了
The trilithon is complete.
石器时期的人们
I think these Stone Age men
实在是很聪明
were pretty ingenious.
在将两块四十吨♥的石块
We learned an awful lot of respect
立起来
for them as a result of
把另一块九吨♥重的石块
being handed two forty ton stones
架在它们顶端
and one nine ton stone
的过程中
and asked to sort of stand them
我们对古人更加的敬佩
on their ends and put the nine ton on top.
和其他任何人比起来
And I think I probably got nearer
在思维方式上
to thinking like he might have
我可能更像是
thought at the time
当时的人们一样
than anybody has for a long time
这很不错
and that's very nice.
这种感觉很不错
It's a very nice feeling
让你触及到
that gives you to enter into the,
他人的
sort of,
灵魂深处
soul of somebody
而这是看到
as the result of seeing
他们的建筑成果所得到的
what they've built.
他们推动了
They were pushing
技术的发展
the envelope of their technology.
他们学习到了
They were taking things that
成功的经验
they had seen work
并把这些经验应用到大量的工作中
and applying them to a massive job
并通过这种方法
that was advancing their technology and,
提高了自己的技术
by doing so,
或许同时提高了他们在
probably advancing their status
社会中的地位
in their community.
我们没有得到最终的答案
We haven't got the final answer.
你知道
You know,
我们并不能说这就是他们当时所作的
we can't say "this is how it was done".
我们证明的是
What we've demonstrated is
巨石阵可能是这样建成的
how it could be done.
我们尽可能的
And we've tried to be as real