人类大历史（2013）

Big History S01E03

Part 3 March 29, 2021, 2:01 p.m.

Russia.
澳大利亚
Australia.
南非
South Africa.
之所以南非人
The reason people speak
说南非语和英语
Afrikaans and English in South Africa...
就是因为这些地区的金矿场实在太吸引人了
is because the gold fields in those areas were attractive.
他们并非是去那儿
They didn't go there
找一片丰满的水草来牧羊
to have an attractive place to raise goats.
他们是去寻找金子的
They were looking for gold.
全球的寻金潮
It was a global search for gold.
1492年到1900年间
Between 1492 and 1900...
对黄金的搜寻
the search for gold
改变了地球上三分之一的
transforms the populations and civilizations...
人口和文明
of one-third of the planet.
继而对全人类都产生了惊人影响
Yet, for all its staggering impact on mankind...
有史以来所有被开采的黄金
all the gold ever mined throughout history...
可以堆积到华盛顿纪念碑80英尺处
would make up 80 feet of the Washington monument.
目前诺克斯堡的所有黄金少于3英尺
All the gold currently in Fort Knox- less than three feet.
然而仅仅是些许黄金就足以引发深远的后果
But a little gold has had enormous consequences.
黄金是我们热衷于讨论的主题之一
Gold is one of those many topics that we love in big history...
因为它上及天文下至地理
because you can follow it from astronomy to geology...
最终回到人类社会
and then eventually into human societies.
对于众多人类社会而言
Why does it have this sort of magical quality...
为什么它会有这种奇迹般的属性
for so many human societies?
这是大历史里
This is a great big history question
的一个重要疑问关于
because it's a question about...
人类历史重大♥纪♥元♥的塑造
the shape of large eras of human history.
从太空中的分毫锱铢
From fragments in space-
到诺克斯堡的金条
To bars in Fort Knox.
从神权的象征
From a symbol of divinity...
到财富的标志
to a symbol of wealth.
黄金的历史就是世界的传奇
The big history of gold is the story of a world...
被大地的力量给撕开
ripped apart by geological forces...
又被人类的想象力给融合
and then reconnected by something even more powerful-
这种想象力甚至更加强大
the human imagination...
追寻一种被认定极具价值的物体
pursuing an object it believes to be valuable.
可是黄金的传奇才刚开始
But the story of gold is just the beginning.
大历史中还隐含着更大的谜团
There's a much bigger puzzle hidden in big history.
每一集都将揭示一条线索
Each episode unlocks a clue.
万事万物例如牛肉
Everyday things like beef...
武器
weapons...
手♥机♥ 都是关键
and cell phones hold the key.
审视它们你将揭开这个大谜团
Watch them all, and you'll see this grand mystery revealed.
时间宇宙
The big history of time, of space...
以及我们自身的大历史
the big history of us.