BBC听力 | 海洋岛屿 27

Before long, each clan was trying to carve larger,grander figures

从那以后 每个家族都想把石像雕刻得

than those of their neighbours - competition that was to be their undoing.

比他们的邻居更大-- 竞赛成了他们的祸根

Vast quantities of wood were used to transport the stone statues,

大量的木头被用来传送石像

and slowly but surely,

虽然慢 却一步步地

the Rapa Nui used up their island's precious resources.

让拉帕努伊人耗尽了岛上宝贵的资源

Eventually,

最后

their civilisation descended into chaos and warfare.

他们的文明也陷入混乱与战争中

Clan fought against clan,

家族间的战斗

with disastrous consequences.

往往伴随着灾难性的后果

By the time of their ultimate collapse,

到最后崩溃时

the Rapa Nui had changed their island beyond recognition.

拉帕努伊人把他们的岛已改得面目全非了

These are the hills where the giant palm forest once stood.

这些山冈曾经耸立着巨大的棕榈林

And these are the cliffs that once rang to the sound of those huge seabird colonies,

这里的峭壁曾经回响着的 这个巨大海鸟栖息地的声音

all hunted to extinction by the Rapa Nui.

已经全部被拉帕努伊人捕杀消灭殆尽

Today, the giant stone statues are a poignant reminder of the precarious nature of life on remote islands.

如今巨像深刻提醒着人们 在偏远的岛上自然生命是变幻无常

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