纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第12期：猎食肉类不容易

It's a big old bull porcupine¹.

这是只肥大的雄性老豪猪

Look how long it's quills² are.

看它的刺有多长啊

The bushmen now have an evening meal.

丛林人的晚餐有了着落

I don't particularly like eating porcupine

我不是特别喜欢吃豪猪

but meat is meat

但是总归还是肉

For Travis, the day's chase has shown him

一天的狩猎让特拉维斯知道

that our ancestors could well have been successful

我们的祖先仅凭极其基本的武器

in using very basic weapons to hunt down their meat.

即可成功捕捉到他们所需的肉

They killed this porcupine with a spear

他们用一只长矛将豪猪

at the bottom of this hole that we've been watching them dig all day,

刺死在这个挖了一整天的通道底部

and a spear is a very simple technology -

而矛只是种极简单的技术

these guys have metal blades on it,

他们在矛上装了金属刀片

but our ancestors would have used spears without metal.

但我们的祖先使用的矛没有刀片

Even without stone, it will get the job done.

甚至连石头也没有 就能猎到食物

You have to be tough and clever to be able to live like this,

只有身手矫健警觉机灵 才有可能吃到肉

and our ancestors certainly were.

我们的祖先做到了

So our ancestors might well have hunted for meat,

既然我们的祖先可能曾猎食肉类

but when did they first start to eat it?

那他们第一次吃肉是在何时

1 porcupine   

n.豪猪， 箭猪

参考例句：

• A porcupine is covered with prickles.箭猪身上长满了刺。
• There is a philosophy parable,call philosophy of porcupine.有一个哲学寓言，叫豪猪的哲学。

2 quills   

n.（刺猬或豪猪的）刺( quill的名词复数 )；羽毛管；翮；纡管

参考例句：

• Quills were the chief writing implement from the 6th century AD until the advent of steel pens in the mid 19th century. 从公元6世纪到19世纪中期钢笔出现以前，羽毛笔是主要的书写工具。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Defensive quills dot the backs of these troublesome creatures. 防御性的刺长在这些讨人厌的生物背上。 来自互联网