纪录片《文明》 第7期 创世纪的第二个瞬间（7）

But as the number of painted caves discovered grew,

但随着越来越多的壁画石洞被发现

it became clear that art and music came into the world together,

人们逐渐认识到绘画和音乐是同时来到世间的

for musical instruments were found.

因为石洞中还发现了乐器

Animal horns...

动物角

flutes¹ made from bones of vultures,

秃鹫骨头做成的笛子

and even more hauntingly, bullroarers,

还有更令人难以忘怀的 吼板

a piece of wood tied to a rope spun² round the head

把一块木头绑在绳子上 在头顶旋转

that makes this strange whooping³ sound.

从而发出奇怪的吼叫声

Recent experiments with these instruments have suggested

近期关于这些乐器的实验表明

that the proximity⁴ of painting and music was not accidental,

绘画和音乐的相似性并非偶然

that they were connected elements in sacred rituals.

它们是神圣仪式中相关联的元素

I'm using software to test the acoustics⁶ in the space.

我正在用软件来测试这个空间的声音特性

So we generate this swept sine wave

我们生成这个正弦扫频信号

and we use that to capture the acoustic⁵ of the cave.

然后利用它来测定洞穴的声音特性

And we can look for relationships between sound and paintings.

接着我们可以来寻找声音和绘画之间的关系

1 flutes   

长笛( flute的名词复数 )； 细长香槟杯（形似长笛）

参考例句：

• The melody is then taken up by the flutes. 接着由长笛奏主旋律。
• These flutes have 6open holes and a lovely bright sound. 笛子有6个吹气孔，奏出的声音响亮清脆。

2 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

3 whooping   

发嗬嗬声的，发咳声的

参考例句：

• Whooping cough is very prevalent just now. 百日咳正在广泛流行。
• Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? 你给你的孩子打过百日咳疫苗了吗？

4 proximity   

n.接近，邻近

参考例句：

• Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
• Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。

5 acoustic   

adj.听觉的，声音的；(乐器)原声的

参考例句：

• The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
• Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。

6 acoustics   

n.声学，(复)音响效果，音响装置

参考例句：

• The acoustics of the new concert hall are excellent.这座新音乐厅的音响效果极好。
• The auditorium has comfortable seating and modern acoustics.礼堂里有舒适的座椅和现代化的音响设备。