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《《中國(guó)故事》（第三集）The Story of China（3）Golden Age（英漢對(duì)照）》由會(huì)員上傳分享，免費(fèi)在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在教育資源-天天文庫(kù)。
1、視頻字幕TheStoryofChina（3）GoldenAgeI.ScriptInthetenthcentury，Chinaalmostbrokeapartforeverincivilwar.ThesoldierpoetWangRenyuwitnessedthedestructionofhiscountry.“ThebarbarianshaveoverthrowntheTangDynasty,”hewrote.“Ourcitieshavebeenabandoned.Ourtemplecourtyardslieinruin.Chinahasenteredatrulydarktime.Butthi
2、ngscannotgoonlikethisforever.Thewaysurelyhasnotbeenfinallylost.Ibelieveheavenwillsoonannounceanewdynasty.”Andinaroundtheyear960,itdid.Inthewest,weseehistoryastheriseandfallofdifferentcivilizations.InChina,there’sonecivilization,whichhasgonethroughcyclesoforderanddisorder.AndintheMiddleAges,likeEurop
3、eaftertheSecondWorldWar,theChinesesetouttobuildabravenewworld.InthestoryofChina,we’vereachedtheSongDynasty.We’reinthecityofKaifenginthemiddleofChina.---“Mushroom!”---“Mushroom,yeah,yeah,yeah,OK.”Athousandyearsago,thiswasthegreatestandthemostexcitingplaceonEarth.Itscreativityandinventivenesssurpassed
4、andofcourseprecededtheEuropeanRenaissance.IntheSongRenaissance,theChinesesetouttomakethemostenlightenedsocietyonEarth,withthebestgovernance,housingandfood,thebesteducationandscience.Andthisistheirstory.SincethegreatageoftheTangDynasty,Chinahadshrunkdramatically.After907,itfragmentedinto16dynastiesin
5、alittleover50years,warlordsfightingeachotherfortheEmpire.Atthispoint,therewasnocertaintythatChinawouldeverbereunited.ButasitsaysinChina’sfamousnovel,TheRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms,“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthateverythinglongunitedwillfallapartandeverythinglongdividedwillcomebacktogetheragain.”
6、TheSongwouldtransformKaifengfromaprovincialbackwaterintothegreatestcityonEarth.Andnowit’srebuildingagain.Afterthestrugglesofthe20thcentury,today’sChinesepeoplearefascinatedbythespectacleofwhattheirancestorsachievedandtheywanttotouchthattimeagain.AndasalwaysinChinesehistory,greateventswereforetoldbys
7、ignsandomens.HereinKaifeng,themostfamoustellsofthebirthoftwobrothers,who,likeRomulusandRemus,wouldbecomethefirstemperorsofthenewdynasty.Storygoeslikethis,atthetimeofchaosandwaranddestruction,afterthef
