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这里的是复活节岛的石像。 And here we have our Easter Island head. | ||
复活节岛的领主们竞相修建更大的石像。 The island chiefs had competed to erect ever bigger statues. | ||
复活节岛颂歌(用有可能已知的语言写成的未知文稿) unknown script, probably known language | ||
在加拉帕戈斯和复活节岛的人们已采取避难措施。 People in the Galapagos and on Easter Island have already taken refuge. | ||
理由：复活节岛的沉默的巨石像是航海技术和古代波利尼西亚人的独特文化的纪念碑。 Reason: Easter Island's silent stone figures are a monument to the seafaring skills and unique culture of ancient Polynesian peoples. | ||
复活节岛（当地人称之为拉普努伊岛）是数百座古代人类雕像——摩艾石像的故乡。 Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known locally, is home to several hundred ancient human statues—the moai. | ||
1770年两艘西班牙船只来到岛上，和这里的人们签订“协约”将复活节岛划归西班牙名下，但是上面的签名也不像是朗格朗格文字。 When two Spanish ships arrived in 1770 and made a "treaty"claiming Easter Island for Spain, the islanders "signed" the treaty -but their signatures do not resemble rongo-rongo. | ||
虽然末日将临的故事比结局美好的故事更能使人猛醒，但人类迄今的活动记录与复活节岛故事的预示相比还是有着微妙的差别。 And although apocalyptic stories have a power that brighter tales lack, mankind's record is more nuanced than the Easter Island story suggests. | ||
