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Humans shaped the land with the patience and devotion that the Earth demands,in an almost sacrificial ritual performed over and over.
人類以極大的耐性和專注去模塑土地近乎祭神儀式般不停地重復(fù)。
Agriculture is still the world's most widespread occupation.
農(nóng)業(yè)仍然是世界上最普遍的職業(yè)。
Half of humankind tills the soil,over three-quarters of them by hand.
一半人類仍在耕種土地,超過四分之三仍是手工操作。
Agriculture is like a tradition handed down...
農(nóng)業(yè)像傳統(tǒng)般一代接一代。
From generation to generation in sweat, graft and toil,because for humanity it is a prerequisite of survival.
有血有汗地薪火相傳,因為它是人類生存的先決條件。
But after relying on muscle power for so long,humankind found a way to tap into the energy buried deep in the Earth.
人類依賴人力日久,開始發(fā)掘地球深處的能量。
These flames are also from plants.
這些火焰也來自植物。
A pocket of sunlight.
一束陽光。
Pure energy, the energy of the sun, captured over millions of years by millions of plants...
純粹的能量 太陽量于一億年前被數(shù)以百萬計的樹木。
More than a hundred million years ago.
俘虜了超過數(shù)百萬年。
It's coal. It's gas.
那是煤 是天然氣。
And above all, it's oil.
最重要的是石油。
And this pocket of sunlight freed humans from their toil on the land.
這束陽光把人類從辛勞的耕種解放出來。
With oil began the era of humans who break free of the shackles of time.
石油令人類解除了時間的束縛。
With oil, some of us acquired unprecedented comforts.
石油令一部分人得享從未有過的舒適。
And in 50 years, in a single lifetime,the Earth has been more radically changed...
五十年里僅僅一代人的時間地球發(fā)生根本性的改變。
Than by all previous generations of humanity.
是前人從未做過的。
