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The Aztecs were very philosophical about death.
阿茲特克人面對死亡很冷靜
Death is what gives meaning to life,
死亡體現了生命的意義
and that by having the idea of death,
而正因有了死亡的想法
it makes the here and now sweeter and more beautiful.
使得此時此刻變得更加甜美
Tlahuicole's beating heart
特拉維克拉跳動的心臟
offered to the god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli,guardian of the universe.
被獻給了維齊洛波奇特利 太陽與戰爭之神 宇宙的守護者
In return, the Aztecs believe,
作為回報 阿茲特克人相信
his blood will guarantee a bountiful harvest.
他的血液能夠保佑整年的豐收
A crop that will become key to mankind's future:Corn.
一種莊稼將成為人類未來的關鍵 那就是玉米
6000 years ago,Early farmers in the Americas turn a weed
六千年前 美洲早期的農民將一種雜草
into a cereal that produces more calories per acre than any other.
變成了一種谷類 相較其他谷類 畝產更多卡路里
With almost twice as many genes as a human being.
其基因數幾乎是人類的兩倍
Found in a quarter of all supermarket products we buy today.
如今我們在超市中所買的商品 四分之一是玉米
Corn is the staple of Aztec life.
玉米是阿茲特克人的主食
But while Aztec power reaches its height,
阿茲特克人的統治正值鼎盛之時
Events 7,000 miles away
七千英里外所發生的事件
are about to change their world forever.
將會永遠改變他們的世界
