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The great-grandparents of these dancers were cannibals.
這些舞者的祖先是食人族
Life on an isolated Pacific island is eternally poised on a knife-edge.
在與世隔絕的太平洋島嶼上生命常常前途未卜
Nowhere is this more apparent than on the single most remote island in the Pacific...
沒什么地方比這個太平洋中最偏僻的孤島更為明顯的
Easter Island. This tiny speck of land has an extraordinary story to tell,
復活節島。這塊彈丸之地是特別要講述的故事
with new twists turning up still to this day.
新的轉折至今才出現
Just 13 miles long and 7 miles wide, Easter Island rises like a fortress from the waves,
只有13哩長7哩寬，復活節島猶如一座城堡從海面上聳起
surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean in every direction.
四周是一往無際的大海
People first arrived here less than 1,000 years ago.
人類首次到達這里不足1千年
Most of what we know about their civilisation
我們最想了解他們的文明
can only be pieced together from the relics that remain.
只有從他們遺留下來的殘跡中拼湊起來
It is a strange and desolate place.
這是一片陌生而荒涼的地方
The most striking features in this bleak and windswept landscape
陰冷又寒風凜冽的景色中最顯著的特征
are the hundreds of giant stone statues, known as moai,
是數百座叫摩艾的石像
thought to be carved in the likeness of chiefs or ancestors.
雕刻著貌似酋長或族長之類
