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Now we are not supposed to say,
我們不應該說
us amateurs in this field,
我們 這個領域的業余者
we're not supposed to talk about art,
我們不應該討論藝術
we're not supposed to talk about things like
我們不應該討論諸如
the birth of a refined sensibility.
精妙鑒賞力的誕生之類的話題
I'm going to do that nonetheless.
盡管如此 我還是要這么做
I don't care how anachronistic it is.
我不在乎這多么不合時宜
With this tiny piece from Brassempouy,
有了這個出自布拉桑普伊的小小物件
it seems to me that we have, right in front of us,
好像在我們面前
the dawn of the idea of beauty.
就是美這一概念誕生的前夕
But beauty is hard to eat.
但美很難理解
The slow growth of civilisations depended, at first,
最初 文明的緩慢發展
on practicalities -
依賴于實踐
the domestication of animals and cereal crops.
動物的馴化和糧食作物的種植
The most ancient wheats were harvested on sites
最古老的小麥大約于一萬年前
near the River Jordan about 10,000 years ago.
在約旦河附近被收割
Civilisations started small,
文明社會誕生于小事物
it depended on the invention of needful things -
它依賴于必需品的發明
pottery vessels for cooking, eating and storage.
用來做飯 吃飯和儲藏的陶容器
