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[中文]

不到三个月前，第一次世界大战刚爆发，

《纽约时报》的头版

充斥着关于全球冲突的头条新闻。

但在第九页，一篇耸人听闻的文章

记录了澳大利亚探险家

詹姆斯·贝斯利船长最近在南美洲

的惊人发现，

包括一个八英尺高男人的骨骼。

1914年，贝斯利船长领导了一次秘鲁探险，

在那里，他挖掘出了一具巨人的骨骼，

有着巨大的、细长的头骨。

他写下了这些。他发现了它。

他报告了它。

有趣的是，在历史记录中，

有很多关于巨人骨骼

在的的喀喀湖地区被挖掘出来的记载。

有些非常巨大——八英尺、九英尺甚至十英尺高的骨骼。

有时，这些可能是动物骨骼

当时被误解了。

但很多时候，它们是人类墓葬，

带有本土文物和细长头骨，

但很多似乎都湮没在了历史中。

因此，骨骼的下落仍是个悬而未决的问题。

巨人骨骼真的是可能的吗？

高达十英尺？

在的的喀喀湖附近被发现？

虽然这些发现被充分记录了下来，

但这些据称的巨人般的、

类似人类的骨骼究竟去向何方，仍然未知。

但研究者指出，

当西班牙征服者在1500年代

首次抵达秘鲁时，

当地原住民向他们讲述了

巨人曾经居住在整个地区的故事。

1553年，西班牙征服者佩德罗·谢萨·德莱昂

在他的秘鲁编年史中写道，

当地原住民告诉他，

在很久以前，巨人来到了这个地区。

根据当地传统，

他们的祖先遇到的人们如此高大，

一个普通人

只够到他们的膝盖。

佩德罗·谢萨·德莱昂还声称，

一些西班牙人发现了一根巨大的胫骨

和一颗巨大的牙齿。

在的的喀喀湖地区附近存在巨人的记载，

从秘鲁到玻利维亚的阿尔蒂普拉诺高原。

印加人说，有一个传说

The Inca said that there was a tradition

关于这些叫做瓦里斯的巨人，

他们在印加或其他文化出现之前很久，

建造了像蒂亚瓦纳科和普马蓬库这样的遗址。

我们甚至在蒂亚瓦纳科本身，

有关于伟大始祖神维拉科查的故事，

他从的的喀喀湖中涌出，

从泥土中创造了一群巨人，

控制他们

让他们建造这个地区的巨石遗址，

像蒂亚瓦纳科和普马蓬库，

直到后来被一场大洪水击败。

历史记录和传说

似乎在告诉我们，

过去存在巨人般的类人生物，

与巨石建筑有关。

对于古代宇航员理论者来说，

秘鲁的巨人故事和

据称的巨人骨骼发现，是引人入胜的。

但更令人激动的是，

一些历史上最伟大的探险家

声称自己亲眼见过

南美洲的巨人。

西班牙桑卢卡尔。

1522年9月8日。

在大海上度过三年多后，

葡萄牙探险家费迪南德·麦哲伦发起的维多利亚号船，

驶入港口。

它的抵达完成了首次环球航行。

据船日志记录，

麦哲伦和他的船员面对了危险的风暴、

激烈的战斗和盛大的接待。

但对很多人来说，

最具趣的记载

详细叙述了在南美洲南端附近的一次不寻常遭遇。

麦哲伦和他的船员接近南美洲最南端的陆地时，

根据远征的官方编年史，

他们遇到了这些高耸的巨人，

他们显然是普通人的两倍高。

我们看到一个巨人，

他在海滨，

全身赤裸，在跳舞、跳跃和歌唱。

他如此高大，我们中最高的也只够到他的腰部。

然而，他的体格很好。

船长将这种人命名为巴塔哥尼亚。

他们目睹了这些非常高大的

该地区本土人，

他实际上将这个地区取名为巴塔哥尼亚，

因为它翻译为“大脚之地。”

这些巨人显然有非常大的脚。

根据维多利亚号的日志，

麦哲伦带着两个这样的巨人返回

前往西班牙宫廷展示。

但他们病得如此严重并死去，

不得不被抛入大海。

[英语]

NARRATOR: It is less than three months since the start of World War I,

and the front page of The New York Times

is dominated by headlines about the global conflict.

But on page nine, a sensational article

documents the incredible discoveries

recently made in South America

by Australian explorer Captain James Besley,

which include the bones of an eight-foot-tall man.

VIEIRA: In 1914, Captain Besley led an expedition in Peru

where he unearthed a giant skeleton

with a huge, elongated skull.

He wrote about it. He discovered it.

He reported it.

You know, what's interesting is, in the historical record,

there's many accounts of giant skeletons

being unearthed in the Lake Titicaca region.

Some were enormous-- eight-, nine-, ten-foot-tall skeletons.

Now, sometimes these are animal bones

that at the time were, uh, misunderstood.

But oftentimes, they are human burials

with human artifacts, elongated skulls,

but a lot of it seems to be lost to history.

So it's still open-ended as to what happened to the bones.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that skeletons of giants

standing as much as ten feet tall

were discovered near Lake Titicaca?

While the finds were well-documented,

what happened to these allegedly giant,

humanlike bones remains unknown.

But researchers point out

that when Spanish conquistadors first arrived

in Peru in the 1500s,

the Native people told them stories

of giants that once inhabited the entire region.

TSOUKALOS: In 1553, the Spanish conquistador Pedro Cieza de León

wrote in his chronicles of Peru

that the Native people told him about giants

who arrived in the area long ago.

And according to local traditions,

their ancestors encountered people so tall

that an ordinary human

would only come up to their knees.

And Pedro Cieza de León also claimed

that some of the Spaniards found a giant shin bone

and a giant tooth.

NEWMAN: There are accounts of giants existing

around the area of Lake Titicaca in the Peru, Bolivia,

Altiplano area.

The Inca said that there was a tradition

of these giants called Huaris

building sites like Tiahuanaco and Puma Punku

long before the Inca or any other cultures existed there.

We also have stories, even at Tiahuanaco itself,

that the great founder god Viracocha,

who emerged from Lake Titicaca,

created a race of giants from the earth, from the mud,

and controlled them

so they would build the megalithic sites

in the area, like Tiahuanaco and Puma Punku,

before they were then vanquished by a great flood.

The historical record and the legends

seem to be telling us about giant humanoids

existing in the past and being associated

with megalithic building.

NARRATOR: For ancient astronaut theorists,

the stories of giants and alleged discoveries

of giant bones in Peru are compelling.

But even more intriguing is the fact

that some of history's greatest explorers

claimed to have actually seen giants in South America

with their own eyes.

Sanlúcar, Spain.

September 8, 1522.

After more than three years at sea, the Victoria,

a ship launched by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan,

sails into the harbor.

Its arrival completes the first circumnavigation of the globe.

As recorded in the ship's log,

Magellan and his crew faced dangerous storms,

fierce battles and grand receptions.

But for many, the most intriguing account

detailed an unusual encounter near the tip of South America.

TSOUKALOS: Ferdinand Magellan and his crew were approaching land

near the southernmost point of South America when,

according to the expedition's official chronicles,

they encountered these towering giants

who apparently stood twice as tall as a normal human.

ANTONIO PIGAFETTA (dramatized): We saw a giant,

who was on the shore of the sea,

quite naked, and was dancing and leaping and singing.

He was so tall that the tallest of us only came up to his waist.

However, he was well-built.

The captain named this kind of people Patagon.

NEWMAN: They witnessed these extremely tall

human Natives of the area,

and he actually named the area Patagonia

because it translates as "Land of the Big Feet."

And these clearly had very big feet, as these were giants.

VIEIRA: According to the logs of the Victoria,

Magellan took back two of these giants on his voyage home

with the goal of presenting them to the court in Spain.

But they became so sick and died,

they had to be thrown overboard.

重点词汇

词汇	含义
explorer /ɪkˈsplɔːrər/ A2	noun - 探险家
discover /dɪˈskʌvər/ A2	verb - 发现
skeleton /ˈskɛlɪtən/ B1	noun - 骨骼
expedition /ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ B1	noun - 探险队
unearthed /ˌʌnˈɜːrθd/ B2	verb - 挖掘
giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ A1	noun - 巨人 adjective - 巨大的
artifact /ˈɑːrtɪfækt/ B2	noun - 人工制品
conquistador /ˌkɒŋkɪstəˈdɔːr/ C1	noun - 西班牙征服者
megalithic /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/ C1	adjective - 巨石建筑的
circumnavigation /ˌsɜːrkəmˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən/ C1	noun - 环球航行
encounter /ɪnˈkaʊntər/ B1	verb - 遇到 noun - 相遇
towering /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/ B2	adjective - 高耸的
tradition /trəˈdɪʃən/ A2	noun - 传统
vanquished /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/ B2	verb - 征服
compelling /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/ B2	adjective - 引人入胜的