piao liu zhe 20

Song 漂流者 20
Artist 英语听力
Album BBC南太平洋

Lyrics

[00:00.650] Only very recently has their language been traced back to Taiwan,
[00:04.720] and their pottery to the Philippines
[00:07.400] Combined with DNA analysis,
[00:09.400] evidence now points to the Lapita, a seafaring people from Southeast Asia
[00:14.410] Back in the Solomons, on the tiny island of Taumako,
[00:18.200] descendants of the Lapita still build and sail traditional voyaging canoes
[00:22.510] These canoes may look basic,
[00:25.400] but their relative sophistication enabled the Lapita to travel further into
[00:29.200] the Pacific than anyone had ever dared before
[00:32.520] They were nolonger reliant on paddles alone - they had wind power
[00:37.980] Sails, perhaps similar to this crab-claw design,
[00:41.370] enabled the Lapita to cover huge distances
[00:44.640] But with heavy sails,
[00:46.310] the canoes needed extra stability
[00:48.660] The Lapita added a second hull
[00:50.990] and the long-distance outrigger canoe was finally born