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1·The moai, he thinks, accelerated the self-destruction.

他认为，摩埃加速了自我毁灭。

2·When the wood was gone and civil war began, the islanders began toppling the moai.

当森林消失，内战开始，岛上的居民开始推倒摩艾石像。

3·The identity of the moai builders was in doubt until well into the twentieth century.

摩艾石像的建造者的身份直到20世纪才得到确认。

4·Hunt and Lipo contend that moai-building was an activity that helped keep the peace between islanders.

亨特和利波认为，建造摩艾岛的活动有助于维持岛上居民之间的和平。

5·They also believe that moving the moai required few people and no wood, because they were walked upright.

他们还相信移动这些摩埃石像仅需要很少的人力且不需要木材，因为它们是直立地“走”过去的。

6·Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known locally, is home to several hundred ancient human statues—the moai.

复活节岛（当地人称之为拉普努伊岛）是数百座古代人类雕像——摩艾石像的故乡。

7·Diamond thinks they laid the moai on wooden sledges, hauled over log rails, but that required both a lot of wood and a lot of people.

戴蒙德认为他们把摩艾石像放在木制雪橇上，然后拖过原木轨道，但这需要很多木材和人力。

8·All the energy and resources that went into the moai—some of which are ten metres tall and weigh over 7,000 kilos—came from the island itself.

所有进入摩艾的能量和资源——其中一些有10米高，7000多公斤重——都来自这个岛。

9·No one knows for sure how the Moai came to be.

没有人确切知道毛埃的来历。

10·Giant stone moai stand on Easter Island's stony slopes.

巨大的莫埃石像矗立在复活节岛的石坡上。