遇見南島

遇見南島

在這裡，台灣與世界交會

台灣，在不同時期以各異的姿態被世界看見。
近年來，晶片是台灣的關鍵字。上個世紀中，MIT的產品幾乎席捲全球；學術界研究南島族群往太平洋群島擴張的路徑，推測台灣可能是南島族群可追溯最早的原鄉；在沒有文字的史前時期，台灣玉是東南亞地區交易熱絡的產品。
佇立在東台灣的國立臺灣史前文化博物館，就說著台灣與世界一起脈動的故事。

Where Taiwan Meets the World:

Maritime Encounters of the Past

Across the millennia, Taiwan has successively presented different aspects of itself to the world.
If microchips have become representative of our islands only in recent years, the 20th century already witnessed the global reach of products made in Taiwan. Scholars investigating the spread of Austronesian cultures across the Pacific Ocean have surmised that these peoples originated in Taiwan. It has also emerged that in prehistoric times, jades from Taiwan were part of a dynamic exchange with Southeast Asia.
Situated in Taitung City, the National Museum of Prehistory tells precisely this story of Taiwan’s symbiotic relationship with the wider world since time immemorial.

1. 學術界研究南島族群往太平洋群島擴張的路徑，推測台灣可能是南島族群可追溯最早的原鄉。
   Scholars investigating the spread of Austronesian cultures across the Pacific Ocean have surmised that these peoples originated in Taiwan.

• surmise 推測；猜測，臆測
  It is correctly surmised that Sir William was poisoned before being stabbed.

1. 他們更願意去與鄰近的島嶼連結、交換，換取資源。
   Far from sticking to just one place, they “connected, bartered, and exchanged resources with those who lived on neighboring islands.

• barter以（等價物或勞務）作為交換；拿……進行易貨貿易
  Austronesian cultures boast a rich abundance of bartering networks.

1. 南島族群的文化思維裡大概沒有「安土重遷」，血液裡更多是冒險的因子，
   Austronesian cultures probably did not cherish the idea of permanent residence, for adventure was in the blood of these seafarers.

• seafarer 船員；航海家
  If we posit that the last wave of their migration reached New Zealand in the 14th century, their geographical explorations predated those of Western seafarers by several centuries.

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