Often the tattoos were of animals or natural features like a river or a mountain.

Tattoos in Polynesia are still important today.

如今，纹身在波利尼西亚仍然很重要。

In many countries, tattoos are in fashion.

纹身在许多国家都很流行。

The European sailors liked them and made their own tattoos, so the idea traveled to Europe.

欧洲的水手很喜欢它们,创造了他们自己的纹身,这个概念因此传到了欧洲。

The people on the islands had tattoos on their shoulders, chests, backs and legs.

岛上的人们在肩膀、胸部、背部和腿部都有纹身。

However, tattoos are not modern.

然而，纹身并不是在现代才发展起来的。

He thinks people in modern societies often have tattoos because they are a connection to the traditional world.

他认为现代社会的很多人都有纹身,因为纹身与传统世界有联系。

In ancient Egypt, people got tattoos because they were "beautiful".

在古埃及，人们纹身是因为他们觉得纹身很"漂亮"。

In the US, tattoos are very popular.

在美国,纹身很受欢迎。

Chris Rainier is an expert in tattoos and his book Ancient Marks has photos of tattoos from all over the world.

克里斯·雷尼尔是纹身方面的专家，他的著作《远古印记》中有世界各地人群的纹身照片。

On TV you can often see a famous actor or musician with a tattoo on his arm or foot.

在电视上你经常可以看到一个著名的演员或音乐家手臂或脚上有纹身。

Forty percent of Americans aged between 26 and 40 have a tattoo, and 60 percent of customers in US tattoo parlors are women.

在26岁至40岁的美国人中,40%的人有纹身,美国纹身店60%的顾客是女性。

He had 57 tattoos on his back, ankles, legs, knees and feet.

他一共有57个纹身，遍及他的背部、脚踝、腿、膝盖和脚上。

Tattoos were used for many different reasons.

人们纹身出于很多原因。

And can you call tattoos a fashion?

你能说纹身是一种时尚吗？

But in ancient Rome, tattoos were negative and put on criminals and prisoners.

但在古罗马,纹身是负面的,会纹在罪犯和囚犯身上。

They saw tattoos for the first time.

他们第一次看到纹身。

So is there a connection between traditional tattoos and fashionable tattoos?

那么传统纹身和时尚纹身之间有联系吗?

In India, tattoos were religious.

在印度，纹身具有宗教性质。

Humans long to be immortal.

人类渴望长生不老.

My parents asked why I had waited so long to seek help.

父母问我,为什么等了这么久才去求助.