高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . We collected more wood and laid it in a big pile inside the cave.我們撿了更多的木柴，在山洞裡把它堆成大大的一堆。
2 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
3 . I'm tired, said my younger brother as he climbed up to join me.「我累了，」我弟弟邊說邊爬上岩石和我匯合。
4 . We're warm, we're dry and we're safe.「我們不感到冷，身上是乾的，而且我們很安全。
5 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
6 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
7 . Outside the rain had turned into a storm and lightning flashed over the hills.洞外，小雨已變成狂風暴雨，閃電劃過山崗。
8 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
9 . The smoke from the fire rose and found its way outside and the light danced over the roof of the cave.縷縷青煙從火中升起，飄出洞外，火光在洞頂上閃耀。
10 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
11 . The sides of the deer were coloured with a reddish-brown paint.鹿的四周用一種淡棕帶紅的顏色勾勒。
12 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
13 . We ate our sandwiches and a bar of chocolate each and began to feel better.我們倆都吃了三明治和一塊巧克力才感到舒服些了。
14 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
15 . I think we should continue walking as long as we can see where we're going. I said.「我想只要我們能看見我們朝哪兒走，我們就要繼續走下去，」我說，
16 . You can see shapes on the rock. Do you see that bit?「你可以看見岩石上的形狀。你看見那一小塊了沒有？
17 . We had lost the path and had no hope of finding it again.我們找不到那條小路，而且也沒有希望再找到它了。
18 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
19 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
20 . We spent some time looking around under the trees for some wood.我們花了些時間在樹下四周找木柴。
21 . I went on walking, bending down because the roof of the cave was not very high.因為洞頂不是很高，我繼續彎著腰往前走。
22 . Fortunately we found some that was still dry and carried it back to the cave.幸好，我們找到了一些干木柴，並把木柴抱回巖洞。
23 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
24 . We've still got a little food and water and maybe by tomorrow morning the weather will have cleared up.我們還有一點食物和水，也許到明天早上，天就會晴了。」
25 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
26 . Now I could see a smaller deer next to the one my brother had pointed to.現在我可以看見一隻更小的鹿，它緊挨著我弟弟指的那一隻。
27 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
28 . I took a burning branch from the fire and went to examine the rock.我從火堆中拿起一根燃著的樹枝，走過去檢查那個岩石。
29 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
30 . How extraordinary! I said. I think someone has been carving animals.「多麼神奇啊！」我說，「我想有人一直在刻這些動物。」
31 . I always carry matches with me at such times and I tore out the pages of the first chapter of the book I was reading to get the fire going.在這樣的時候我身上總是帶著火柴的，為了讓火堆燃下去，我從我正在看的那本書的第一章撕下幾頁。
32 . My parents were visiting relatives, and my grandparents had decided to spend the day at home.我父母走親戚去了，祖父母打算那天在家呆著。
33 . We talked and wondered about the people who had lived here before.我們談論並且很好奇以前住在這裡的人們。
34 . Professors from the university in Paris would be coming down by train.巴黎那些大學的教授們將會坐火車來這裡。
35 . There were birds too, with the eyes carved out of the rock and painted white.還有一些鳥的眼睛是用石頭刻的，並被塗上白色。
36 . If we go downhill, we might find a stream, and if we follow the stream we should reach a farm, or a village or a bridge.「如果我們走下山，我們可能會發現一條小溪，如果我們沿著小溪走，我們會到達一個農場或一個村莊或是一座橋。」
37 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
38 . I knew that experts from the local museum would soon visit the cave.我知道本地博物館的專家會很快到山洞來探訪。
39 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
40 . It was like stepping into a secret art museum, in which we were the only visitors.就像是走進入了一個秘密的藝術博物館，我們是館內唯一的遊客。
41 . A fine rain began to fall on our heads and the temperature had dropped.一陣小雨落到我們頭上，氣溫開始下降了。
42 . I was proud that we had come across something that was completely unknown and valuable and,讓我感到自豪的是，我們在無意中發現了不為世人所知的、有價值的東西，
43 . It looks a bit like a deer. There's its head and there are its feet.它看起來有點像鹿，那是鹿頭，那是鹿腳。
44 . On the other hand, I felt sad that I wasn't able to tell my grandparents that we were safe.另一方面，我為不能告訴我的祖父母我們十分安全而感到難過。
45 . I think we are the first people here for hundreds of years. Maybe thousands.「我認為幾百年，可能幾千年以來，我們是第一次來這裡的人。」
46 . Neither of us realized that night that these carvings and paintings dated back 15,000 years,我們沒有意識到這些刻畫追溯到15，000年前，
47 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
48 . There would be pictures in magazines and newspapers, showing crowds of peope with their cameras and noisy, excited talk.報紙和雜誌將刊登出圖片，報紙和雜誌將刊登出圖片，展示那些帶著照相機熙熙攘攘蜂湧而至的人群。
49 . It was beginning to get dark. I think we'd best stay the night here, I said.天開始變黑。「我看我們最好在這裡過夜，」我說，
50 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」