高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
2 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
3 . 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。
4 . 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。
5 . 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。
6 . 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。
7 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
8 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
9 . I could see a snake, a bear, a wolf, but no people.我還看見一條蛇、一隻熊、一隻狼，但沒有看見人。
10 . This evening the cave was ours. It belonged to no one else.今天晚上，山洞是我們的，它不屬於別人。
11 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
12 . 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。
13 . 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，
14 . 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。
15 . 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，
16 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
17 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
18 . 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。
19 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
20 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
21 . In front of me was a wall of animals.在我的前面是一面刻滿了動物的牆壁。
22 . 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。
23 . 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。」
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 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。
26 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
27 . 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，
28 . 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。
29 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
30 . In fact, I was a bit frightened and didn't know what we should do.事實上我有點害怕，不知道我們該怎麼辦。
31 . It's very difficult to see where we're going and the shower may pass in an hour or two. Let's rest and have some food.「現在很難看到我們要去的地方。陣雨可能一兩個小時就會過去，我們休息一下吃點東西。」
32 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
33 . 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。
34 . Another part of me wanted this moment to continue for ever.我還有另一個想法，就是希望此時能永遠持續下去。
35 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
36 . 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。
37 . The lines of the animal had in fact been cut into the rock.事實上，動物的線條被刻進岩石裡。
38 . 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。
39 . It was a Sunday in May. My brother and I had decided to go off for a long walk while we were staying with my grandparents in the French countryside.5月的一個星期天，我和弟弟決定去遠足。當時我們住在法國鄉下的祖父母家中。
40 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
41 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
42 . 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。
43 . 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。
44 . 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。
45 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
46 . 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。」
47 . 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。
48 . 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。」
49 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
50 . 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。