高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . 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。
2 . I was so excited that I wanted to tell the whole world what we had found.我激動得想要告訴全世界我們發現了什麼。
3 . 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，
4 . 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。
5 . 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。
6 . 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。
7 . 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，
8 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
9 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
10 . The cave led back into the rockface and the earth by the entrance was dry.巖洞迂迴延伸到巖面裡，靠近洞口的土是乾的。
11 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
12 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
13 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
14 . 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。
15 . 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。
16 . 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。
17 . 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。
18 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
19 . 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。
20 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
21 . One moment we were walking along the top of a hill and now we could see no more than about thirty metres ahead of us.一時間我們還在山頂上行走，而現在30公尺開外的地方我們都看不清了。
22 . 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。
23 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
24 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
25 . 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。
26 . 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。
27 . 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。
28 . 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。
29 . 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。
30 . 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。
31 . 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。」
32 . 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。
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 . 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，
35 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
36 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
37 . 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。
38 . 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，
39 . 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。
40 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
41 . 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。
42 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
43 . The find of the century - Children aged 13 and 11 discover cave paintings.「本世紀的重大發現--13歲和11歲的孩子發現了巖畫」。
44 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
45 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
46 . 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。
47 . The clouds had come down so suddenly we had no warning.烏雲突然出現，我們絲毫沒有覺察。
48 . 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。
49 . 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。
50 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。