高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
2 . 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。
3 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
4 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
5 . 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？
6 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
7 . 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」。
8 . 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。
9 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
10 . 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。」
11 . 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。
12 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
13 . 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。
14 . 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。」
15 . 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，
16 . 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。
17 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
18 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
19 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
20 . 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。
21 . 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。
22 . 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。
23 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
24 . 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。
25 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
26 . 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，
27 . 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。
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 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
30 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
31 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
32 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
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 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。
36 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
37 . 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。
38 . 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。
39 . 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。
40 . 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。」
41 . 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。
42 . 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。
43 . 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。
44 . 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。」
45 . 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。
46 . 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。
47 . 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。
48 . 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。
49 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
50 . 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。