高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . We were so excited, my brother and I, that we did not get to sleep until very late.我們太激動，以至於我和我弟到很晚才睡得著。
2 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
3 . 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。
4 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
5 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
6 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
7 . 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。
8 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
9 . 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。」
10 . 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。
11 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
12 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
13 . 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。
14 . 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。
15 . 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。
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 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。
18 . 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。
19 . I realized that they would be very worried, but that they would trust our good sense, wherever we were.我想他們會很擔心，但是無論我們在什麼地方，他們都會相信我們的處事能力。
20 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
21 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
22 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
23 . 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。
24 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
25 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
26 . Light the fire not so near the entrance that the wind will blow the fire out, and not so far in that the smoke will fill the cave, said my brother.「不要太靠近洞口點火，風會把火吹滅的；也不要太靠裡面，那樣煙會充滿山洞的，」我弟弟說，
27 . 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，
28 . 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。
29 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
30 . 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？
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 . 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 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
34 . 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。
35 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
36 . 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。
37 . 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。
38 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
39 . 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。
40 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
41 . 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，
42 . 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」。
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 . 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，
45 . 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。
46 . 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。
47 . 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。
48 . 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。
49 . 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。
50 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？