高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . 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。」
2 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
3 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
4 . 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，
5 . 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。
6 . 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。
7 . 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。」
8 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
9 . 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。
10 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
11 . 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。
12 . 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。
13 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
14 . 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。
15 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
16 . 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。
17 . 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。」
18 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
19 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
20 . 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。
21 . 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。」
22 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
23 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
24 . 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。
25 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
26 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
27 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
28 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
29 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
30 . 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。
31 . 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。
32 . 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，
33 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
34 . 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。
35 . 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。
36 . 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。
37 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
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 . 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？
40 . 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。
41 . 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。
42 . 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，
43 . 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。
44 . 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。
45 . 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。
46 . 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。
47 . 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。
48 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
49 . 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。
50 . 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。