高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . 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。
2 . 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。
3 . 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。
4 . 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。
5 . 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。
6 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
7 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
8 . 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。
9 . 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。
10 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
11 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
12 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
13 . 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。
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 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
16 . 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。
17 . 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。
18 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
19 . 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。」
20 . 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。
21 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
22 . 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。
23 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
24 . 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。
25 . 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。
26 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
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 . 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。
29 . 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。
30 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
31 . 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，
32 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
33 . 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。
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 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
36 . 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。
37 . 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。」
38 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
39 . 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。
40 . 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。
41 . 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。
42 . 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？
43 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
44 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
45 . 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。
46 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
47 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
48 . 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。
49 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
50 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」