高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . 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。
2 . 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。
3 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
4 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
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 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
7 . 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。
8 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
9 . 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，
10 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
11 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
12 . 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。
13 . 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。
14 . 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，
15 . 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。
16 . 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。
17 . 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，
18 . 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。」
19 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
20 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
21 . 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。
22 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
23 . 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。
24 . 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。
25 . 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。
26 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
27 . 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。
28 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
29 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
30 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
31 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
32 . 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。」
33 . 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」。
34 . 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。
35 . 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，
36 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
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 . 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？
39 . 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，
40 . 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。
41 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
42 . 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。
43 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
44 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
45 . 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。
46 . 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。
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 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
49 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
50 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。