高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . 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。
2 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
3 . 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。
4 . 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。
5 . 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。」
6 . 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。」
7 . 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？
8 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
9 . 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。
10 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
11 . 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。
12 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
13 . 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。
14 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
15 . 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。」
16 . 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。
17 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
18 . 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。
19 . 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。
20 . 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，
21 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
22 . 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。
23 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
24 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
25 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
26 . 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。
27 . 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。
28 . 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。
29 . 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。
30 . 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，
31 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
32 . 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，
33 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
34 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
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 . 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。」
37 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
38 . 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。
39 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
40 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
41 . 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，
42 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
43 . 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。
44 . 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，
45 . 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。
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 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
48 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
49 . 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。
50 . 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。