高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
2 . 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。
3 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
4 . 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。
5 . 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，
6 . 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，
7 . 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。
8 . 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。
9 . 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。
10 . 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。
11 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
12 . 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。
13 . 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。」
14 . 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。
15 . 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。
16 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
17 . 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。」
18 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
19 . 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。
20 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
21 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
22 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
23 . 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。
24 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
25 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
26 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
27 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
28 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
29 . 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。
30 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
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 . 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，
33 . 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。
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 . 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。
36 . 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。
37 . 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。
38 . 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。
39 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
40 . 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。
41 . 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。
42 . 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，
43 . 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。
44 . 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。
45 . 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。
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 . 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。
48 . 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。
49 . 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？
50 . 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。