高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . 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？
2 . 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。
3 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
4 . 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。
5 . 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。
6 . 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，
7 . 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。
8 . 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。
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 went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
11 . 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。」
12 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
13 . 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。
14 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
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 . 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。
17 . 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。
18 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
19 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
20 . 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。
21 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
22 . 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，
23 . 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。
24 . 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。
25 . 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。
26 . 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。
27 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
28 . 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。
29 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
30 . 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。
31 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
32 . 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。
33 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
34 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
35 . 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。」
36 . 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。
37 . 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。
38 . 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。
39 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
40 . 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。
41 . 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。
42 . 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。
43 . 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。
44 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
45 . 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。」
46 . 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。
47 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
48 . 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。
49 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
50 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。