高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
2 . 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。
3 . 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？
4 . 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。
5 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
6 . 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。
7 . 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。
8 . 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。」
9 . 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。
10 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
11 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
12 . 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。
13 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
14 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
15 . 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。
16 . 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。
17 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
18 . 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。
19 . 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。
20 . 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。
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 . 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。
23 . 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。
24 . 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。
25 . 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。
26 . 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，
27 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
28 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
29 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
30 . 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。
31 . 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。
32 . 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。
33 . 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。
34 . 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。
35 . 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。
36 . 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。
37 . 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。
38 . 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。」
39 . 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。
40 . 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。
41 . 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。
42 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
43 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
44 . 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，
45 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
46 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
47 . 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。
48 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
49 . 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。
50 . 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。」