高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
2 . 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，
3 . 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。
4 . 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。
5 . 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。
6 . 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。
7 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
8 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
9 . 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。
10 . 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。
11 . 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。
12 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
13 . 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。
14 . 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。」
15 . I guessed, extremely old.我猜測是極古老的東西。
16 . This is wonderful, I said.「這太奇妙了，」我說。
17 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
18 . 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，
19 . 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。
20 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
21 . And don't set the hillside on fire either!「也不要把山坡弄著火了。」
22 . What were their names?他們叫什麼？
23 . nor that the headline in the newspaper would be也沒有想到報紙的頭條是
24 . 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。
25 . 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。」
26 . 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。
27 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
28 . When did they leave this area?他們什麼時候離開這裡？
29 . 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。」
30 . 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。
31 . Here were not carvings in the rock but paintings.這裡岩石上不是石刻而是繪畫。
32 . 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，
33 . 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。
34 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
35 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
36 . 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」。
37 . 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。
38 . 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。
39 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
40 . 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。
41 . 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。
42 . 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。
43 . I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.我轉了個彎，十分驚奇地看著。
44 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
45 . 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。」
46 . 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。
47 . 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。
48 . 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，
49 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
50 . 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。