高三英語課文
Unit 23 The find of the century
1 . The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。
2 . 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。
3 . 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。
4 . I don't think anyone knows about this. I said.「我想沒人知道這一情況，」我說。
5 . 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。
6 . 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。
7 . 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。
8 . 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。
9 . 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，
10 . 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。」
11 . What languages did they speak?他們講什麼語言？
12 . At least we're safte here, I said.「起碼我們在這裡是安全的，」我說。
13 . 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。」
14 . We succeeded in lighting the fire.我們成功地點著火。
15 . 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。
16 . 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。
17 . We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.「我們可以生火取暖，」我說道。
18 . 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。
19 . Ok. We can stop here for a time.「那好吧！我們可以在這裡停一下。」
20 . 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。
21 . 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，
22 . On one hand, I was anxious to leave.一方面，我急於離開山洞。
23 . 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？
24 . I went further back into the cave and stopped still.我向前走拐進巖洞，停住不動。
25 . 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。
26 . 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。
27 . 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。
28 . I shall never forget that extraordinary evening.我永遠忘記不了那個不平凡的夜晚。
29 . 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。
30 . 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。
31 . It follows the shape of the rock.它順著岩石的形狀。
32 . 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。
33 . 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。
34 . 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。
35 . 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。
36 . 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。
37 . 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。
38 . I think we're lost! What shall we do?「我想我們迷路了！我們該怎麼辦呢？」
39 . What clothes did they wear?他們穿什麼？
40 . Let's think carefully, I replied.「讓我們仔細想一想，」我答道。
41 . 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。」
42 . 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。
43 . 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。
44 . 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。
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 . We were in a better position than they were.我們的處境比他們要好。
47 . It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.看起來好像這隻鹿是畫上去似的。」
48 . How many people lived here?多少人住在這裡？
49 . Funny, said my brother.「真有趣，」我弟弟說。
50 . 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。