新概念英语青少版第三册：第39课 The Lascaux Cave

新概念英语青少版第三册：第39课 The Lascaux

Cave

Television Day： The Lascaux Cave

电视课：拉斯瓜山洞

Have you heard of the Lascaux Cave

你听说过拉斯瓜山洞

and the famous pictures there?

和那里有名的壁画吗？

In 1941,a French schoolboy,Marcel Raviday, and three of his friends

1941年，一位法国小孩，马塞尔·雷维戴特和他的三个朋友

explored a hill near the village of Montignac.

探察了一座靠近叫做蒙蒂纳克乡村的小山。

Suddenly,Marcel's dog disappeared down a hole in the rocks.

忽然马塞尔的一只狗掉进岩石洞里不见了。

The hole was dark.Perhaps it was dangerous down there.

洞里很暗，也许底下很危险。

Marcel shouldn't have gone into it alone,

马塞尔不该独自一人下洞，

but he did.He rescued the dog.

但他下去了，他救出了狗。

Marcel and his friends

马塞尔和他的朋友们

decided to go down the hole together the next day.

决定第二天一起下洞里去。

The boys returned the next morning with ropes and candles.

第二天早晨,孩子们带着绳子和蜡烛又来到洞前。

They climbed into the hole and came to a big cave.

他们爬进洞里，进入一个大山洞。

They accidentally made a great discovery.

他们意外地得到一大发现。

They found pictures of animals on the walls.

他们看到了画在墙上的动物画。

Prehistoric men painted these pictures more than 20,000 years ago.

是早在20,000多年前史前人画的。

The Lascaux Gave has been famous ever since just because of four boys and a dog!

从此拉斯瓜山洞就出名了，全靠4个小孩和一条狗发现了它。