高中英语人教版高二下课文10

[03:49.96]He was important for another reason:
[03:51.93]另一个原因也说明很重要：
[03:53.90]he was buried three miles from Stonehenge
[03:56.17]他埋葬在离巨石柱三英里的地方，
[03:58.45]at the time when the great stones were being brought to Salisbury to build it.
[04:01.48]正是这些巨大的石头被运往索尔兹伯里来修建巨石柱时埋葬的。
[04:04.51]Archaeologists tend to believe that this man was a member of a powerful class
[04:07.89]考古学家倾向于认为这个人是统治阶级的一个成员，
[04:11.27]that may well have organised the construction of Stonehenge.
[04:13.90]也许正是他组织巨石柱的建筑工作。
[04:16.52]For these reasons,this man has been called the King of Stonehenge.
[04:19.64]基于这些原因，这个人一直被叫做巨石柱国王。
[04:22.77]Stonehenge was begun around 3000 BC.
[04:25.29]巨石柱大约始建于公元前3，000年，
[04:27.81]In about 2300 BC the huge stone circles were built.
[04:31.35]大约公元前2，300年巨石柱被建成。
[04:34.89]The biggest stones weight approximately 20 tons
[04:37.37]最大的石块重达20吨，
[04:39.85]and came from a place not very far.
[04:42.28]来自不远的地方。
[04:44.71]But the smaller blue stones,stil weighing four tons on average,
[04:47.79]但是小的蓝色石块每块也有四吨重，
[04:50.87]came from west Wales.
[04:52.70]都来自威尔士西部。
[04:54.53]It is not yet known how these were conveyed over a distance of 380 kilometres.
[04:58.46]还不知道这些石块是怎样运过380公里路程的。
[05:02.39]It is also a mystery how early man was able to construct Stonehenge
[05:05.63]早期人类是怎样在既没有现代的建筑机器，
[05:08.87]without the use of modern construction machines and lorries.
[05:11.65]也没有马力情况下修建巨石柱也是一件神秘的事情。
[05:14.44]It is possible that the King of Stonehenge was linked to the stones:
[05:17.56]可能巨石柱国王就和这些石块有关：
[05:20.68]he may have had a hand in planning the monument,
[05:23.30]他也许掌管了这座纪念物的规划
[05:25.93]or in helping transport and pull up the stones.
[05:28.52]或者帮助运输和拖巨石。
[05:31.10]Perhaps the most important fact about the King of Stonehenge
[05:33.83]关于巨石柱国王最重要的事实也许就是他来自中欧。
[05:36.56]is that his homeland was somewhere in Central Europe.
[05:41.11]He is an example of people who brought culture
[05:43.54]人们把欧洲大陆把文化和新技术带到英国，
[05:45.97]and new techniques from the European mainland to Britain.
[05:48.55]他就是一个例子。
[05:51.14]In terms of technical development,
[05:53.06]就技术发展而言，
[05:54.98]pople were going from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.
[05:57.41]当时人们正经过石器时代到铜器时代。
[05:59.84]In the Stone Age most tools were made of stone.
[06:02.32]大多数的工具是用石头做的。
[06:04.80]In the Bronze Age,people could make tools of copper and bronze,but not iron.
[06:08.29]在铜器时代，他们能够制作各种金属例如铜和青铜，但不能制作铁。
[06:11.77]Iron came later,in what was called the Iron Age.
[06:14.65]后来才有铁，就是我们所说的铁器时时代。
[06:17.52]At first it was thought that the skills to make copper and bronze objects
[06:20.55]首先人们认为这是经过了战争和武装冲突，
[06:23.58]spread to Britain was through war and armed conflict,
[06:28.94]but it is now believed to have happened through trade and cultural links.
[06:32.07]但是现在人们相信是通过贸易和文化交流。
[06:35.21]The King of Stonehenge came with the skills to make metal,
[06:37.73]巨石柱国王带来了制作金属的技术，
[06:40.25]and that would have given him a high status in the eyes of local people.
[06:43.28]在当地人眼中拥有崇高的地位。
[06:46.31]Some of the artefacts in his grave came from remote places.
[06:48.99]他墓中的有些人工制品来自很远的地方。
[06:51.66]It has been proved that the copper knives came from places as distant as Spain
[06:54.99]铜刀已经被证明来自西班牙
[06:58.32]and western France.The gold jewellery came from Europe too.
[07:01.30]和法国西部。黄金首饰也来自欧洲。
[07:04.28]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[07:07.70]综合技巧
[07:11.12]Reading  ROOTS OF CHINESE CUL TURE
[07:13.35]阅读  中国文化的根源
[07:15.57]Jinsha Village near Chengdu,in southwest Sichuan province,
[07:18.70]2001年，位于四川省西南部、成都附近的金沙村
[07:21.84]became famous all over China in 2001.