周口店洞穴参观记

　　一群英国学生(学)来到周口店洞穴参观，有一位考古学家(考)正领着他们参观。

　　考：欢迎到中国来参观周口店洞穴。很高兴见到你们这些来自英国并且对考古学感兴趣的学生。你们想必都很清楚，正是在这个地方，我们找到了居住在世界上这个地区的最早人类的证据。我们在这儿进行挖掘工作已经很多年了，而且......

　　S1：I'm sorry to interrupt⑦ you but how could they live here? There are only rocks and trees.

　　A：Good question. You are an acute⑧ observer. We have found human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill as well as⑨ tools and other objects. So we think it is reasonable to assume⑩ they lived in these caves, regardless of⑪ the cold⑫.

　　S2：How did they keep warm? They couldn't have mats⑬， blankets or quilts⑭ like we do. It must have been⑮ very uncomfortable.

　　A：We've discovered fireplaces in the centre of the caves where they made fires⑯. That would have kept them warm⑰， cooked the food and scared wild beasts⑱ away⑲ as well⑳. We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter. We haven't found any doors but we think they might have hung animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out\s\up1(21(21) the cold during the freezing winter\s\up1(22(22). 　　⑦interrupt /ˌIntə'rʌpt/vt.& vi.打断......讲话；打岔；暂时中断或中止

　　⑧acute /ə'kjuːt/adj.有观察力的；敏锐的；严重的；深刻的acute在句中表示"观察力敏锐"。

　　⑨as well as "也；又"，连接并列成分。

　　⑩assume /ə'sjuːm/vt.假定；设想

　　⑪regardless of 不管；不顾；不理会

　　⑫在it is reasonable to assume ...中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是to assume ...

　　⑬mat /mæt/n.席子；垫子

　　⑭quilt /kwIlt/ n．被子；棉被

　　⑮must have done意为"一定......，肯定......"，表示对过去情况的肯定推测。

　　⑯make fires 生火

　　⑰keep them warm是"keep＋宾语＋adj.(宾补)"结构。

　　⑱beast /biːst/n.野兽

　　⑲scare ...away把......吓跑

　　⑳as well还；也。用于肯定句句尾。

　　\s\up1(21(21)keep out 阻挡　\s\up1(22(22)freezing winter 寒冷的冬天