of Easter Island
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Island of Mystery.
神秘岛目录.
4 Who Made the Moai?
4 谁造了莫艾?
5 Why Were the Moai Made?
五,莫艾人为什么制造?
6 Walking Statues?
6个步行者?
7 The Mysterious End.
7"神秘结局".
11 More Clues.
11多克吕斯.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Island of Mystery Far in the South Pacific lies a lonely place called Easter Island.
16 南太平洋神秘远岛 是一个孤独的地方 叫做复活节岛
The island is home to about six thousand people and hundreds of giant stone statues called moai.
该岛有约六千人和数百个被称作"摩艾"的巨型石像.
It is also home to many mysteries.
这也是许多神秘之处所在。
Easter Island is home to almost nine hundred mysterious stone statues.
复活节岛有近九百个神秘的石雕.
Who Made the Moai?
谁制造了摩艾?
Scientists think that the first people came to Easter Island between eight hundred and twelve hundred years ago.
科学家认为最早的人是在八一二百年前来到复活节岛.
The island is very hard to get to.
小岛很难到达
Other lands with people are more than a thousand miles away across the ocean.
其他与人相伴的土地相去千多里,相去相去甚远.
So, scientists think that the island people probably made the moai.
所以,科学家们认为 岛上的人可能制造出沼泽地。
Why Were the Moai Made?
为什么是莫艾制造的?
Scientists are not sure why the moai were made.
科学家们不确定为什么造出摩艾.
Many think that the moai are symbols of power and religion.
许多人认为摩艾是权力和宗教的象征.
Others think that the moai were made to remind people of their ancestors.
也有人认为"摩艾"是为了提醒人们祖先而作.
Of the 887 moai on the island, only 7 face the ocean.
在岛上的887 mai中,只有7个面临海洋.
A legend says that those statues were of seven people who visited the island before it was settled.
一个传说说,那些雕像是7个人在岛上定居之前访问的.
Many of the moai have hats carved from red volcanic rock.
许多摩艾有从红色火山岩上雕刻出帽子.
Walking Statues?
走着去?
Scientists have found a pit on the island where the moai were cut from a stone wall.
科学家在岛上发现了从一堵石墙上取出摩艾的坑.
Scientists have also discovered the stone tools used to make the moai.
科学家们还发现了用来制造摩艾的石器.
However, they’re still not sure how the people moved the moai to the edge of the island.
民众如何将摩艾移到岛上边缘。
Many moai are the size of two tall men.
许多摩艾是两个高个子的大小.
They are as heavy as a school bus.
他们和校车一样重
They are too heavy to drag around.
它们太重,不能拖来拖去。
The people of the island had no carts.
岛上的人没有马车
The moai were carved lying down using only stone tools.
摩艾被雕刻下来 仅使用石头工具。
The tallest moai standing on the island is 33 feet (10 m) high.
岛上站立的最高莫艾高地为33英尺(10米).
Some scientists think the people used tree trunks to roll the moai.
一些科学家认为人们使用树干来卷起摩艾.
But some old stories say that the moai walked.
但有些老故事说摩艾走过.
Could this be true?
这是真的吗?
In 2012, scientists did some tests to see if a moai could walk.
2012年,科学家们做了一些测试,看看一个moai是否能行走.
They tied long ropes to the top of a moai.
他们把长长的绳子绑在摩艾上
People pulled on the ropes.
人们拉起绳子。
First they pulled on one side, and then they pulled on the other.
首先他们拉到一边,然后拉到另一边。
The statue rocked back and forth.
雕像前后摇.
The moai moved forward little by little as the people pulled.
摩艾随着人们的拉动而渐渐向前.
The moai was walking!
摩艾在走动!
The Mysterious End What happened to the people of the island is another mystery.
岛上人民遭遇的神秘结局是另一个谜.
Some scientists think that as many as ten thousand people lived on Easter Island around the year 1300.
一些科学家认为大约1300年就有上万人生活在复活节岛.
They think this because they study how much trash was left behind by the early people on the island.
他们之所以这样认为,是因为他们研究了岛上早期人留下了多少垃圾.
Yet explorers from Europe found less than three thousand people living on the island in the 1700s.
然而来自欧洲的探险家发现,在1700年代,岛上居住着不到三千人.
By that time, there were only a few trees left.
这时,只剩下几棵树了.
The people of the island weren’t growing much food.
岛上的居民没有种植多少食物。
The visitors found moai lying on the ground, pushed over by the island people.
游客发现被岛人推倒的莫艾躺在地上.
Some finished moai were left along paths to the sea.
一些完成的莫伊被留在了通向大海的道路上。
What happened?
发生了什么事?
Scientists measure the ruins of a boat-shaped house on Easter Island.
科学家们测量了复活节岛上一幢船形房屋的废墟.
By the year 1868, all the moai on Easter Island had been knocked over.
到1868年,复活节岛上的所有摩艾被打倒.
The ones standing today have been put back up.
今天站着的人被放回去了
Scientists have many ideas about what happened to the islanders.
科学家对岛上居民的遭遇有很多想法.
One idea is that the people of the island cut down too many trees.
一个想法是岛上的人砍倒了太多的树木.
Or maybe rats that came to the island with the people ate the tree seeds.
或许是老鼠带着人吃树籽来到岛上
Without trees, people would not have been able to build fishing boats.
没有树木,人们就无法建造渔船。
Soil for growing crops would have washed away without tree roots to hold it in place.
种植作物的土壤在没有树根的情况下被冲走。
Another idea is that the number of people on the island grew too fast.
另一个想法是岛上的人口增长过快.
The island was not big enough to grow food for everyone.
岛上面积不够大,无法为所有人种植粮食。
Some scientists think the people of the island had a war.
一些科学家认为岛上的人们发生了战争.
Others think that many of them got sick and died.
其他人则认为他们中许多人生病并死亡.
No one knows for sure what happened to the people.
没有人知道 到底发生了什么发生在人民身上。
More Clues Today, scientists work to understand writing left by the early people of the island.
"今日更多克吕斯"(Clues Today),科学家们努力理解岛上早期人留下的写作.
Others study designs on the partly buried moai.
其他人研究部分被掩埋的mai的设计。
These clues, and other new discoveries, may someday help explain the mysteries of Easter Island.
这些线索和其他新的发现 有一天可能会帮助解释复活节岛的奥秘
Glossary ancestors (n.)
词汇祖先 (n.
family members from long ago (p.
从很久以前起的家庭成员(p.
6) legend (n.)
6) 传奇 (n.
an old story that is believed to be true but cannot be proven (p.
一个被认为真实但无法证实的老故事(p.
6) moai (n.)
6）摩艾石像（名词）
statues of human figures found on Easter Island, each carved from a single piece of rock (p.
在复活节岛上发现的人类人物雕像,每个雕刻出从一块岩石上(p.
4) religion (n.)
4) 宗教(不详)
a system of beliefs and practices to serve or worship a God or gods (p.
一种信仰和实践体系,用于服务或崇拜一神或一神(p.
6) scientists (n.)
6) 科学家(n.
people who study one or more fields of science (p.
研究一个或多个科学领域的人(p.
5) symbols (n.)
5)符号 (n.
objects, pictures, or signs that stand for ideas, letters, or words (p.
对象,图片,或代表思想,信件,或文字的标志(p.
6) Carvings of a “birdman” can be seen on the backs of some moai.
6) 从一些摩艾的背上可以看到“鸟人”的雕刻。
The worship of the “birdman” eventually became the main religion of the islanders.
“鸟人”的崇拜最终成为岛民的主要宗教。