Stonehenge
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents An Ancient Monument.
古迹目录.
4 Earth and Giant Stones.
四地与巨石.
5 Where Is Stonehenge?
5 巨石阵在哪里?
7 Building Stonehenge.
7 建巨石阵.
8 An Outdoor Temple.
8号门外寺.
10 Stonehenge Today.
今天10个巨石阵
13 Ancient Wonder.
13 Ancient Wonder. (原始内容存档于2018-10-12).
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 An Ancient Monument Out in the countryside in southern England is a monument formed of dirt and giant stones.
16个古迹 外出地处英格兰南部的农村是一座由泥土和巨石所形成的纪念碑.
Built thousands of years ago, it is known as Stonehenge.
建于万历年间,取名"巨石".
Scientists called archaeologists have been studying it for a long time.
被称作"考古学家"的科学家对此进行了长时间的研究.
They are trying to learn how and why it was built.
他们正试图了解它是如何建造的,以及为什么建造它。
They also want to know more about the people who built it.
他们还想更多地了解建造它的人。
They search for clues about the mysteries of this ancient monument.
他们寻找关于这个古老纪念碑的奥秘的线索.
The stones at Stonehenge have been exposed to harsh weather for thousands of years.
巨石阵的石头暴露在恶劣天气下已有上千年.
Earth and Giant Stones From the sky, Stonehenge looks like a small circle inside a big circle.
地与巨石从天而出,巨石阵外形相去相去甚远,相去甚远.
The bigger circle is a ditch around a raised mound of dirt.
更大的圆圈是一条沟,环绕起的土丘.
The giant sarsen stones in the outer stone circle are made of a type of sandstone.
外出石圈中的巨型沙森石由一类砂岩制成.
Stones called lintels once lay atop the sarsen stones, connecting them all together.
叫做"林特斯"的石头曾将沙森石铺设在地上,将它们连接在一起.
The inner stones form a horseshoe shape.
内出石形成马蹄形.
They are sarsen stones called trilithons, which means they’re made of three parts.
也就是说它们由三部分组成。
Two stones stand upright and one lintel lies across them.
两块石头直立地站着 另一块林特尔就在他们中间
Other rocks in the circle are made of bluestone.
圆圈中的其他岩石由蓝石所成.
An artist shows how Stonehenge might have looked when the circle was complete and no stones had fallen over.
一位艺术家展示了巨石阵在圆形完成时的样子,没有石头倒下.
of a football field.
足球场。
at Stonehenge.
在巨石阵
Experts think there used to be thirty.
专家认为过去有三十个
The sarsen stones are very tall and heavy.
砂石高而重.
Some of them weigh more than a school bus—22,680 kilograms (50,000 lb.)
其中一些车重超过校车22 680公斤(50 000磅)
ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH SEA IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND SCOTLAND ENGLAND WALES Dublin London Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast H H H United Kingdom Where Is Stonehenge?
大西洋、北海、爱尔兰北部、英国群岛 都柏林 伦敦 爱丁堡 格拉斯哥 贝尔法斯特 H H 英国 巨石阵在哪里?
Stonehenge sits in an open field in southern England.
巨石阵列坐落于英格兰南部的一片空地上.
Experts say people have been living in that area for about ten thousand years.
专家说,人们在这个地区生活了大约一万年。
The settlement may have been one of the biggest in England at one time.
该定居点可能是英国一次最大的定居点之一.
Long ago, the area was covered in trees.
很久以前,该地区被树所覆盖.
People cut them down to clear land for farming.
人们砍下它们来清理土地进行耕作.
Building Stonehenge Experts believe that people started building Stonehenge about five thousand years ago.
建设巨石阵 专家认为,人们大约从5千年前就开始建造巨石阵.
Back then, people only had simple stone tools like deer antlers and animal bones, not powerful machines.
当时,人们只有鹿角和动物骨头等简单的石器,没有强大的机器.
They did almost everything with their clever minds and muscles.
他们几乎什么都用聪明的头脑和肌肉来做.
The stones must have been brought to Stonehenge from far away.
石头一定是从远处带到了巨石阵的
Researchers have done tests to prove it was possible to move the stones to Stonehenge.
研究人员进行了测试,以证明有可能把石头移到巨石阵.
They put huge stones on wooden sleds and dragged them on wooden rails greased with animal fat.
他们把巨大的石头放入木板上,并拖入被动物脂肪抹上油脂的木栏杆上.
Volunteers help pull a heavy stone like those used at Stonehenge during an experiment in May 2016.
志愿者在2016年5月的一次实验中帮助拉出像"巨石阵"中使用的重石.
Lifting the standing stones must have been very difficult.
抬起站立的石头一定很困难
Experts think the builders might have dug holes and then tipped the bottoms of the stones into the holes.
专家认为建造者可能挖出洞口,然后将石头的底部倒入洞口.
Then they could be pulled upright using ropes.
然后用绳子把他们拉起
Workers might have slid the tops of the arches up ramps built of dirt and wood.
工人可能把拱门的顶部 铺上由土和木所建的坡道
Then the tops could be set on the standing stones.
然后可以把顶部放入站立石上.
No one knows exactly how the builders built Stonehenge.
没人知道建造者是如何建造巨石阵的
They did not leave pictures or writing to explain how they did it.
他们没有留下照片或写作来解释他们是如何做到的。
That is why Stonehenge remains a big mystery.
所以巨石阵仍然是个谜
The builders of Stonehenge might have built wood platforms beneath stones as they were pulled into place.
巨石阵的建造者在被拉入地盘时,可能在石头下方建造了木质平台.
An Outdoor Temple Why was Stonehenge built?
门外的寺庙 为什么建了巨石阵?
Archaeologists continue to look and dig for clues about its purpose.
考古学家继续寻找并挖掘关于其目的的线索.
One clue is that it was built away from where most people lived.
一个线索是它建于远离大多数人居住的地方.
Experts think Stonehenge was a temple of some kind.
专家认为"巨石阵"是某种神庙.
People probably came there for special events like crowning a king.
人们可能来这里参加一些特殊的活动,比如为国王加冕.
They might have visited to remember dead relatives.
他们可能去追忆死去的亲戚
Archaeologists work at an excavation at Stonehenge in 2008.
考古学家于2008年在巨石阵的一次发掘中工作.
Stonehenge was also a graveyard.
巨石阵也曾是一座墓地.
Archaeologists have found the bodies of about 240 people nearby.
考古学家已经发现了附近约240人的尸体.
Some are skeletons, while others were burned.
有些是骨架,有些被烧了。
A pot (left) and a stone used on a type of weapon called a mace (bottom) were found buried near Stonehenge.
在石柱附近发现一锅(左)和一块被用在一种叫作"出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出入出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出
Another idea about Stonehenge is that it lines up with the sun’s movements.
另一个想法 巨石阵与太阳的运动相接。
The sun shines through certain parts of the monument when the seasons change.
当季节变化时,太阳会从纪念碑的某些部分闪出.
This was important information for farmers long ago.
这是很早以前农民的重要信息。
It helped them figure out the best time to plant their crops.
这有助于他们找出种庄稼的最佳时机。
Thousands of people gathered on June 21, 2014, to watch the sun shine through the stones of Stonehenge at sunrise.
上千人于2014年6月21日相聚一堂,以观看日出时的"巨石"之石所照耀的阳光.
Stonehenge Today Today, Stonehenge is a popular site for visitors.
今天"巨石阵","巨石阵"是一个受游客欢迎的网站.
More than nine hundred thousand people go there each year.
每年有90多万人去那里。
The visitor center has stone tools and other ancient objects.
游客中心有石器等古代文物.
There are huts to show what life was like long ago.
有小屋来展示很久以前的生活
Volunteers show visitors ancient skills such as pottery and rope making.
志愿者展示参观者陶器和绳子制作等古老技能.
Tourists can visit huts made to look like those in which the builders of Stonehenge lived long ago.
游客可以参观为造型像巨石阵建造者很久以前所住的小屋.
Archaeologists continue to explore the Stonehenge site.
考古学家继续探索"巨石阵"遗址.
They use new tools such as radar that can find objects underground.
他们使用雷达等新的工具,可以找到地下的物体.
This helps them make more discoveries faster.
这有助于他们更快的发现
In June 2005, archaeologists research a place in Wales where bluestones, rare stones used at Stonehenge, might have been taken from.
2005年6月,考古学家研究了威尔士的一个地方,这里可能取出青石,石柱上使用的稀有宝石.
Ancient Wonder No one knows for sure why ancient people built Stonehenge.
古老的奇迹 没人知道古代人为什么要建巨石阵
How they did it is also a mystery.
他们是如何做到的 也是一个谜。
Still, Stonehenge continues to fill people with wonder thousands of years after it was built.
尽管如此,"巨石阵"在建成后数千年仍继续给人们充满了奇迹.
A gorgeous sunset colors the sky above Stonehenge.
巨石阵上方的天空 呈现出美丽的日落