译林版牛津高中英语(必修4):Unit3 Tomorrow's world-Project(2)

They sailed to shore and explored the forest.

他们航行到岸边，开始在森林里转悠。

They came across huge insects and many strange creatures.

他们遇到了体积庞大的昆虫，还有许多奇怪的生物。

As they were wandering around, they noticed a man sitting against a tree in the distance--he was at least four metres tall.

当他们到处转悠时，发现远处有一个人背靠着树做着--那人至少四米高。

The men became afraid, and ran back to the boat.

三个人害怕了，跑回小船。

They set sail again, and saw what looked like an exit, but it was blocked by rocks which had fallen down from the ceiling¹.

他们又开始了航行，看到一处貌似出口的地方，但是那里被从顶上掉下来的岩石堵上了。

They made a bomb to blow up the rocks.

他们制作了一个炸弹，炸开了岩石。

After the bomb exploded, their boat rushed wildly forward into a large hole.

炸弹爆炸以后，他们的船迅猛地冲向一个大洞。

The boat floated down with the water.

船顺着水流漂着。

It was too fast for them to escape.

速度太快了，他们都没有机会逃离。

They could only hold on to the boat in terror².

他们只能恐惧地抓住船。

Finally, they reached the bottom of the hole.

最终，他们到达了洞底。

Then the water began to push them up.

然后水流把他们冲了起来。

They floated upwards³ for miles.

他们向上前进了数米。

The water rushed beneath them, pushing them out into the sunlight⁴.

水注在他们的下面冲，一只把他们推出了地面，看到太阳。

They now found themselves in a volcano⁵ in Italy--their adventure was over, but a new one was about to begin.

他们发现此刻自己正在意大利的一个火山里—他们的冒险结束了，但是新的冒险即将开始。

1 ceiling   

n.天花板；(规定价格、工资等的)最高限额

参考例句：

• It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。
• A fly is on the ceiling.一只苍蝇在天花板上。

2 terror   

n.恐怖；可怖的人(事)

参考例句：

• We were in mortal terror of being found out. 我们非常害怕被发现。
• That guy is a proper terror. 那家伙真是讨厌。

3 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

4 sunlight   

n.日光，阳光，日照

参考例句：

• The room was flooded with warm and golden sunlight.房间充满着温暖、金色的阳光。
• In the bright sunlight she had to narrow her eyes.在强烈阳光下她必须眯着双眼。

5 volcano   

n.火山

参考例句：

• The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning.火山一早突然爆发了。
• It is most risky to go and examine an active volcano.去探察活火山是非常危险的。