【跟着英剧练发音】A Histry Of Britain - 3

 文本：

And the villagers were real neighbours,living cheek by jowl, their houses connected by walled, sometimes decoratedalleyways. It's not too much for a stretch to imagine gossip travelling downthose alleyways after a hearty¹ seafood² supper. We have, in other words,everything you could possibly want from a village except a church and a pub. In3,000 BC, the sea and the air were a little warmer than they are now. And oncethey'd settled in their sandstone houses, they could harvest red bream andmussels and oysters³ that were abundant in the shallows. Cattle provided meatand milk, and dogs were kept for hunting and for company. During the Neolithiccenturies there would have been at least a dozen little houses here, half-duginto the ground for comfort and for safety. A thriving, bustling⁵ littlecommunity of 50 or 60. But the real miracle of Skara Brae is thatthese houses were not mere⁶ shelters. They were built by people who had culture,who had style. And here's where they showed off that style. The fully⁷ equipped,all-purpose Neolithic⁴ living room, complete with luxuries and necessities.

 

译文：

村民们比邻而居，关系十分亲密。房屋鳞次栉比，有些地方还修有走廊。不难想象，某次海鲜盛宴结束后，邻里间穿行在走廊间闲话家常的情景。作为一个村庄，除了酒吧与教堂，这里应有尽有。公元前3000年，水温与气温略都高于今日，村民们一旦定居于此，便可捕获附近浅滩中丰富的红鲷，贻贝以及牡蛎食用。蓄养家畜供应肉类和奶制品，驯养狗用来打猎和作伴，新石器时期，至少数十个小房屋曾坐落于此，均采用半地下式，兼顾安全与舒适，五六十人组成了这个欣欣向荣的小部落。而斯卡拉布雷真正的奇迹，是他们的房屋绝不仅是简单的庇护所，建造它们的人们自有其文明与时代风格。这里便是展现他们时代风格的地方。一间装备齐全，用途明确的新石器时代起居室，必需品与奢侈品一应俱全。

 

1 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

2 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

3 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

4 neolithic   

adj.新石器时代的

参考例句：

• Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times.新石器时代有人开始驯养牛。
• The monument was Stone Age or Neolithic.该纪念碑是属于石器时代或新石器时代的。

5 bustling   

adj.喧闹的

参考例句：

• The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
• This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。

6 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。