2015-09-09 BBC:巨石阵行动:被埋藏的秘密-23

 When the positions of the pits were computer modeled against the movement of the sun, the true importance became clear. The calculation showed amid the summer’s day, the eastern pits alignment¹ with sunrise and western pits alignment with sunset, intersected the location of where the Stonehenge would be built some 400 years later. Accurate solar alignment on this scale provided proof of day-long ceremony how to celebrate the passage of the sun at the summer solstice. The linkage² of these pits with the Cursus which is sometimes regarded as processional route to mark the passage of the sun, actually links the Cursus itself with the position of Stonehenge because that’s the point which we presume the observations were taken place. So the point that the Cursus’s built, the Stonehenge is acquiring significance as well.  The revelations about the Cursus suggested the site of Stonehenge had a ritual significance at least 4 centuries earlier than we originally thought. It’s possible that pits predate the Stonehenge, and they were related to the phase of the activity before the Stonehenge was built, associated with Cursus. This creates a very new and exciting aspects in Stonehenge landscape which was not recognized previously³.

1 alignment   

n.队列；结盟，联合

参考例句：

• The church should have no political alignment.教会不应与政治结盟。
• Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟。

2 linkage   

n.连接；环节

参考例句：

• In their monographic treatment of linkage,they have emphasized this especially.他们在论连锁的专题文章中特别强调了这点。
• Occasionally,problems with block inheritance or linkage are encountered.有时会遇到区段遗传或连锁问题。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。