2015-07-08 BBC:巨石阵行动:被埋藏的秘密-5

 -It's just a sample of the amazing finds we've got from this site. We've got quite domestic-looking tools. This type of thing were probably being used to p* holes in animal skin. We've also found much bigger tools. This is an absolutely brilliant * shaped axe¹. These things are the pool-shape of m*, really top quality flints used for making bones and chopping² down trees. It's not just about stone and f* though. We've got over 700 animal bones. And they're really big. These are from au*. These are three times the size of a normal cow. We have at least 6 a* in our *. They must've been local. They are so big, It'll take a big effect for transporting them a long way. So these animals are probably around eight s* Stonehenge.

Perhaps, the people living all around where we are now are seeing these animals move across the landscape and getting an opportunity to hunt.

The existence of a large clearing in otherwise dense³ forest made this a natural and bountiful hunting ground.

-One of the reasons why e* and plain perhaps was because all of such veracious⁴ scissors that nature vacuum-cleans any woodlands or bush groves⁵ wouldn't have stood much of a chance, if you had a large herd⁶ of animals moving through a place like this. How's we move down in this landscape, we begin to be part of a f*.

1 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

2 chopping   

adj.波浪汹涌的，硕大强健的；削球；斩波；断续

参考例句：

• He was preparing fodder, chopping finely and mixing thoroughly. 他在准备饲料，把它切碎，拌好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This fellow is always chopping and changing; he's very unreliable. 这个人反复无常，很不可靠。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

4 veracious   

adj.诚实可靠的

参考例句：

• Miss Stackpole was a strictly veracious reporter.斯坦克波尔小姐是一丝不苟、实事求是的记者。
• We need to make a veracious evaluation.我们需要事先作出准确的估计。

5 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

6 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。