2015-07-10 BBC:巨石阵行动:被埋藏的秘密-6

 These are just samples of amazing finds we’ve got from these sites. We’ve got quite domestic looking tools. These types of things were probably to have been used to pierce holes in animal skin. We also found much bigger tools. This is an absolutely brilliant Tram shaped axe¹. These things are the posh of megalithic, really top quality flints used for making boats and chopping down trees. It’s not just about stones and flints also. We’ve got about 700 animal bones. And they are really big. These are from awe² ox. These are 3 times the size of the normal cow. We have at least 6 awe cows in our assemblage. They must have been local. They are so big and seem a big effort to have transported them a long way. So, these animals are probably around ancient Spring of Stonehenge. Perhaps people living all around where we are now are seeing these animals moving across the landscape and getting opportunities to hunt. The existence of large clearing in otherwise dense³ forest made this a natural and bountiful hunting ground. One of the reasons why there is an open plain perhaps because out of such voracious⁴ seasons that like nature vacuum cleaners. Any wood lands or bush growth wouldn’t withstand much of chance if you had a large herd⁵ of animals moving through a place like this. As we move down in this landscape, we begin to be the part of the follow,

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 awe   

n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧

参考例句：

• The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

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 voracious   

adj.狼吞虎咽的，贪婪的

参考例句：

• She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌。
• Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。

5 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。