2015-10-07 BBC:巨石阵行动:被埋藏的秘密-30
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2015年
-It begins to give us some insight into how the wider landscape was used at the time that Stonehenge was developing into the monument you see today.Like many of the ceremonial shrines 1 located by the Hidden Landscapes Project, Stonehenge also began its life as a ditch and bank. To be transformed into the iconic monument we know today, required the addition of giant standing 2 stones. The tradition of builing stone monuments in prehistoric 3 Europe dates back about 7,000 years. In the centuries that followed, megalith appeared across the Continent, following the spread of neolithic 4 culture. One of the most impressive displays of ancient standing stones can be seen near the French town of Carnac, where 10,000 menhirs, most of which predates Stonehenge by many centuries, stretch over 6 kilometres.
-The average weight of stones here is between 2 and 4 tons. Bigger blocks, like this one, can reach 20 tons.
- All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪，并且初步鉴定为神庙。
- Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
- It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。