Unit 22 Bees

For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.

由于卡爾·馮·弗里施教授一生都在研究蜜蜂在內的動物之間信息的傳遞，他和另外兩位科學家在1973被授予一項諾貝爾獎。他于1982年去世。

Unit 23 The find of the century

I think we're lost! What shall we do?

“我想我們迷路了！我們該怎么辦呢？”

Unit 23 The find of the century

Let's think carefully, I replied.

“讓我們仔細想一想，”我答道。

Unit 23 The find of the century

In fact, I was a bit frightened and didn't know what we should do.

事實上我有點害怕，不知道我們該怎么辦。

Unit 23 The find of the century

It was a Sunday in May. My brother and I had decided to go off for a long walk while we were staying with my grandparents in the French countryside.

5月的一個星期天，我和弟弟決定去遠足。當時我們住在法國鄉下的祖父母家中。

Unit 23 The find of the century

My parents were visiting relatives, and my grandparents had decided to spend the day at home.

我父母走親戚去了，祖父母打算那天在家呆著。

Unit 23 The find of the century

The clouds had come down so suddenly we had no warning.

烏云突然出現，我們絲毫沒有覺察。

Unit 23 The find of the century

One moment we were walking along the top of a hill and now we could see no more than about thirty metres ahead of us.

一時間我們還在山頂上行走，而現在30公尺開外的地方我們都看不清了。

Unit 23 The find of the century

We had lost the path and had no hope of finding it again.

我們找不到那條小路，而且也沒有希望再找到它了。

Unit 23 The find of the century

A fine rain began to fall on our heads and the temperature had dropped.

一陣小雨落到我們頭上，氣溫開始下降了。

Unit 23 The find of the century

I think we should continue walking as long as we can see where we're going. I said.

“我想只要我們能看見我們朝哪兒走，我們就要繼續走下去，”我說，

Unit 23 The find of the century

If we go downhill, we might find a stream, and if we follow the stream we should reach a farm, or a village or a bridge.

“如果我們走下山，我們可能會發現一條小溪，如果我們沿著小溪走，我們會到達一個農場或一個村莊或是一座橋。”

Unit 23 The find of the century

I'm tired, said my younger brother as he climbed up to join me.

“我累了，”我弟弟邊說邊爬上巖石和我匯合。

Unit 23 The find of the century

Ok. We can stop here for a time.

“那好吧！我們可以在這里停一下。”

Unit 23 The find of the century

The cave led back into the rockface and the earth by the entrance was dry.

巖洞迂回延伸到巖面里，靠近洞口的土是干的。

Unit 23 The find of the century

We can make a fire and warm ourselves, I suggested.

“我們可以生火取暖，”我說道。

Unit 23 The find of the century

It's very difficult to see where we're going and the shower may pass in an hour or two. Let's rest and have some food.

“現在很難看到我們要去的地方。陣雨可能一兩個小時就會過去，我們休息一下吃點東西。”

Unit 23 The find of the century

We spent some time looking around under the trees for some wood.

我們花了些時間在樹下四周找木柴。

Unit 23 The find of the century

Fortunately we found some that was still dry and carried it back to the cave.

幸好，我們找到了一些干木柴，并把木柴抱回巖洞。

Unit 23 The find of the century

Light the fire not so near the entrance that the wind will blow the fire out, and not so far in that the smoke will fill the cave, said my brother.

“不要太靠近洞口點火，風會把火吹滅的；也不要太靠里面，那樣煙會充滿山洞的，”我弟弟說，

Unit 23 The find of the century

And don't set the hillside on fire either!

“也不要把山坡弄著火了。”

Unit 23 The find of the century

We succeeded in lighting the fire.

我們成功地點著火。

Unit 23 The find of the century

I always carry matches with me at such times and I tore out the pages of the first chapter of the book I was reading to get the fire going.

在這樣的時候我身上總是帶著火柴的，為了讓火堆燃下去，我從我正在看的那本書的第一章撕下幾頁。

Unit 23 The find of the century

We ate our sandwiches and a bar of chocolate each and began to feel better.

我們倆都吃了三明治和一塊巧克力才感到舒服些了。

Unit 23 The find of the century

At least we're safte here, I said.

“起碼我們在這里是安全的，”我說。

Unit 23 The find of the century

The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.

火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。

Unit 23 The find of the century

Funny, said my brother.

“真有趣，”我弟弟說。

Unit 23 The find of the century

You can see shapes on the rock. Do you see that bit?

“你可以看見巖石上的形狀。你看見那一小塊了沒有？

Unit 23 The find of the century

It looks a bit like a deer. There's its head and there are its feet.

它看起來有點像鹿，那是鹿頭，那是鹿腳。

Unit 23 The find of the century

It follows the shape of the rock.

它順著巖石的形狀。