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托福阅读：欧洲洞穴艺术

2016-04-28 16:40:47来源：网络

　　P2: The researchers Peter Ucko and Andree Rosenfeld identified three principal locations of paintings in the caves of western Europe: (1) in obviously inhabited rock shelters and cave entrances; (2) in galleries immediately off the inhabited areas of caves; and (3) in the inner reaches of caves, whose difficulty of access has been interpreted by some as a sign that magical-religious activities were performed there.

　　难词解析：

　　identify v. 识别

　　principal adj. 最重要的

　　注：考词汇题等于 major

　　inhabited adj. 有人居住的

　　gallery n.走廊

　　注：考词汇题等于corridor

　　interpret v. 解释，说明

　　magical adv. 魔法般的

　　难句翻译：

　　In the inner reaches of caves, whose difficulty of access has been interpreted by some as a sign that magical-religious activities were performed there.

　　在洞穴所能及的最深处，有人认为之所以在最深处作画是因为当时的人们曾在这里进行神秘的宗教活动。

　　P3: The subjects of the paintings are mostly animals. The paintings rest on bare walls, with no backdrops or environmental trappings. Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art. Another explanation for the focus on animals might be that these people sought to improve their luck at hunting. This theory is suggested by evidence of chips in the painted figures, perhaps made by spears thrown at the drawings. But if improving their hunting luck was the chief motivation for the paintings, it is difficult to explain why only a few show signs of having been speared. Perhaps the paintings were inspired by the need to increase the supply of animals. Cave art seems to have reached a peak toward the end of the Upper Paleolithic period, when the herds of game were decreasing.

　　难词解析：

　　rest on 停留在;依靠

　　bare adj. 无遮盖的，无装饰的

　　backdrop n. 背景

　　trapping n. 装饰

　　注：考词汇题等于decoration

　　contemporary adj. 同时代的

　　depict v. 描绘

　　explanation n. 解释(原因)

　　theory n. 理论

　　chip n. 缺口;一小片碎片;

　　spear n. 矛

　　chief adj. 首要的

　　motivation n. 动机，动力

　　peak n. (过程、活动的) 顶峰

　　herds of 成群

　　game n. 猎物

　　难句解析：

　　Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

　　也许像很多现代人一样，旧石器时代末期的男人和女人相信画人类画像可能会招致死亡和受伤，并且如果这确实是他们的想法，那么可能就可以解释为什么人类画像很少在岩洞艺术中被表现出来。

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　　TEST

　　P1 绘画艺术悠久的历史：

　　迄今为止，发现的最早的并且有迹可寻的工艺品是______________________________。

　　P2 西欧洞画的三个主要地点：

　　1)_______________________________________;

　　2)_______________________________________;

　　3)_______________________________________。

　　P3 绘画的主题大部分都是动物的可能的原因：

　　1)同许多当代人一样，后石器时代的人们也相信__________________________;

　　2)人们在探索_________________________。

　　参考答案

　　P1:

　　beads and carvings, and then paintings

　　P2:

　　in obviously inhabited rock shelters and cave entrances;

　　in galleries immediately off the inhabited areas of caves;

　　in the inner reaches of caves

　　P3:

　　the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury;

　　improve their luck at hunting

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