新人教版高中英语选修八U5课文重点句汇集1．You must be aware that it's here that we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world. 想必你们知道, 正是在这儿我们找到了居住在世界这个部分最早人类的证据。
2．We have found human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and other objects. 我们在山的比较高的洞穴里发现了动物和人类的骨头以及工具和其他物品。
3．It seems that they used the sharpened stone tools to cut up animals and remove their skin. 看样子他们用磨尖的石器来切割野兽并剥皮。
(B8 P38)4．So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold. 因此, 我们有理由认为他们不顾严寒, 就住在这些洞穴里。
(B8 P38)5．A group of students (S) from England has come to the Zhoukoudian caves for a visit. An archaeologist (A) is showing them round.一群英国学生(学)来到周口店洞穴参观,有一位考古学家(考)正领着他们参观。
6．Try a tentative guess about what Peking Man might have done and used thousands of years ago.暂且猜猜几千年前“北京人”可能做的事情和用的东西。
7．It seems that they might have used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin. 看起来他们可能是用尖锐的石器切开动物，把他们的皮剥下来。
8．After that they would have had to rub an ample amount of salt inside the skin to make it soft enough. 然后，他们可能在兽皮里边擦上大量的盐，使皮变柔软。
9．It is a primitive necklace.这是一条原始的项链吧。
10．Did early people really care about their appearance like we do?-Yes and so well preserved. 早期人类也象我们一样讲究外表吗？是的，还保存得很好呢。
11．Yes, indeed, as the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake．确实, 正如植物学分析具体显示给我们的那样, 附近所有的土地都曾是大型浅湖的一部分。
12．It1) is a great pleasure to meet you students from England，(who2) are interested in archaeology). 来自英格兰，并对考古学感兴趣的同学们，很高兴见到你们。
13．You must1) be aware that it’s here that2) we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world. 想必你们也知道，正是在这儿我们找到了居住在世界这一角落一些最早人类的证据。
14．［Having heard1) wolves howling in the forest］，Lala accelerated her walk (up the path to the caves) ［fearing2) that there might be wild beasts lying3) in wait for her］. 听到狼群在森林里嚎叫，拉拉加快了回洞穴的步伐，担心会有野兽隐蔽埋伏着，在等着她。
15．［Abruptly］she sat down，［only to be scooped up by her laughing，shouting sister，Luna］. 她突然坐下来，却被她又笑又叫的妹妹露娜一把抱了起来。
16．We hurried to the station，only to find the train had left. 我们匆匆赶到车站，结果却发现火车已开走了。
17．We have been excavating1) layers of ash (almost six meters thick)，(which2) suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter). 我们一直在挖掘一层层的积灰；几乎有六米厚。
这意味着他们可能整个冬天都在烧火。
18．That would1) have kept them 〈warm2)〉，cooked the food and scared wild beasts ［away］［as well］. 这火可让他们取暖、煮食、还能吓跑野兽。
19．As his university was aware of the significance of his work…他在大学时代就意识到工作的重要性。
20．It1) was the custom of family groups to separate and then gather again at different sites for reunions ［as2) they followed the animal herds across the grasslands］. 在草原上放牧的时候，家族成员先分散开，然后在不同的地方相聚，这是他们的习俗。
21．She had felt so proud as the group shouted loudly to applaud his choice. 当部落成员为他的选择大声喝彩时，他感到很自豪。
applaud sb/sth.为某人/某事鼓掌22．Well, I’m fed up with all the attention and...唉, 我厌倦了这些关注……(B8 P41) 23．If only she looked ahead and planned better this year. 她今年要是早有预见, 计划得更好些就好了。
(B8 P43)24．Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing that there might be wild animals lying in wait for her. 拉拉加快了去往山洞的步伐，担心会有野兽躺在路边等着她。
25．She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped. 快到目的地的时候, 一阵香气扑鼻, 她不往前走了, 停了下来。
(B8 P43) 26．Lala smiled with relief. 拉拉轻松地笑了。
27．That would have kept them warm, cooked the food and scared wild beasts away as well.他们用这火取暖、做饭, 还能用火吓跑野兽。
28．We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter. 我们一直在挖掘一层层的积灰, 几乎有六米厚, 这说明他们可能整个冬季都在烧火。
29．All the objects are from the same excavation site in Sanxingdui and can be dated back to between 3, 000 and 5, 000 years ago. 所有这些物件均来自三星堆的同一个发掘场, 有3000-5000年的历史了。
(B8 P44)30．Just then a tall man came up behind her. He had a large, square face, with strongly pronounced eyebrows and cheekbones. Over his shoulder he carried several fish and some pieces of wood under his arm. 就在这时，她身后出来了一位高个子男人。
他有一张宽大的方脸，眉毛很重，,颧骨突出，肩上扛着几条大鱼，腋下夹着一些木头31．Worried about the preparations for her feast, Lala quickly turned for home with her collection of nuts, melons and other fruit.拉拉担心她这次盛宴的准备工作，所以赶紧把坚果、甜瓜和其他水果收集起来就快步回家了。
32．Having heard wolves howling in the forest, Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing that there might be wild beasts lying in wait for her. She had no man with his spear to protect her.听见狼群转自森林里嚎叫，拉拉加快了会洞穴的步伐，担心会有野兽在等着她。