高中英语 Module 3 《The Qin Tomb and the Terracotta Warriors》辅导 外研版选修9.docVIP

辅导 选修九Module 3 The Qin Tomb and the Terracotta Warriors 课本重点 I’m tired and conversed in dust. I’ve been digging all day and I’ll be doing the same tomorrow- and the next day and the next. 我疲惫不堪，满身尘土。我挖了整整一天，明天还要做同样的事---后天，大后天都是。 I’m working on one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. 我正在全世界最著名的考古现场之一工作。 When he became King of the state of Qin at the age of 13, he immediately ordered workers to construct an underground tomb for him. 他在13那年当上了秦国的国君后，就立即下令为自己建造一座地下陵墓。 It took 700,000workers 37 years to build the tomb, which was said to contain great treasures. 70万名工人花了37年的时间才造好陵墓，据说里面埋藏着大量的珍宝。 However, archaeologists believe it may have been robbed long ago. 但考古学家们认为它可能很早以前就被到挖过了。 The actual entrance to the tomb has never been found, nor has the tomb been opened. 真正的入口从未被发现，陵墓也没被打开过。 As the whole world knows, when the archaeologists started digging, that found 6,000 clay warriors buried in an underground pit. 正如世人所知， 考古学家开始发觉后，发现在一个地下深坑里埋藏着6000名兵马俑。 Eventually they also found Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Tomb, located about 1.5 kilometers away from the pit. 最后他们还找到了秦始皇的陵墓，离该坑大约1.5公里。 It seems that Emperor Qin Shihuang had ordered the soldiers to be made in order to protect him in the next life. I wonder if they were any help?! 秦始皇下令塑造这些士兵好像是为了让他们在来世保护自己。我怀疑他们是否真起作用？！ Undoubtedfuly, my greatest pleasure is being able to enter the underground pits and see the soldiers. 毫无疑问，我的最大快乐就是能够进入地下坑穴看到这些士兵。 It’s so strange to see them standing there in columns, all dressed and ready for battle. 看到他们排列整齐、全身披挂、准备战斗实在是很奇妙。 The warriors carry weapons, and wear different uniforms depending on their position in the army. 战士们手执武器，根据在军队里面的职位身穿不同的制服。 I am only here for six weeks before I return home, but I too feel so pound to be connected in some small way with Qin Shihuang’s great army. 我这次来只呆六个星期就要回来了，但我也因为以这样微不足道的方式跟秦始皇的大军有了某种联系而深感自豪。 Work continued through the different dynasties and it was during the Ming Dynasty that the Wall was built in its present form. 修造工作进行了好几个朝代，知道