书虫白色巨石陈子扬2013.11.3.ppt

Your name is Chris Ellison and you are from London in England. You are on a ferry[‘fer?]（摆渡船）The ferry is going to the island of Skaran in Ireland. You are sitting next to a woman. She smiles. “Are you on holiday?” she asks. “No,” you say. “I’m an archacelogist[ɑ:ki?l?d??st]（考古学家） I want to study the megalithic [meɡ?‘l?θ?k]（巨石）stones on Skaran. The stones are very interesting. Theyre very old. But we dont know much about them. The woman stops smiling. The people on the island dont like archacologists, she says. You move the tree from the road. You get in your car and continue down the road. Five minutes later, you see two houses. There is an old house and a new house. You are renting [‘rent??]（租赁） the old house. There is a small hill near the houses. There are megalithic stones around the hill. This is a nice place to live, you think. You get out of your car. You look at the stone. You think it is about 4,000 years old. When you are near the old house, you meet a woman with blond hair. Hello, she says. Are you staying at the old house? Yes, you say. Im renting it for six weeks. My names Sarah. Im staying at the new house, she says. Im on holiday here. Im from Los Angeles in America. Are you on holiday? No, you say, Im an archaeologist. I want to study the megalithic stones on the island. How interesting! I dont know anything about those things, she say. You go to the old house. There is some writing on the door of the house. It says, Go back to London, Ellison! We dont want you on our island. The next day you drive to Clayonag in the north of the island. There are a lot of megalithic stones in Clayonag. You drive up a small road. The road is bad. You look behind you and you see a red car. You driver fast. The red car goes fast. You go down a hill. You drive slowly down the hill. Ten minutes later you look behind. You cannot see the red car. You go past a village. Then you go down a hill to Clayonag. You see a lot of megalithic stones near the s