歷史遺跡重現人間

山東 李全忠

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由于干旱，一些曾經被淹沒的歷史遺跡重新出現在世人眼前。

1Severe droughts are bringing archaeological wonders and historic horrors to the surface.See what the global drought has revealed as water levels continue to drop in many parts of the world.

2Bridge across time

A long drought during this hot summer lowered water levels at Baitings Reservoir so much that remains of a sunken village appeared in northern UK—including an ancient packhorse bridge that linked Yorkshire and Lancashire.The reservoir, created to supply the nearby cities with water,flooded the village in the 1950s.

3Footsteps of dinosaurs

Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago have been revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river.Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus.The last time the prints were visible was in 2000.

4Hunger stones

Stories have been circling around the Internet recently about the re-emergence in certain Czech and German rivers of so-called“hunger stones”—rocks embedded in rivers during droughts to mark the water level and warn future generations of the likely famine and hardship to come whenever the stones became visible again.The coverage has been fueled largely by a statement on the Internet noting one stone in particular,inscribed with a warning,“If you see me,weep.”

5Village ruins

A sprawling 3400-year-old city emerged in Iraq after a reservoir's water level swiftly dropped due to extreme drought.Kurdish and German archaeologists excavated the settlement in the Mosul reservoir,along the Tigris River in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq,in January and February.The archaeological site, Kemune, is believed to be the Bronze Age city Zakhiku,a major hub of the Mittani Empire that reigned from 1550 to 1350 BC.

1.What was set up to save water for citizens?

A.Baitings Reservoir.

B.An ancient packhorse bridge.

C.Hunger stones.

D.Village ruins.

2.When were footsteps of dinosaurs seen last time?

A.In the 1950s.

B.113 million years ago.

C.More than 20 years ago.

D.In the 19th century.

3.What do we know about Hunger stones?

A.It has the longest history.

B.It involves two countries.

C.It is the most important.

D.It stands for good luck.

4.In which part of a magazine can we read the text?

A.Weather.

B.Technology.

C.Entertainment.

D.Advertisement.

Ⅰ.日積月累

lowerv.降低；使……降下

linkv.聯系；相關聯

uncoverv.發現；揭開

so-calledadj.所謂的；號稱……的

swiftlyadv.迅速地

settlementn.解決；協議；定居點

majoradj.主要的；重要的

due to 由于

belong to 屬于

in particular 尤其

Ⅱ.單句填空

1.The committee will debate whether ________(lower)the age of club membership to 16.

2.If someone or something ________(link) two things or situations, there is a relationship between them.

3.While the two are only days apart in age, they seem to belong ________wholly different generations.

4.She moved ________(swift)to the rescue.

5.The two departments have reached a ________(settle)over new working conditions.