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prehistoric 史前的, 陈旧的
impressionist 印象派的
pilgrimage n.朝圣vi.朝拜, 朝圣 pilgrim圣地朝拜者, 朝圣
renaissance 文艺复兴：大约从14世纪到16世纪的复兴时期
grotto 洞穴, 岩穴, 人工洞室
Dalailama 达赖喇嘛
salvation 拯救, 救助
monolith 独块巨石, 整体塑制品
flamboyant 辉耀的, 华丽的
wood charcoal 木炭
quick sand 流砂
Carnac 卡纳克(法国地名)
Jeanne d’Arc 圣女贞德
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◆Exercises
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French civilization goes back thousands of years. From prehistoric ①_____ to flamboyant gothic cathedrals to renaissance and impressionist paintings and until ②_____ art and architecture, France is a living museum. Evidence of human ③_____ in France goes back hundreds of thousands of years. At Carnac in Brittany huge fields of stone monoliths ④_____ the most impressive signs of early human life in the whole of Europe. Nobody really knows how they got here, nobody really knows who put them here and nobody knows why they were put there. What is known is that they weren’t put here ⑤_____. Some ancient civilization ⑥_____ thousands of stones and placed them in ⑦_____ formations about 6,000 years ago.
Further south, Christina Chang finds even earlier examples of French prehistory in the caves of the (地名*) region. In 1922 two local boys were playing around the town of (地名*) when they stumbled upon one of Europe’s greatest prehistoric finds. With the help of local priest they ⑧_____ the collection of fantastic cave paintings. I mean the Grotte du Pech Merle which is the evidence of civilization between 10 to 25 thousand years ago. I can’t even begin to ⑨_____ what life was like then. But I’m about to find out…
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⑩The Hundred Years War__________________sites, the greatest of which is the …..
◆Special Interest
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic(使用巨石的) sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuluses and single menhirs(纪念巨碑). The more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn(hew 砍) from local rock and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world.
In recent centuries, many of the sites have been neglected, with reports of dolmens(史前墓石牌坊) being used as sheep shelters, chicken sheds or even ovens. Even more commonly, stones have been removed to make way for roads, or as building materials. The continuing management of the sites remains a controversial topic.
