高中英语选修八课文阅读
『壹』 英语选修八第三单元的 THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES 课文翻译
蛇的困扰
THE PROBLEM OF THE SHRIKES
我给住在乡下的母亲打电话的时候，她感到很心烦。“我们院子里有几条蛇，”她告诉我说，“蛇时不时地爬到屋子边上来，可这几条蛇似乎是在屋子附近安家了。你能不能把它们赶走？”
When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone she was very upset.
"There are some snakes in our courtyard," she told me. "Snakes come near the house now and then, and they seem to have made their home here, not far from the walnut tree. Can you get rid of them please?"
我感到很自豪，这回我有机会来表现一下自己了。我要发明某种东西，既可以把蛇捉住，而又不会伤害它们。我知道我的父母亲是不会让我伤害这些生物的。
I felt very proud. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them. I knew my parents would not like me to hurt these living creatures!
我所做的第一件事就是看看有没有现成的产品能帮助我。但是，看来只有一种毒杀蛇的药粉。
The first thing I did was to see if there were any procts that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes.
很明显，我得找一种新的方法了。于是我就着手研究蛇的习性，以便能用最简易的方法来捕蛇。好在这些爬行动物都很小，问题比较容易解决。
经过一番研究准备之后，我决定采用三种可能的方法：
A new approach was clearly needed. I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them. Luckily these reptiles are small and that made the solution easier.
Prepared with some research findings, I decided on three possible approaches:
第一，铲除蛇的栖息地；第二，用男人或女人用的香水或食物把它们引进陷阱；第三，降低它们的体温，使它们困乏，这样就很容易把它们捉住。我决定采用最后一种方法。
firstly, removing their habitat; secondly, attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food; and thirdly cooling them so that they would become sleepy and could be easily caught. I decided to use the last one.
我买了一个制冰激凌的器具，从里面取出一个碗。在碗的内壁和外壁都涂上果冻，这些果冻冷却后会冻结。我把这个碗放进冰箱，冷冻了24小时。与此同时，我还准备了一些冰块儿。
I bought an ice-cream maker which was made of stainless steel. Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes when cooled.
I put the bowl into the fridge and waited for 24 hours. At the same time I prepared some ice-cubes.
第二天早晨太阳光还不太热，我就起床了。我把冰冻的碗放在蛇窝的上方，再把小冰块儿放在碗上，以使碗保持冷却状态。最后再用一个大桶把碗罩住。
The next morning I got up early before the sun was hot. I placed the frozen bowl over the snakes' habitat and the ice-cubes on top of the bowl to keep it cool.
Finally I covered the whole thing with a large bucket.
于是我就等着。过了两个小时我才把桶和碗一起拿开。蛇肯定不像以前那样活跃了，但是对于我来说，它们行动还是太快了，突然一下子就消失在墙壁附近的洞里去了。
Then I waited. After two hours I removed the bucket and the bowl. The snakes were less active but they were still too fast for me.
They abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall.
于是我只得调整我的计划。第二次试验我用的还是冻结的碗和冰块儿，但是这次我是在夜晚气温开始变凉的时候把它们放在蛇窝的上方，然后用桶把碗罩住，通宵放在那儿。
So I had to adjust my plan.
For the second attempt I froze the bowl and the ice-cubes again but placed them over the snakes' habitat in the evening, as the temperature was starting to cool.
Then as before, I covered the bowl with the bucket and left everything overnight.
第二天一早我就去看结果。这一次我蹲下去检查的时候，发现蛇都是睡意朦胧的。但是一把它们提起来，它们就要咬我。因为它们都是毒蛇，所以很显然我还得改进我的捕蛇方案。
Early the next morning I returned to see the result.
This time with great caution I bent down to examine the snakes and I found them very sleepy. But once picked up, they tried to bite me. As they were poisonous snakes, I clearly needed to improve my design again.
第三次试验重复了上一次的程序，不过第二天早晨我的手里拿了一个捕鱼的小网，这是因为我预料蛇还会再咬人。
My third attempt repeated the second procere. The next morning I carried in my hand a small net used for catching fish.
This was in the expectation that the snakes would bite again.
经过仔细的监视，证明这些蛇不会惹麻烦，一切都按计划进行着。我把这些温顺的蛇收集起来，第二天就把他们全都释放到野外了。
But monitored carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according to plan.
I collected the passive snakes and the next day we merrily released them all back into the wild.
由于朋友和亲戚的敦促，我决定把我这次的发明送到专利局，请他们对我这次成功的思路给予认可。
Pressed by my friends and relations, I decided to seize the opportunity to get recognition for my successful idea by sending my invention to the patent office.
只有取得他们的认可，你才可以说是一个真正的发明者。专利标准非常严格，除非设想真的很新颖，否则很难被接受。
Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel.
此外，你的想法如果属于下列情况，那么你也不可能得到专利：一种发现、一种科学理论或数学模式、文学或艺术、一场游戏或一笔交易、一个电脑程序、一种新的动植物物种。
In addition, no invention will get a patent if it is:
◎a discovery
◎a scientific idea or mathematical model
◎literature or art
◎a game or a business
◎a computer programme
◎a new animal or plant variety
你的产品要经过仔细调查，证明它的确是与众不同的，你才能获得专利。
Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your proct really is different from everyone else's.
专利局还有一大批审查人员，他们的唯一职责就是审查你的专利申请是否有效，如果通过了审查，你申请的专利就会在你提出申请的18个月后公布出来。
There are a large number of patent examiners, too, whose only job is to examine whether your claim is valid or not.
If it passes all the tests, your application for a patent will be published 18 months from the date you apply.
于是，我填了表，向专利局提交了申请书。现在就是等待和期盼了。将来你看看我的银行结余金额就会知道我是否成功了。祝我好运吧！
So I have filled in the form and filed my patent application with the Patent Office. Now it's a matter of waiting and hoping.
You'll know if I succeed by the size of my bank balance! Wish me luck!
『贰』 高中英语选修8大自然正在对我们进行报复 译文
大自然正在对我们进行报复
Nature is in retaliation for us.
大自然正在对我们进行报复
Nature is in retaliation for us.
『叁』 人教版英语选修8第一单元课文原文
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CALIFORNIA
California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.
NATIVE AMERCANS
Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.
THE SPANISH
In the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained their independence from Spain. California then became part of Mexico. In 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico, and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.
RUSSIANS
In the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco.
GOLD MINERS
In 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact, few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. They settled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.
LATER A RRIVALS
Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive ring the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of
the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the "Chinatowns" of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film instry was well established in Hollywood, California. The instry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.
Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot more have settled there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Mexico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft instries.
MOST RECENT ARRIVALS
In more recent decades, California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians. Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer instry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.
THE FUTURE
People from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle, still immigrate to California. It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.
美国加州
加州是美国第三大州，但人口最多。它也有被在美国最多元文化的国家的区别，有吸引了来自世界各地的人们。海关和移民的语言活在他们的新家园。这种文化的多样性是不奇怪当你知道美国加州的历史。
母语吴磊，阿拉伯
究竟当第一人抵达我们现在的加州所知，没有人真正知道。但是，很可能是在加利福尼亚州印第安人生活在至少1.5万年以前。科学家认为，这些定居者在越过白令海峡的北极通过大陆桥的存在意味着在史前时期到美国。在16世纪之后，欧洲人的到来，当地人民深受其害。数以千计的人死亡或奴役。此外，许多人死于由欧洲人带来的疾病。然而，一些幸存下来这些可怕的时代，今天有更多的印第安人居住在加州的比任何其他国家。
西班牙
在18世纪由西班牙统治加州。西班牙士兵首次抵达南美洲在16世纪初，当他们又打了当地人民对他们的土地了。两个世纪后，西班牙已经定居在南美洲的大部分地区和沿我们现在呼吁美国西北海岸。第一届西班牙语到加州，大部分是宗教的男子，其部是教天主教的本地人。 1821年，墨西哥人民从西班牙获得独立。加州则成为墨西哥的一部分。在1846年，美国宣布对墨西哥的战争，战争结束后由美国获胜，墨西哥不得不放弃到美国加利福尼亚州。但是，仍然有一个强大的国家西班牙的影响力。这就是为什么今天超过40％的加州发言作为第一或第二语言的西班牙语。
俄罗斯
在19世纪初，俄罗斯猎人，谁原本去阿拉斯加，开始在加利福尼亚州定居。今天，大约有2.5万俄罗斯和美国在旧金山附近居住。
淘金者
1848年，不久之后，美国与墨西哥战争，是在加利福尼亚州发现金矿。发展成为从世界各地吸引了人们快速致富的梦想。最近的，因此，第一个到达，是南美和美国人民。来自欧洲和亚洲然后冒险家紧随其后。事实上，很少有达到了他们的致富梦想。有些死亡或回家，但多数仍留在加州，尽管困难很大，使自己的生活。他们定居在新市镇或农场。由加州当选成为1850年的第三十一次的美国联邦州时，已经是一个多元文化的社会。
后来，一位RRIVALS
虽然中国移民开始在到达淘金时期，这是建设
从西到东的铁路网络沿岸，在19世纪60年代带来更大的编号，以加利福尼亚州。今天，中国的美国人居住在加州各地，虽然很大一部分选择了留在“唐人街”，洛杉矶和旧金山。
其他如意大利移民，主要是渔民，但也葡萄酒生产商，在加利福尼亚州来到了19世纪后期。 1911年从丹麦建立了一个移民城市自己，今天仍然保持了他们的丹麦文化。到1920年的电影业和好莱坞，加州成立。该行业的繁荣吸引了包括许多犹太人的欧洲人。今天，加利福尼亚州的美国第二大犹太居民。
日本农民开始在加利福尼亚州到达20世纪初，80年代以来，很多有在那里定居。来自非洲人民一直生活在加利福尼亚州自19世纪初，当他们从墨西哥北部。然而，更抵达1945年至1942年之间工作的船舶和飞机产业。
近来港的移民
在最近数十年来，加州有更多的人成为家来自亚洲，包括韩国，柬埔寨，越南和老挝。自20世纪70年代初，计算机行业吸引印度人和巴基斯坦人加州。
的未来
来自世界各地的人，受气候和生活方式所吸引，但移民到美国加州。可以相信，不久的民族组合将是如此之大，不会有明显的主要种族或文化团体，而是一个多种族和文化的交融。
『肆』 高中英语新课标选修8第4单元和第5单元课文翻译
Unit4 皮格马利翁
主要人物：
伊菜扎·杜利特尔（伊）：穷苦的卖花姑娘，立志要改善自己的生活
希金斯教授（希）：语音学专家，坚信一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位
皮克林上校（皮）：陆军军官，后来成了希金斯教授的朋友，并给他安排了一项任务
第一幕 决定性的会面
1914年的某日晚上11点15分，在英国伦敦某剧场夕。正下着倾盆大雨，四处响着出租车的鸣笛声。有一位男士在躲雨，边听人们谈话边观察着人们的反应。他一边观察，一边作记录。附近一个穿着黑色衣裙围着羊毛围巾的卖花姑娘也在躲雨。这时有位先生（先）从这儿路过，他迟疑了片刻。
伊：长官，过这边来呀，买我这个苦命的孩子一束花吧！
先：对不起，我没有零钱，
伊：长官，我可以给你找零钱呀。
先：（惊奇地）一个英镑你找得开吗？没有再小的钱了。
伊：（带有希望的神色）啊！好啦，从我这买一束吧。拿这一束，只要三个便士o（举起一些已经枯萎的花）
先：（不舒服地）现在别烦我，好姑娘。（在他的口袋里找什么，这时语气好些了）等一等，这儿有几个零钱。这点钱对你有用吗？雨下大了，不是吗？（说完就走了）
伊：（对先生付的钱表现出失望的样子，但是有总比没有好）先生，谢谢了。（看到有人在记什么，感到担心）嗨，我跟那位先生讲话，又没做错什么事。我有权卖花吧，我有权嘛！我不是小偷，我是个老实姑娘，老老实实的！（开始哭起来）
希：（友善地）好啦，好啦！谁伤害你了，傻姑娘？你把我当成什么人了？（递给她一条手帕）
伊：我还以为你是一个便衣警察呢。
希：我像警察吗？
伊：（仍在担心）那你为啥要把我说的话记下来呢？我怎么知道你是不是写对了呢？那你把你写的关于我的东西给我看看。
希：你看吧！（把写满字的纸递给她）
伊：这是什么呀？不像规规矩矩的字，我看不懂。（把纸退回给他）
希：我懂。（模仿伊的声音读）长官，过这边来呀，买我这个苦命孩子一束花吧！（改用自己的声音）好了吧，你呀，如果我没有弄错的话，你出生在里森格罗佛：
伊：（困惑不解的）如果我是又怎样呢？跟你有什么关系呢？
皮：（本来是一直望着这个姑娘的，这时跟希金斯说话了）太棒了！请问你是怎么知道的呢？
希：对人的发音进行研究、分类，如此而已。这是我的专业，也是我的业余爱好。你可以根据几句话判定是哪个地方的人。我可以根据任何谈话来判定他们是哪个地方的人，差距不过六英里，有时候在伦敦甚至不超过两个街区呢。
皮：恭喜你了！不过，你这样做有收入吗？
希：当然有哆，还挺高呢。这是个致富的年代 人们从伦敦的穷人区开始工作，年收入才80英镑，最后到了富人区工作，年收入就是10万英镑了，但是他们一张嘴就会露出马脚（暴露自己的身份）。如今如果让我一教，她就会变成一个上层阶级的淑女……
皮：是吗？那太妙了！
希：（粗鲁地）你瞧这个姑娘，英语说得那样糟糕，使她注定要在贫民窟里待上一辈子。不过，先生，（高傲地）要是一旦有人教她把英语说好了，她就可以在三个月以内冒充公爵夫人出席大使主办的花园晚会了。说不定我还可 以给她找份工作，当一名贵夫人的侍女或商店的店员。这些工作都要求英语说得好呢。
伊：你说啥来着？店员？这正是我想要做的，真的！
希：（不理睬她）你相信我说的话吗？
皮：当然相信。我自己就学了好多种印度方言，而且……
希：真的吗？那你认不认得皮克林上校呢？
皮：当然认得，皮克林就是我。那么请问您是谁？
希：我是亨利·希金斯。我还打算要去印度见你呢：
皮：我也正是到英国来找你的！
伊：我呢？你们怎么帮助我呢？
希：啊，拿去吧！（漫不经心地朝她的篮子里扔去一把钱）好老兄，我们该美美地庆祝一番了。（一道离去）
伊：（惊奇地看着收集起来的钱）啊，我还从来没有见过！整整一个英镑呢！一笔财富呀！这的确给我帮大忙了，真的。明天我一定去找你，亨利·希金斯。等着瞧吧！你那口（模仿他的声音）“真正的英语”……（用自己的声音）我倒要看看你能不能帮我找到……（离去）
Unit5 周口店洞穴参观记
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。
考：欢迎到中国来参观周口店洞穴。很高兴见到你们这些从英国来的对考古学感兴趣的学生。你们想必都很清楚，正是在这个地方，我们找到了世界上居住在这个地方最早人类的证据。我们在这儿进行的挖掘工作已经很多年了，而且……
学1：
对不起，打断一下你的讲话，请问他们是怎么住在这个地方的呢？这儿只有石头和树木。考：问得好。你是个敏锐的观察者，在高山上的那些洞穴里我们找到了人骨和兽骨，还有工具和其他物品因此，我们有理由认为他们不顾严寒，就住在这些洞穴里。
学2：那他们是怎样取暖的呢？他们不可能像我们现在这样有垫子、毯子和被子。想必是很不舒服的了。
考：我们发现在洞穴中央有生火用的地炉。他们用地炉里的火来取暖、做饭，还可以用火来吓跑野兽。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。我们还没有找到门，但我们认为在天寒地冻的冬季他们可能是用兽皮挂在洞口来防寒的。
学3：在那以前有些什么野兽吗？考：嗯，我们在洞里发现了老虎和熊的骨头。我们认为这些野兽对他们来讲是最危险的敌人了。现在，你们看这个东西能告诉我们有关早期人类生活的什么情况呢？（指着一张有针线的照片让大家看）
学2：哎呀，那是一根针！天哪，难道他们还会修补东西吗？
考：除此之外，你认为还可能派别的什么用场吗？
学4：让我看看。这个东西最多三厘米长，看起来像是用骨头做的。我不知道他们是怎样做成针眼的……
学2：（插话）你是不是说他们自己做衣服穿？他们又是从哪里得到衣料的呢？
考：他们没有像我们今天穿的这种衣料。你能猜出他们用的是什么吗？
学1：哇，他们穿的衣服全都是用兽皮做的吗？他们那些衣服是怎样做成的？我确信它们裁剪并缝起来又厚又重。
考：我们有证据表明，他们的确穿的是用兽皮制的衣服。我们不断发现一些磨削其他工具用的工具。看样子他们可能是用磨尖的石器来切割野兽并剥皮，再用小一些的刮子把皮上的脂肪和肉去掉。然后，他们可能在兽皮上擦上大量的盐，使皮变柔软。最后进行剪裁，缝起来就成了。确实是既难又脏的活！现在来看看这个吧。（指着一串项链）
考：你真聪明！有块骨头实际上是野兽的牙齿，贝壳是从海边捡来的。你还认得别的骨头吗？
学1：这根很像鱼骨头，对吗？
考：很对。植物学的分析结果明确地告诉我们，这儿四周曾经是一个很．大的浅水湖。毫无疑问，当时湖里是有鱼的。
学3：不过，湖并不是海呀，我们离海还远着呢¨眷客，更壳又是怎么来的呢？
考：早期人类之间也许有贸易来往，或者他们也可能旅行到海边去。我们知道，他们跟着兽群四处走。他们并不种植谷物，而是在野果熟了的时候采摘它们并捕杀野兽来充饥。这就是他们被称之为猎人和采摘者的缘故。现在，咱们去参观洞穴好吗？
『伍』 高中英语选修8 THE FEAST: 18,000 BC课文翻译
这次节日的盛宴：公元前18000
Worried about the preparations for her feast, Lala quickly turned for home with her collection of nuts, melons and other fruit.有关的筹备工作为她担心盛宴，很快转为拉拉她的坚果收集，家庭瓜果和其他水果。 It was the custom of family groups to separate and then gather again at different sites for reunions as they followed the animal herds across the grasslands.这是家庭群体的习惯不同，然后聚集在不同地点的聚会，他们又接着整个草原的动物群。 A wrinkle appeared on her forehead.阿皱纹出现在她的前额。 If only it could be just like last year!如果只是它可能只是像去年一样！ At that time she had been so happy when Dahu chose her as the future mother of his children.当时她已很开心当大户选择作为他的孩子的未来母亲的时间。 He was the best toolmaker in the group and it was a great honour for her to be chosen.他是该集团最好的工具制造商，这是对她被选为巨大的荣誉。 She remembered the blood pulsing through her veins.她想起了她的血液通过静脉脉冲。 She had felt so proud as the group shouted loudly to applaud his choice.她觉得很骄傲，因为本集团大声喊着他的选择鼓掌。 If only she had looked ahead and planned better this year!如果只有她有更好的展望和计划今年！ Then she wouldn't have been feeling so worried now.然后，她就不会感到那么担心了。
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.听过狼在森林中咆哮，拉拉她走了加速路径到洞穴担心有可能在等待她躺在野兽。 She had no man with his spear to protect her.她曾与他的枪没有人保护她。 She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped.她几乎已经到了目的地时，可口的味道逮捕了她的工作，她停了下来。 So the men had brought home the meat for the feast!所以，男人们都回家过节带来的肉！ The smell of cooking meat filled the air surrounding her, and her senses became dizzy with hunger.对烹饪充满了她周围的肉香味的空气，她感觉头晕成为与饥饿。 She could see her mother and the older children preparing the deer and pig meat over the fire.她可以看到她的母亲和年龄较大的儿童准备在火鹿和猪的肉。 Her aunts were making clothes with animal skins.她的姑姑是用兽皮制作衣服。 Abruptly she sat down, only to be scooped up by her laughing, shouting sister, Luna.突然，她坐了下来，只有被挖出她的笑，喊姐姐，卢纳起来。 Lala smiled with relief.拉拉笑了救灾。 It was good to have her family around her.这是件好事，她的家人身边。
Just then a tall man came up behind her.就在这时，一个高大的男子来到她的身后。 He had a large, square face, with strongly pronounced eyebrows and cheekbones.他有一个大的，方脸，具有强烈的突出眉毛和颧骨。 Over his shoulder he carried several fish and some pieces of wood under his arm.他在他的肩膀他的手臂几下进行鱼类和木材的一些作品。 Lala smiled and handed some stone scrapers over to Dahu, who smiled and went outside the cave to begin his task.拉拉笑了，递给了一些石头铲运机到大湖，谁笑了，外面的洞穴，开始了他的任务。
First he looked carefully at the scrapers and then went to a corner of the cave and pulled out some more tools.首先，他仔细研究过的刮削器，然后去了山洞的角落，拿出一些更多的工具。 They were in a pile with other sharp arrowheads and stone axe-heads.他们在与其他锋利箭头和石斧，头桩。 He chose one large stone and began to use it like a hammer striking the edge of the scraper that needed sharpening.他选择了一个大石头，并开始使用像一个惊人的刮刀，需要锐化的边缘锤子。 Now and then Dahu would stop, look at it and try it against his hand before continuing his task.现在，大湖，然后将停止，看着它，并尝试对他的手里，然后再继续他的任务。 He stopped when he felt the scrapers were sharp enough to cut up the meat and scrape the fish.他停住时，他感到刮削器是利断刮了肉和鱼。 As he passed them to Lala, the first of the guests from the neighbouring caves began to arrive for dinner.当他经过他们拉拉，从邻近的洞穴客人刚开始抵达晚餐。 Lala's spirits rose.拉拉的酒类价格上涨。 Yes, it was going to be just as wonderful as last year!是的，这是将是去年一样精彩！ She smiled to herself gaily and went out of the cave to welcome her friends and neighbours.她微笑着对自己快活地走出了洞穴，欢迎她的朋友和邻居。