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篇名: 7月28號課程內容
作者: 錢小麥	日期: 2010.07.28　　天氣: 　心情:

The rocky Nasca Desert in southern Peru holds one of mankind's greatest mysteries.

Visitors take airplane rides over the plateau to view huge designs carved into the desert.

The outlines of people and animals are giant, some begin 200 meters across. What story do these lines have to tell？

祕魯南部充滿岩石的納斯卡沙漠藏有人類最偉大的秘密之一

遊客搭飛機橫越這座高原以求觀賞刻在沙漠中的巨大圖樣

這些人類和動物的輪廓很龐大，有些長達兩百公尺。這些線條有什麼故事要述說呢？

Mystery has long surrounded the Nasca Lines, with some theories about their creation bordering on science fiction.

For example, there are people who believe that these geoglyphs were made by aliens.

Their reasoning is that the complete shapes can only be seen from the air, and since they were made before airplans,

aliens must be the creators.

Scientists have discovered that the designs can easily be appreciated from the surrounding hills, though.

No aircraft are needed.

秘密長久以來圍繞著納斯卡線，有些關於其創造的理論簡直是科幻故事

比如說，有人相信這些地表雕刻是外星人做出來的

他們的理由是因其全貌只能從空中被看見，而且因為他們是在有飛機之前被創造的

所以外星人一定是其創造者

然而，科學家已發現這些圖樣可以輕易地從附近的山丘觀賞

並不需要飛機

If it wasn't aliens who carved over 1,000 pictures into the desert, who was it？

Most scholars believe thar a civilization known as the Nasca were the designers.

These people lived in the area between 100 BC and 700 AD.

They were skilled farmers who engineered irrigation systems in order to grow crops in the dry desert.

Over 800 yesrs, the Nasca farmed the land, built huge temples,

and used basic surveying techniques to make these incredible geoglyphs.

如果不是外星人將這一千多個圖樣刻進沙漠中，那麼是誰呢？

多數學者認為一個被稱為納斯卡的文明才是設計者

這些人在西元前一百年到西元七百年間住在這個地區

他們是熟練的農夫，為了在乾燥的沙漠種植作物而建造了灌溉系統

八百年來，納斯卡文明耕作土地、建造巨大的神殿

並用基本的測量技巧創造出這些驚人的地表雕刻

字彙

01. carve [kɑrv] v. 雕刻

02. outline [ˋaut͵laɪn] n. 輪廓；外型

03. surround [səˋraund] v. 圍繞 ( 現在分詞 surrounding 作形容詞指「附近的」)

04. creation [krɪˋeʃən] n. 創造；創作品

05. civilization [͵sɪv!əˋzeʃən] n. 文明；文化

06. surveying [sɚˋveɪŋ] n. 測量；考察

07. plateau [plæˋto] n. 高原

08. alien [ˋelɪən] n. 外星人

09. irrigation [͵ɪrəˋgeʃən] n. 灌溉

10. Nasca 亦可拼作 Nazca，為祕魯(Peru)南部的一個小城

關鍵解析

with some....bordering on.....長句分析

本句看起來比較複雜，以下分別解釋使用到的用法：

A. With + O. + O.C. ( V-ing / p.p. )用來表示附加狀況或原因，使用情境如下

with + O. + V-ing 補語為主動發生或進行中

with + O. + p.p. 補語為被動發生或已完成

‧Many people bought the new style of T-shirt, with green begin the most popular color choice.

　很多人買了這種新風格的T恤，而綠色現在是最熱門的顏色

‧The room was a mess, with clothes and books thrown on the floor.

　這間房間一團亂，衣服和書被丟了一地

B. border [ˋbɔrdɚ] 在此為動詞，border on 表示「簡直是....；類似....」，如文中用法

‧Brian admitted that his story of his bad day bordered on comedy.

延伸學習

border on 也可表示「比鄰」，常用被動語態 be bordered on 指「與 (某地區的某個邊) 比鄰」

‧The American state of Texas is bordered on one side by Mexico.

　美國德州與墨西哥的一邊相鄰

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