Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Section Ⅳ Learning about Language &；Using Language [原文呈现][读文清障]THE FEAST：18,000 BC①Worried about the preparations for her feast② ， Lala quickly turned for home with her collection of nuts, melons③ and other fruit. It was the custom of family groups to separate ④ and then gather again at different sites for reunious as they followed the animal herds across the grasslands⑤. A wrinkle⑥ appeared on her forehead. If only it could be just like last year⑦！ At that time she had been so happy when Dahu chose⑧ her as the future mother of his children. He was the best toolmaker in the group and it was a great honour⑨ for her to be chosen. She remembered the blood pulsing⑩ through her veins⑪.She had felt so proud as the group shouted loudly to applaud⑫ his choice⑬. If only she had looked ahead⑭ and planned better this year! Then she wouldn't have been feeling so worried now.①BC 公元前② 形容词短语 Worried about ...作原因状语，意为“因担心……”。③melon /'mel n/ən.(各种)瓜④separate vt.&vi.分开；分离 adj.独立的；单独的⑤It was the custom ...to separate ...as they followed ...中，it 作形式主语，to separate ...作真正主语；as they followed ...是 as 引导的原因状语从句。⑥wrinkle/'rI kl/ŋn.皱纹⑦if only 意为“要是……就好了；但愿”，常用虚拟语气。本段倒数第二句也是这样的句子。⑧choose vt.&vi.选择；挑选⑨a great honour 意为“一件非常光荣的事情”。⑩pulse/p ls/ʌvi.强烈而有规律地跳动；搏动 n.脉搏；节拍⑪vein /veIn/n.血管；静脉⑫applaud/ 'pld/əɔːvi.&vt.鼓掌欢迎；赞赏⑬as the group shouted loudly ...是 as 引导的时间状语从句。⑭look ahead 向前看；为将来打算公元前一万八千年的一次盛宴[第 1 段译文]拉拉担心她这次盛宴的准备工作，所以赶紧把坚果、甜瓜和其他水果收集起来就快步回家了。由于在草原上放牧，家族成员先分散开，然后在不...
