Module6TheWorld'sCulturalHeritageTheTajMahalisconsideredtobeoneofthemostbeautifulbuildingsintheworldandthefinestexampleofthelatestyleofIndianarchitecture.ItisatAgrainnorthernIndia.ItliesbesidetheRiverJumnainthemiddleofgardenswithquietpools.TheTajMahalwasbuiltbytheMogulemperorShahJehan,whoruledIndiaintheseventeenthcentury.Itisinmemoryofhisfavouritewife,ArjumandBanuBagam,knownasMumtazMahal,whodiedin1631.Thebuilding,whichwascompletedbetween1632and1638,wasdesignedbyalocalMuslimarchitectUstadAhmadLahori.Thewholebuilding,withgardensandgatewaystructures,wascompletedin1643.TheTajMahalstandsatoneendofthegardentombwithmarblepath.Theroomissoftlylightedbythelightthatpassesthroughdoublescreensofcarvedmarblesethighinthewalls.Thebuildingnowiskeptingoodcondition.TheTajMahaltook22yearstobuild.ShahJehanplannedasimilarbuilding,butinblackinsteadofwhite,tolieontheothersideoftheriver.Butbeforeitcouldbebuilt,ShahJehanwasimprisonedbyhissonandburiednexttohiswifeintheTajMahal.SectionⅠIntroduction&Reading—Prereading[原文呈现][读文清障]Part1TheAmazing①CavesofZhoukoudianZhoukoudianisasmallvillageabout50kilometressouthwestofBeijing.Inthe1920s②，archaeologists③discoveredsomeprehistoric④humanbonestherewhichchangedChina'sknowledge⑤ofitshistory⑥.Theycamefromanunknownspecies⑦ofmanandwerethefirstevidence⑧ofprimitive⑨humanlifeinChinathousandsofyearsago.Theremains⑩were...threeteeth!In1929,acompleteskull⑪wasalsodiscovered.Eventually⑫，archaeologistsfoundalmost200items⑬，including⑭sixskullsandmorethan⑮150teeth.Thesediscoveries⑯provedtheexistence⑰ofahumanspecieswholivedinthearea⑱between700,000and200,000yearsago.FoursiteswhereBeijingManandhisrelations⑲lived⑳werediscoveredonthenorthernfaceof○DragonBoneHill(Longgushan).Theylivedinthelimestone○cavesinthearea.①amazingadj.令人大为惊奇的②inthe1920s＝inthe1920's③archaeologist/ɑki'ldIst/ˌːɒəʒn．考古学家④prehistoric/prihI'strIk/ˌːɒadj.史前的；有历史记载以前的prehistoryn．[U]史前时期⑤knowledgen．[U]知晓，了解⑥which引导定语从句，代指上文提到的事情。⑦speciesn．物种，种⑧evidencen．证据⑨primitive/'prImtIv/əadj.(人类或动植物)原始的，原生的⑩remains/rI'meInz/n．遗迹；遗体⑪skull/skl/ʌn．头颅，颅骨⑫eventuallyadv.最后，终于⑬item/'aItm/ən．(一)件⑭includingprep.包括includingA＝Aincluded⑮morethan超过，多于⑯discoveryn．发现⑰existence/Iɡ'zIstns/n．存在comeintoexistence/being产生，出现⑱who引导定语从句，修饰“ahumanspecies”。⑲relation/rI'leIn/ʃn．亲属；亲戚⑳where引导定语从句，修饰“foursites”。○onthenorthernfaceof在……北面○limestone/'laImstn/ˌəʊn．石灰石第一部分惊人的周口店山顶洞[第1～3段译文]周口店是位于北京西南约50千米的一个小村庄。20世纪20年代，考古学家在那里发现了一些史前人类的遗骨，这一发现改变了人们对中国历史的认识。它们是一类未知人种的遗骨，是许多年前原始人生活在中国的第一证据。发现的遗留物是……三颗牙齿！1929年，一个完整的头盖骨又被发掘出来。最后，考古学家发现了近200件遗留物，包括6个头盖骨和150多颗牙齿。这些发现证明：在七十万到二十万年前就有人类生活在该地区。人们在龙骨山的北坡发现了北京人及其近亲居住过的四处遗址。他们生活在该地区的石灰岩洞中。However,thelifespan○ofBeijingManwasshort.About70%ofthepeopleprobablydiedbeforetheageof14.Fewerthan○5%livedtotheageof○50.Evenso○，theywerequitesophisticated○.Asheswerefoundalongsidethefossils○whichshowedtheyusedfirefor○cookingfoodandalsoforlight,warmthandprotection○fr...
