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Lesson 97. The Bronze Age
第97課 青銅器時代
While on an expedition in western China twenty years ago, some explorers discovered the mummies of a tall, red-haired people.
20年前在中國西部探險時，一些探險家發現了身材高大的紅發民族的木乃伊。
Though estimated to be nearly 4,000 years old, the corpses were quite well preserved.
雖然這些尸體據估計將近有4000年的歷史之久，但它們保存得相當好。
Scientists are excited because these mummies are a link between the East and the West.
科學家很興奮，因為這些木乃伊是東西方之間的一條連結線。
What were redheads doing in China and who were they?
這些紅發人在中國做什么，以及他們是什么人？
Though the answers to these questions may never be answered with certainty,
雖然我們可能永遠無法確實回答這些問題，
these mummies provide new information about the Bronze Age, when men used tools and weapons made of bronze.
然而這些木乃伊提供了有關青銅器時代的新資料，在當時人類使用青銅制成的工具和武器。
This was the period between the Stone Age and the Iron Age.
這一時期介于石器時代和鐵器時代之間。
As the explorers continue their work, new mysteries are waiting to be discovered.
在探險家繼續進行工作的同時，新的謎正在等著被發現。
