考古学家们用两千年前曾经装饰着一栋罗马时期豪华别墅的数千块墙体灰泥碎片，拼接出了令人惊叹的壁画。这些破碎的灰泥碎片早在  2021 年就在伦敦市中心一个建筑工地中被发现，但直到现在这幅巨大的 “拼图” 才被拼接好。

Piecing together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old plaster has been the ultimate archaeological jigsaw puzzle, but stunning frescoes have emerged.

将数千块两千年前的灰泥碎片拼接在一起是一个终极的考古拼图挑战，不过好在这幅拼图向人们展现出了令人惊叹的壁画。

The lower wall sections are pale pink and dotted with paint to imitate marble. Above them are bright yellow panels with soft green borders with beautifully drawn details of musical instruments, birds, flowers and fruit.

较低的墙壁部分是淡粉色的，上面点缀着仿大理石的颜料。在它们上方的部分是明亮的黄色镶嵌板，并配有柔和的绿色边框，其中精美地绘制了乐器、鸟类、花卉和水果等装饰细节。

The frescoes make up at least 20 walls of a luxurious villa, which was built soon after the Romans first founded London. And there are clues about who painted them. Some fragments are scored with the letters F, E, C, I, T – the Latin word for 'has made this'. But the piece where the name should be is missing. The archaeologists are still sifting through the fragments to see if it could be amongst them.

这些壁画装饰了这座豪华别墅的至少 20 面墙壁，这栋别墅建于罗马人建立伦敦城后不久。对于壁画的创作者是谁，考古学家们已经有了一些线索。部分碎片上刻着 “F”、“E”、“C”、“I”、“T” 这几个字母，这些字母组成了拉丁语中表达 “由……制作” 的单词。但本应该刻有画师姓名的那块碎片却找不到了。考古学家们仍在碎片中仔细翻找，以确认那块带有署名的碎片是否还在其中。

词汇表

piecing together 把…拼在一起，拼凑
fragments 碎片
plaster （用于涂抹墙面的）灰泥
frescoes 壁画
marble 大理石
panels 镶嵌板
borders 边框
founded 建立，创立
scored 刻下痕迹
sifting through 仔细检查，在…中查找

听力练习

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

1. This report is about…
a. archaeologists discovering pieces of a Roman wall.
b. archaeologists putting together pieces of a Roman wall.
c. archaeologists discovering ancient musical instruments and writing.

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. What has been revealed by putting thousands of wall fragments together?
a. a Roman villa
b. a children's jigsaw puzzle
c. stunning frescoes

2. How did the Romans imitate marble walls in this villa?
a. The walls are pale pink and dotted with paint.
b. The walls have bright yellow panels with soft green borders.
c. The walls have small details of birds, flowers and fruit.

3. The wall fragments come from more than one wall.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

4. London had existed long before the luxurious villa was built.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

5. Who painted the wall?
a. Someone called 'Fecit'.
b. A Roman architect.
c. Archaeologists don't know yet.

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. Some fragments are scored with the letters F, E, C, I, T – the Latin word for '________________'.

2. The frescoes make up at least 20 walls of a luxurious villa, which ________________ soon after the Romans first founded London.

答案

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

1.      This report is about…

b. archaeologists putting together pieces of a Roman wall.

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. c. Piecing together the wall fragments has been the ultimate archaeological jigsaw puzzle, but stunning frescoes have emerged.

2. a. The lower wall sections are pale pink and dotted with paint to imitate marble.

3. a. True. The frescoes make up at least 20 walls of a luxurious villa.

4. b. False. The villa was built soon after the Romans first founded London.

5. c. Some fragments are scored with the letters F, E, C, I, T - the Latin word for 'has made this'. But the piece where the name should be is missing.

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. Some fragments are scored with the letters F, E, C, I, T – the Latin word for 'has made this'.

2. The frescoes make up at least 20 walls of a luxurious villa, which was built soon after the Romans first founded London.