ancient artefacts in Norway's glaciers 1

Climate change reveals ancientartefacts in Norway's glaciers 1   气候变化揭示了挪威冰川中的古代文物

14. an explanation for weapons being left behind in the mountains

D 部分

Hunters would have easily misplacedarrows and they often discarded broken bows rather thantake them all the way home.

15. a reference to the physical difficulties involved in an archaeologicalexpedition

C 部分第3段

“Fieldwork is hardwork - hiking with all our equipment, often camping onpermafrost

permafrost  [ˈpɜːməfrɒst]  冻土

16. an explanation of why less food may have been available

F 部分第2段

A colderturn in the Scandinavian climate would likely have meant widespread crop failures

17. a reference to the possibility of future archaeological discoveries

H 部分

That means archaeologists could beextracting some of those artefacts from retreating icein years to come.

18. examples ofitems that would have been traded

G 部分

these recent discoveries show thatplenty of goods travelled on overland routes, like the mountain passes ofOppland. And growing Norwegian towns,along with export markets,would havecreated a booming demand for hides to fight offthe cold,as well as antlers to make usefulthings like combs.

hide  [haɪd]   n. 毛皮   antler  [ˈæntlə(r)]  鹿角

19. a reference to the pressure archaeologists are under to work quickly

B 部分第1段

once thawedout, these materials experience degradation relativelyswiftly.

thaw  [θɔː]  v.解冻

degrade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ v.(使)退化；分解

degradation  [ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn]

B 部分第2段

If somethingfragile dries and is windblown it might very soon be lost to science, or an arrowmight be exposed and then covered again by thenext snow and remain well-preserved.

fragile  [ˈfrædʒaɪl]脆弱的

词根 frag  打破,打碎