The Lost Village of Skara Brae

The Lost Village of Scarabray

消失的斯卡布雷村

The Lost Village The village of Skara Brae is more than 4000 years old. It was built on the biggest island of the Orkneys, in a time which archaeologists call the New Stone Age. The people who lived then made tools like knives and axes from stone, usually flint.

消失的村庄 斯卡拉布雷村距今已有4000多年的历史。 它建在奥克尼群岛最大的岛屿上， 那个时期被考古学家称为新石器时代。 当时的人们用石头，通常是燧石，制作刀、斧之类的工具。

People lived together in small villages and grew crops like barley and wheat and kept animals. Scarabray was buried for over 4 ,000 years under tons of sand and soil and wasn't found again until 1850.

人们聚居在小村落里，种植大麦、小麦这类作物，还饲养牲畜。 斯卡布雷被成吨的沙土掩埋了4000多年，直到1850年才被重新发现。

The Great Storm, 1850 In the winter of 1850, fierce storms battered the British Isles. Two hundred people living near the coast were drowned. Huge waves crashed onto the coast of the Bay of Skye.

1850年的大风暴 1850年冬天，猛烈的风暴袭击了不列颠群岛。 住在沿海地区的两百人不幸溺水身亡。 巨浪重重拍打着斯凯湾的海岸。

What was found? Tons of sand and soil were washed away, or blown away by the strong winds. The storm uncovered the remains of stone walls. So William What, who owned the land and some of his farm workers, started to dig around the walls.

人们发现了什么？ 成吨的沙土要么被冲走，要么被强风刮走。 风暴吹走了覆盖在石墙遗迹上的沙土。 于是这片土地的主人威廉·沃特和他的几个农场工人开始在石墙周围挖掘。

Digging carried on for eighteen years, during the short summer months. Four stone houses were found, complete apart from their roofs. Beds, fireplaces and shelves, all made of stone, were also found inside the houses.

挖掘工作持续了十八年，每年只在短暂的夏季进行。 人们共发现了四座石屋，除了屋顶之外其他部分都保存完好。 石屋内部还发现了全部由石头制成的床、壁炉和架子。