考古學傢們用兩千年前曾經裝飾著一棟羅馬時期豪華別墅的數千塊墻體灰泥碎片，拼接出瞭令人驚嘆的壁畫。這些破碎的灰泥碎片早在 2021 年就在倫敦市中心一個建築工地中被發現，但直到現在這幅巨大的 “拼圖” 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.
將數千塊兩千年前的灰泥碎片拼接在一起是一個終極的考古拼圖挑戰，不過好在這幅拼圖向人們展現出瞭令人驚嘆的壁畫。
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.
較低的墻壁部分是淡粉色的，上面點綴著仿大理石的顏料。在它們上方的部分是明亮的黃色鑲嵌板，並配有柔和的綠色邊框，其中精美地繪制瞭樂器、鳥類、花卉和水果等裝飾細節。
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.
這些壁畫裝飾瞭這座豪華別墅的至少20面墻壁，這棟別墅建於羅馬人建立倫敦城後不久。對於壁畫的創作者是誰，考古學傢們已經有瞭一些線索。部分碎片上刻著 “F”、“E”、“C”、“I”、“T” 這幾個字母，這些字母組成瞭拉丁語中表達 “由……制作” 的單詞。但本應該刻有畫師姓名的那塊碎片卻找不到瞭。考古學傢們仍在碎片中仔細翻找，以確認那塊帶有署名的碎片是否還在其中。
詞匯表
piecing together 把…拼在一起，拼湊
fragments 碎片
plaster （用於塗抹墻面的）灰泥
frescoes 壁畫
marble 大理石
panels 鑲嵌板
borders 邊框
founded 建立，創立
scored 刻下痕跡
sifting through 仔細檢查，在…中查找
聽力練習
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答問題。
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、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題。
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、聽第三遍音頻，將句子補充完整。（提示：可以反復聽，直到聽清楚每一個詞）
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、聽第一遍音頻，回答問題。
1. This report is about…
b. archaeologists putting together pieces of a Roman wall.
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題。
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、聽第三遍音頻，將句子補充完整。（提示：可以反復聽，直到聽清楚每一個詞）
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.
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