刷完六級的你，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在開心玩耍了嗎？不知道你們是不是第一次聽說魯菲尼亞克（Rouffignac），反正小編是第一次。參加一次六級考試，真是長知識呢！來來，小編已經(jīng)忍不住跟你科普了呢~

At some point in remote prehistory, roughly 12,000 years ago, a group of men and women – no more than half a dozen, scientists believe – crawled into the labyrinth of Rouffignac cavern in the Dordogne's Vézère valley. Once in its deepest recess, they lay on their backs and, in flickering candlelight, started painting on the rock ceiling 3ft above them. More than 60 images of mammoths, horses and ibex were outlined, each animal depicted in simple, confident lines that reveal startling artistic talent.
在久遠的史前時期，大約是一萬兩千年前，一群男男女女（科學家們相信，不超過六個）緩緩爬進錯綜復雜的魯菲尼亞克巖洞，這個巖洞位于位于多爾多涅省的韋澤爾河谷。進到巖洞深處，他們躺下，在跳動的燭火下，開始在3英尺高的巖石天頂上作畫。有超過60幅的圖畫，用簡單而自信的線條勾勒出了猛犸象、馬匹和北山羊，無不展現(xiàn)了驚人的藝術(shù)天賦。

This is the Great Ceiling of Rouffignac, one of the world's oldest and most beautiful art galleries. We have few clues as to who created it, though it was probably the work of the Cro-Magnons, the first members of Homo sapiens to settle in Europe 45,000 years ago and survivors of the Ice Age that later gripped the continent. Nor do we know why these artists picked such an inaccessible spot to display their genius – though fortunately it can be reached easily today. A tiny electric train runs from Rouffignac's entrance to the Great Ceiling, the floor of which has been lowered to allow visitors to gaze up at its wonders.
魯夫尼亞克的這個大天頂是世界上最老、最美麗的藝術(shù)館之一。我們基本上不知道是誰創(chuàng)造了這些壁畫，不過很有可能是克羅馬尼翁人的杰作，他們是早期智人中在歐洲定居的第一批，那是在四萬五千年前，他們后來在肆虐了整個大陸的冰河時期中生存了下來。我們也不知道為什么這些藝術(shù)家選擇了這樣一個難以到達的地方來施展他們的天賦，不過好在我們現(xiàn)在能夠很容易地抵達這個地方。一列小巧的電動火車從魯夫尼亞克的入口直通大天頂，那里的地面被削低了，以方便游客仰起頭注視這一奇跡。

It is a stunning experience, one of many to be found in this remarkable locale. In the 25km of the Vézère valley between Montignac and Les Eyzies there are 15 caves – including Rouffignac, Lascaux and others – which have been rated Unesco World Heritage sites because of their prehistoric art.
這是個絕贊的體驗，在這個絕妙的地方你還能發(fā)現(xiàn)更多。在位于蒙蒂尼亞克和萊塞濟之間的韋澤爾河谷，25公里長的地帶有15個巖洞，包括魯夫尼亞克巖洞和拉斯科巖洞等，并且因為史前藝術(shù)而榮列聯(lián)合國教科文組織世界文化遺產(chǎn)名錄。