It's the question from that textbook about the Chaco Great Houses.

这本教科书上的题目是关于查科峡谷巨屋的。

More than 900 years ago, the Pueblo people were thriving in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon.

900多年前，普韦布洛人在新墨西哥州查科峡谷过着繁荣昌盛的生活。

Then there is the Chaco of north-west Argentina.

接下来是阿根廷西北部的查科。

A recent expedition into Ecuador's Chaco rainforest by a conservation and eco tour group discovered a colony of the amphibians.

最近，一个保育与生态旅游团体在厄瓜多尔的查科雨林中发现了一群两栖动物。

The reading passage provides three theories explaining how great houses in Chaco Canyon were used.

阅读文章提供了三种理论来解释查科峡谷的伟大房屋是如何使用的。

Unfortunately none of the arguments about what the Chaco great houses were used for is convincing.

不幸的是， 关于查科大房子的用途的争论都没有令人信服。

In 1987, Chaco Culture National Historical Park was named one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites.

1987年，查科文化国家历史公园被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产之一。

In another portion of Chaco Canyon, a pictograph high on an overhang has been interpreted as marking a supernova explosion in 1054.

在查科峡谷另一处，悬崖高处的象形文字经翻译后被解读为记录1054年发生的超新星爆炸事件。

Our next topic is going to be a national historical park called Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

我们的下一个主题将是一个名为查科文化国家历史公园的国家历史公园。

The reading and the listening are both about the " great houses" which are found around the Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.

阅读材料和听力都是关于在新墨西哥州查科峡谷附近发现的“巨屋”。

This is Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the south western United States, and it was home to what's become known as the Chacoan civilisation.

这是美国西南部新墨西哥州的查科峡谷，查科文明的发源地。

Besides, the reading passage states that the big houses were used to store grain maize, a long-term food supply of Chaco people.

此外，阅读文章指出， 大房子是用来储存谷物玉米的，这是查科人的长期食物供应。

Around 1140 A.D., many of the people who were living in this area began to leave Chaco Canyon, probably because of drought.

大约在公元 1140 年左右，许多居住在这一地区的人开始离开查科峡谷， 可能是因为干旱。

We're also going to talk about a historical park in the United States – the Chaco Canyon National Historical Park in New Mexico.

我们还要说说美国的一个历史公园——位​​于新墨西哥州的查科峡谷国家历史公园。

I made a note of the main argument from the reading which is there are three theories to explain the use of the Chaco Canyon houses in New Mexico.

我记下了阅读中的主要论点，即有三种理论可以解释新墨西哥州查科峡谷巨屋的使用。

Now, if you would ask the average American what he or she knew about Chaco Culture National Historical Park, my guess is they would say absolutely nothing.

现在，如果你问普通美国人他或她对查科文化国家历史公园了解多少， 我猜他们绝对不会说什么。