
台灣聖薩爾瓦多城
The excavation of a Spanish monastery on Heping Island in Keelung has led to the discovery of another skeleton.
位於和平島挖掘西班牙修道院的考古遺跡又新發現一具骷顱遺骸,
excavation考古挖掘monastery修道院、monk僧侶lead to引起discovery(n.)發現、discover(v.)
This is the tenth skeleton that the archeological team has found this year.
這是考古團隊今年發現的第十具遺骸。
archeological(adj.)考古的、archeology(n.)考古學、archeologist(n.)考古學家
The project is being led by anthropologist Tsang Cheng-hwa from Tsing Hua University, along with several Spanish researchers.
這項挖掘計劃由清大人類學家臧振華主持,數位西班牙研究學者也參與其中,
project研究計畫being led by被主導anthropologist人類學家、anthropology人類學along with=and以及Spanish(adj., n.)西班牙的、西班牙文、Spaniard西班牙人researcher研究者、research(n., v.)研究
The goal of the project is to dig out Fort San Salvador, which was built by the Spaniards during their occupation of northern Taiwan in the 17th century.
計畫目的是挖掘17世紀西班牙佔領北台灣時所建的聖薩爾瓦多城遺址。
goal=purpose=aim目的dig out挖掘出=unearthfort城堡、堡壘occupation(n.)佔領、occupy(v.)century(n.)世紀
Last Thursday, the team unearthed the latest skeleton, which brings the total number of skeletons found at the site to 15.
上週四,挖掘團隊又挖出了一具新遺骸,目前累積發現遺骸已達15具。
It was intact and in a praying pose.
這具遺骸非常完整並呈現祈禱姿勢。
intact=complete完整無缺pray(v.)祈禱
The team still needs to run some analyses on the skeleton to determine whether it is Spanish or of another race.
研究團隊需要進行分析以判定是否遺骸為西班牙人或其他種族。
run analyses做分析=analyzedetermine=decide決定race(n.)種族、比賽
Other than skeletons, the team has also discovered dozens of artifacts such as belts, crosses, and porcelain wares.
除了遺骨之外,團隊也在現場發現很多物品,諸如皮帶、十字架以及瓷製品,
other than除了=apart from=aside from、besides(包含)、except(不包含)dozens of=several一些artifact=artefact手工藝品cross十字架porcelain ware瓷器、瓷製品
They hope to uncover the monastery one day and learn about the history behind it.
他們希望能夠挖掘出修道院遺址,並了解更多背後的歷史淵源。
uncover=discover揭開
Apart from its connection to Spanish colonial history, Heping Island is home to discoveries dating back to Taiwan’s Yuanshan Culture (3,000-2,000 BC) and Shisanhang Culture (1,800-500 BC).
和平島除了與西班牙殖民歷史有關聯之外,島上也發現圓山文化以及十三行文化遺跡,
connection(n.)連結、connect(v.)colonial history殖民史date back to追溯至BC =Before Christ西元前、AD=Anno Domini西元
The latest archeological discovery may give us further clues as to Taiwan’s international role during the Age of Discovery.
而最新的考古發現可望讓我們對台灣在大航海時代在國際上所扮演的角色,有更深一層的認識。
clue(n.)線索role(n.)角色Age of Discovery地理大發現=Age of Exploration