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    Some 30,000 years ago, artists who lived in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them: panthers, hyenas, rhinos, cave lions, mammoths and other creatures which have been extinct for a long time. The paintings were highly realistic. Some even showed movement.

    The artwork, more than a thousand drawings, is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings which have ever been discovered. They were preserved because the cave was sealed---closed off--for more or less 23,000 years.

    Fast forward to December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean Marie Chauvet, who led the group then, describes the process of discovering the cave paintings. “At that time I was in the front, Eliette just walked behind me, Christian behind. Eliette said she saw two marks with red ochre and she said, ‘They came here.' And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything linked to the parietal art(壁画). That is where it is tarted.”

    Cave art expert Jean Clotttes reviewed the paintings. “I was amazed at the number of paintings there were and paintings of their quality and particularly in front of the panel of the horses.”

    Scientific analysis confirmed the prehistoric date of the artwork. Studies showed the drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago, before human history was written. The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO lists the cave as a World Heritage Site. They say that the drawings form a remarkable expression of early human artistic creation of grand excellence and variety.

    The Chauvet Cave has been named after the explorer who first entered it. However, its environment and drawings are too fragile to be visited by human beings. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.

    However, French authorities asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called Pont d'Arc Cavern. The copy, which we also called replica, cost more than 59 million dollars to build. It opened at the end of April in France.

    Pascal Terrasse is the president of the cavern. He says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. He says the place is magic because it is done so well. Authorities say they think as many as 400,000 people will be allowed to visit Pont d'Arc Cavern every year.

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       ①梅子在报社工作。那天,一位做生意的朋友打来电话,说在报纸上看到她写贫困学生的故事,自己很想帮助他们,因为能力有限,只能资助一个孩子,请梅子哪天方便时,给那几个孩子拍些照片,他想自己选择资助对象。

       ②凑巧,梅子回老家,正好路过那个小山村。她来到村里的小学,按照校长提供的名单,准备为孩子们拍照片。在这个偏僻的地方,土地贫瘠,吃水困难,时常停电,村民们的日子都很苦,年轻人都出去打工,很多孩子成了留守儿童。他们没见识过大山外面的世界,对梅子手中的数码照相机非常好奇。

       ③孩子们轮番出现在镜头里,他们身上的衣服、鞋子和书包,大都是破破烂烂的,任谁看了都会有几分心酸。这时,一个叫朵朵的小女孩,本来已经站好了,却忽然冲着梅子轻轻摆手:“阿姨,请等我几分钟!”

       ④话音刚落,小女孩飞奔着跑远了。片刻工夫,她拿着什么东西跑回来,转身进了屋子。等到朵朵再出来时,梅子禁不住眼前一亮:朵朵穿了一件红格子的衬衣,因为有些肥大,只好扎到裤子里;她的肩膀上,还挎着一个崭新的书包。看到梅子还没开始按快门,朵朵又伸出手指,迅速理了理额前的头发,脸上露出甜美的笑容,悄声问旁边的女伴:“你瞧,我这样好看吗?”

       ⑤也许是出于童真的妒忌,女伴撇藉小嘴说:“臭美!又把别人的衣服穿出来显摆了!”原来,那衬衣是朵朵从隔壁一户人家借来的,所以不合体。至于那个书包,是两年前妈妈回家时,送给朵朵的生日礼物,她一直没舍得用。

       ⑥梅子怀着复杂的心情,为孩子们拍好了照片。她有点担心的是,和别的孩子相比,朵朵这样“光鲜”的形象,会不会第一个被淘汰?

       ⑦出乎梅子意料的是,当她把这组冲洗好的照片,整整齐齐摆放在朋友的办公桌上时,他居然毫不犹豫地指着朵朵那张照片说:“我就资助她,每年为她提供学费和生活费,一直到大学毕业!”

       ⑧梅子忍不住追问:“为什么选朵朵?”朋友意味深长地说:“你看,在那样恶劣的生存环境中,朵朵爱笑又爱美,这是多么难得呀。其实命运不会一直亏待谁,只要能够保持这种好心态,总有一天,生活也会对她笑,生活也会因为她而变得更美好。”

                                                                                                                                                                            (作者:张军霞;摘自《读者》)