Me too. I was hoping we could go to the beach today, but it looks like that's out of the question.
我也这么想,我本来希望我们今天去海边,但看来没戏了。
and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
因此,尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存,但远古时代的石头工具却保存了下来。