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1、 Unit 1 Lesson 1 Finding fossil man 发现化石人First listen and then answer the following question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why are legends handed down by storytellers useful? We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the wor
2、d where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas - legends handed down from one generation of another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down
3、 what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago. But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago tha
4、t even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first modern men came from. Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may al
5、so have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace. ROBIN PLACE Finding fossil manNew words and expressions 生词和短语 fossil man (title)adj. 化石人 recountv. 叙述
6、 sagan. 英雄故事 legendn. 传说，传奇 migration n. 迁移，移居 anthropologist n. 人类学家 archaeologist n. 考古学家 ancestor n. 祖先 Polynesianadj.波利尼西亚（中太平洋之一群岛）的 Indonesia n. 印度尼西亚 flint n. 燧石 rot n. 烂掉参考译文 我们从书籍中可读到5,000 年前近东发生的事情，那里的人最早学会了写字。但直到现在,世界上有些地方，人们还不会书写。 他们保存历史的唯一办法是将历史当作传说讲述，由讲述人一代接一代地将史实描述为传奇故事口传下来。人类学家过去不清楚如
7、今生活在太平洋诸岛上的波利尼西亚人的祖先来自何方，当地人的传说却告诉人们：其中一部分是约在2,000年前从印度尼西亚迁来的。 但是，和我们相似的原始人生活的年代太久远了，因此，有关他们的传说既使有如今也失传了。于是，考古学家们既缺乏历史记载，又无口头传说来帮助他们弄清最早的“现代人”是从哪里来的。 然而， 幸运的是，远古人用石头制作了工具，特别是用燧石，因为燧石较之其他石头更容易成形。他们也可能用过木头和兽皮，但这类东西早已腐烂殆尽。石头是不会腐烂的。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。笔记问：中国人如果学一口地道的英语？亚历山大：Dont be o
8、ffended by my answer. You cant. You will always think as a Chinese and speak Chinglish. When you learn your mother tongue, you also acquire the mental set that goes with it.老幼病残孕专座：Priority seat “优先”Priority for disabled peopleOther people may also need to sit more than you.保守：Dinosaur夸张：Hyperbole /
9、Overstatement/ ExaggerationIt seemed millions of ages since I saw you last time. 好久不见The noise can wake up the dead.吵死人了Finding fossil man 寻找远古人类翻译：世界上第一代博物馆属于自然博物馆，它是通过化石、标本等向人们介绍地球和各种生物的演化历史。The last generation museums are devoted to natural history, which show the evolutionary changes of the eart
10、h and organisms through fossils and specimens.翻译：暮色中，河湾里落满云霞，与天际的颜色混合一起。Scattered across every continentRead of =read about 读到有关情况 间接获得信息It was said to read of the dead of Jackson in this mornings paper.Read for degree读学位（不及物动词）Im reading for a degree in Oxford.Near east: turkey, Israel, Syria, Jord
11、an, Sandi Arabia Middle east:连音mid-list Beatles 披头四 Beetles 甲壳虫Peoples民族Times时代Advices通知Ages 很长一段时间Airs 氛围Dont put on airs.别装Manners 礼仪Minutes 会议记录Quarters 住所Sands 沙滩Spirits 情绪All over the world =various parts of the world Home town=family homeMother tongue =first languageWe hung on the teachers eve
12、ry word.We filed into the toilet.鱼贯而入I love my charade.字谜The charade is the apple of my eye.掌上明珠The food is a great luxury.太好吃了On my home-ward way=on my way home用词的变化性Recount as Hand down=give or leave sth to people The ring has been handed down in my family.祖传Bring down=carry down =come down=descen
13、d down Arm in arm I eat chicken drum with my fingers.鸡腿I wore 11 rings on my fingers.I wore 2 watches on my wrists.Let me read your palm.Shake handsAt hand在手边Set ones hand to do 着手Join hands to do 携手Watch with folded hands 袖手He had a hand in it 插手Contestants 选手Gunner炮手Standard bearer旗手We start from
14、scratch. 白手起家大手大脚He spends extravagantly. /He throws money around.Index finger食指ToeThumbHow many fingers do you have? 8Cup热饮Glass冷饮我并不乐意离开故土去外国定居I dont want to leave my native soil and take up residence (migrate to ) in a foreign country.Denizen =occupant =resident =dweller =inhabitant On the safari
15、, the hunters stalked the ferocious denizens of the jungle.Safari 捕猎队Ferocious 凶猛的Stalk 蹑手蹑脚的Domicile =Abode=Dwelling=Residence=HouseSojourn =temporary stay逗留I sojourned in Beijing for 13 days.Because the puritans were persecuted, they migrated to us.第一次出现时，代词只出现在从句。In winter many birds migrated to the south in search of a more temperate climate.AnthologistPaleontologi
