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1、新概念英语第三册38Lesson38Thefirstcalender最早的日历一、【Text】课文Futurehistorianswillbeinauniquepositionwhentheycometorecordthehistoryofourowntimes.Theywillhardlyknowwhichfactstoselectfromthegreatmassofevidencethatsteadilyaccumulates.Whatismoretheywillnothavetorelysolelyonthewrittenword.Fil
2、ms,videos.CDsandCD-ROMsarejustsomeofthebewilderingamountofinformationtheywillhave.Theywillbeable,asitwere,toseeandhearusinaction.Butthehistorianattemptingtoreconstructthedistantpastisalwaysfacedwithadifficulttask.Hehastodeducewhathecanfromthefewscantycluesavailable.Evenseemi
3、nglyinsignificantremainscanshedinterestinglightonthehistoryofearlyman.Uptonow,historianshaveassumedthatcalendarscameintobeingwiththeadventofagriculture,forthenmanwasfacedwitharealneedtounderstandsomethingabouttheseasons.Recentscientificevidenceseemstoindicatethatthisassumpti
4、onisincorrect.Historianshavelongbeenpuzzledbydots,linesandsymbolswhichhavebeenengravedonwalls,bones,andtheivorytuskofmammoths.ThenomadswhomadethesemarkingslivedbyhuntingandfishingduringthelastIceAge,whichbeganabout35,000B.C.andendedabout10,000B.C.Bycorrelatingmarkingsmadeinv
5、ariouspartsoftheworld,historianshavebeenabletoreadthisdifficultcode.Theyhavefoundthatitisconnectedwiththepassageofdaysandthephasesofthemoon.Itis,infact,aprimitivetypeofcalendar.Ithaslongbeenknownthatthehuntingscenesdepictedonwallswerenotsimplyaformofartisticexpression.Theyha
6、dadefinitemeaning,fortheywereasnearasearlymancouldgettowriting.Itispossiblethatthereisadefiniterelationbetweenthesepaintingsandthemarkingsthatsometimesaccompanythem.Itseemsthatmanwasmakingarealefforttounderstandtheseasons20,000yearsearlierthanhasbeensupposed.二、【Newwordsandex
7、pressions】生词和短语●calendarn.历法，日历●historiann.历史学家●uniqueadj.无与伦比的●steadilyadv.不断地●solelyadv.唯一地●videon.录像●CD-ROMn.（只读）光盘驱动器●bewilderv.令人眼花缭乱●deducev.推断，推理●scantyadj.不足的，贫乏的●cluen.线索●insignificantadj.不重要的●shedv.使流出，泻●adventn.出现，到来，来临●agriculturen.农业●assumptionn.假定，设想●dotn.小圆点●s
8、ymboln.符号●engravev.雕刻●ivoryn.象牙制品●mammothn.（古）长毛象●phasen.月相，天相●tuskn.獠牙，长牙、
