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1、Lesson1Findingfossilman发现化石人Wecanreadofthingsthathappened5,000yearsagointheNearEast,wherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsoftheworldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhistoryistorecountitassagas----legendshandeddownf
2、romonegenerationofstorytellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslands
3、camefrom.ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,areforgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistorynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirs
4、t‘modernmen’camefrom.Fortunately,however,ancientmenmadetoolsofstone,especiallyflint,becausethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveusedwoodandskins,butthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecay,andsothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwh
5、omadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.ROBINPLACEFindingfossilmanNewwordsandexpressions生词短语recount/ri'kaunt/v.叙述/'rei'kaunt/再数一次record/'rek[d//ri'kC:d/第一个音节带重音，名前动后叙述：recount:emotionless重复describedepict：alittleemotionalnarrate：temporal&spacial根据时间或空间顺序描述。portr
6、ay：描述saga/'sa:g[/n.英雄故事描述的内容mostlyreal北欧海盗活动的故事legend/'ledV[nd/n.传说，传奇unreale.grobinhoodanthropologist/'AnWr['pCl[dVist/n.人类学家anthrop：人philosophere:philo＋sopher
7、爱＋智慧＝哲学家philanthropist:慈善家（对人有爱心的人）anthropology:人类学带-gy结尾的都是学科：biology生物学geography地理学ecology生态学re
8、mote/ri'm[ut/n.遥远ancestor/'Ansest[/n.祖先an在前面forefather,forebear，predecessor祖先rot/rCt/v.烂掉leavemerot.＝leavemealongrottodeath.soonripe,soonrotten.decay国家民族逐渐衰亡decompose逐渐衰竭deteriorate关系逐渐恶化trace/treis/n.痕迹，踪迹tracetheproblemifollowyourtrace＝ifollowwhereyougopol
9、ynesia波利尼西亚poly-多polyandric:awifewithmorethanonehusbandpolygeny:ahusbandwithmorethanonewifeflint/flint/n.燧石flintingheartedfossil/'fCsl/n.化石cobble鹅卵石Notesonthetext课文注释readof读到谈到：speakof,talkof,kn
