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1、刘晓华liuxiaohua72@163.netNEWCONCEPTENGLISH(IV)(newversion)录入:刘晓华(liuxiaohua72@163.net)声明:本文件是从老版本的新概念修改而来,用于本人学习,背诵这一大名鼎鼎的教材,没有任何商业用途。由于我只喜欢这一册,所以没有其他三册的版本,请不要来信索取。由于原先的版本是OCR扫描出来的,新增的5篇是我手工录入,所以有可能有错误,如果发现,请按本文中现,请按本文中的邮件地址指教,我将在修订之后回寄一个新版本作现,请按本文中的邮件地址指教,我将在修订之后回寄一个新版本作为酬谢。同时欢迎来信就本书内容进行切磋与
2、探讨。欢迎广泛传播本文,以使广大新概念爱好者受益。1刘晓华liuxiaohua72@163.netLesson1FindingFossilmanWecanreadofthingsthathappened5,000yearsagointheNearEast,wherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsoftheworldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhistoryistorecountitassagas--legendsh
3、andeddownfromonegenerationofstory-tellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslandscamefrom.Thesagasofth
4、esepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,areforgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistorynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst'modernmen'camefrom.Fortunately,however,ancientmenma
5、detoolsofstone,especiallyflint,be-causethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveusedwoodandskins,butthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecay,andsothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.2刘晓华liuxiaohua72@163.netLesson2SparethatspiderW
6、hy,youmaywonder,shouldspidersbeourfriends?Becausetheydestroysomanyinsects,andinsectsincludesomeofthegreatestenemiesofthehumanrace.Insectswouldmakeitimpossibleforustoliveintheworld;theywoulddevourallourcropsandkillourflocksandherds,ifitwerenotfortheprotectionwegetfrominsect-eatinganimals.We
7、owealottothebirdsandbeastswhoeatinsectsbutallofthemputtogetherkillonlyafractionofthenumberdestroyedbyspiders.Moreover,unlikesomeoftheotherinsecteaters,spidersneverdotheleastharmtousorourbelongings.Spidersarenotinsects,asmanypeoplethink,norevennearlyrelatedtoth