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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探讨。欢迎
2、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--legendshandeddownf
3、romonegenerationofstory-tellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslandscamefrom.Thesagasofthesepeopleexplai
4、nthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,areforgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistorynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst'modernmen'camefrom.Fortunately,however,ancientmenmadetoolsofstone,espec
5、iallyflint,be-causethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveusedwoodandskins,butthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecay,andsothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.2刘晓华liuxiaohua72@163.netLesson2SparethatspiderWhy,youmaywonder,shouldspi
6、dersbeourfriends?Becausetheydestroysomanyinsects,andinsectsincludesomeofthegreatestenemiesofthehumanrace.Insectswouldmakeitimpossibleforustoliveintheworld;theywoulddevourallourcropsandkillourflocksandherds,ifitwerenotfortheprotectionwegetfrominsect-eatinganimals.Weowealottothebirdsandbeastswhoe
7、atinsectsbutallofthemputtogetherkillonlyafractionofthenumberdestroyedbyspiders.Moreover,unlikesomeoftheotherinsecteaters,spidersneverdotheleastharmtousorourbelongings.Spidersarenotinsects,asmanypeoplethink,norevennearlyrelatedtoth
