The Story of Mankind 1-5 [房龙]

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1、TheStoryofMankind大圣老师-名著推荐系列BYHendrikvanLoonTHESTORYOFMANKINDHIGHUpintheNorthinthelandcalledSvithjod,therestandsarock.Itisahundredmileshighandahundredmileswide.Onceeverythousandyearsalittlebirdcomestothisrocktosharpenitsbeak.批注[i1]:v.使…锋利批注[i2]:n.鸟嘴Whenthe

2、rockhasthusbeenwornaway,thenasingledayofeternitywillhavegone批注[i3]:by.bewornaway被风化，被侵蚀EG:Rockscanbewornawaybywater,ice,andwind.1.THESETTINGOFTHESTAGE批注[i4]:n.永恒WEliveundertheshadowofagiganticquestionmark.批注[i5]:在…阴影之下Whoarewe?批注[i6]:问号Wheredowecomefrom?Wh

3、itherarewebound?Slowly,butwithpersistentcourage,wehavebeenpushingthisquestionmarkfurther批注[i7]:adj.持久的andfurthertowardsthatdistantline,beyondthehorizon,wherewehopetofindour批注[i8]:超越地平线answer.Wehavenotgoneveryfar.Westillknowverylittlebutwehavereachedthepoin

4、twhere(withafairdegreeofaccuracy)wecanguessatmanythings.批注[i9]:n.精准，精确InthischapterIshalltellyouhow(accordingtoourbestbelief)thestagewassetforthefirstappearanceofman.批注[i10]:n.出现Ifwerepresentthetimeduringwhichithasbeenpossibleforanimallifetoexistupon批注[i11

5、]:v.代表ourplanetbyalineofthislength,thenthetinylinejustbelowindicatestheageduringwhichman(oracreaturemoreorlessresemblingman)hasliveduponthis批注[i12]:n.生物，创造物earth.Manwasthelasttocomebutthefirsttousehisbrainforthepurposeofconquering批注[i13]:v.征服，战胜theforcesof

6、nature.Thatisthereasonwhywearegoingtostudyhim,ratherthancatsIcome.Isee.Iconquer.ordogsorhorsesoranyoftheotheranimals,who,allintheirownway,haveavery批注[i14]:而不是interestinghistoricaldevelopmentbehindthem.woulddo…ratherthando…Inthebeginning,theplanetuponwhichw

7、elivewas(asfaraswenowknow)alargeprefertodo…ratherthando…ballofflamingmatter,atinycloudofsmokeintheendlessoceanofspace.Gradually,宁愿做…也不…inthecourseofmillionsofyears,thesurfaceburneditselfout,andwascoveredwith批注[i15]:=duringathinlayerofrocks.Upontheselifeles

8、srockstheraindescendedinendlesstorrents,在…期间;在…的过程当中wearingoutthehardgraniteandcarryingthedusttothevalleysthatlayhidden批注[i16]:v.下降betweenthehighcliffsofthesteamingearth.1TheStoryofMankind大圣老师-名著推荐系列BYHendrik