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1、新概念英语第四册课堂笔记1fossilman(化石人)Whyarelegendshandeddownbystorytellersuseful?Wecanreadofthingsthathappened5,000yearsagointheNearEast,wherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsoftheworldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhisto
2、ryistorecountitassagas--legendshandeddownfromonegenerationofstorytellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePo
3、lynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslandscamefrom.ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,areforgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhist
4、orynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst'modernmen'camefrom.Fortunately,however,ancientmenmadetoolsofstone,especiallyflint,becausethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveusedwoodandskins,butthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecay,andsothetoolsof
5、longagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.【Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语】fossil man adj.化石人recount v. 叙述saga n. 英雄故事legend n. 传说,传奇migration n. 迁移,移居anthropologist n. 人类学家archaeologist n. 考古学家ancestor
6、 n. 祖先Polynesian adj.波利尼西亚(中太平洋之一群岛)的Indonesia n. 印度尼西亚flint n. 燧石rot n. 烂掉【课文注释】1.handdown把...传下去例句:Manyoldlegendswerehandeddownfromgenerationbymouth. 许多古老的传说都是一代一代口传下来了。2.readof,读到,和readabout是相同的意思。谈到:speakof,talkof了解到:knowof听到:hearof3.thefirs
7、tpeople,原始人people+s表示民族4.iftheyhadany:即便是有,表假设例句:Hisrelatives,ifhehadany,neverwenttovisithimwhenhewashospitalized.他的亲戚,即便他还有的话,在他住院时也从来不去看他。5.wheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace,这个以when引导的状语从句表示让步的意思,而when可以译成“虽然”,“尽管”。【参考译文】我们从书籍
8、中可读到5,000年前近东发生的事情,那里的人最早学会了写字。但直到现在,世界上有些地方,人们还不会书写。他们保存历史的唯一办法是将历史当作传说讲述,由讲述人一代接一代地将史实描述为传奇故事口传下来。人类学家过去不清楚如今生活在太平洋诸岛上的波利尼西亚人的祖先来自何方,当地人的传说却告诉人们:其中一部分是约在2,000年前从印度尼西亚迁来的。但是,和我们相似的原始人生活的年代太久远了,因此,有关他们