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新概念英语第三册课文Lesson 38
一、【Text】课文
Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates. What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word. Films, videos. CDs and CD-ROMs are just some of the bewildering amount of information they will have. They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task. He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available. Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons. (暂不提供全部内容)
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
●calendar n. 历法，日历
●historian n. 历史学家
●unique adj. 无与伦比的
●steadily adv. 不断地
●solely adv. 唯一地
●video n. 录像
●CD-ROM n. (只读)光盘驱动器
●bewilder v. 令人眼花缭乱
●deduce v. 推断，推理
●scanty adj. 不足的，贫乏的
●clue n. 线索
●insignificant adj. 不重要的
●shed v. 使流出，泻
●advent n. 出现，到来，来临
●agriculture n. 农业
●assumption n. 假定，设想
●dot n. 小圆点
●symbol n. 符号
●engrave v. 雕刻
●ivory n. 象牙制品
●mammoth n. (古)长毛象
●phase n. 月相，天相
●tusk n. 獠牙，长牙、象牙
●primitive adj. 原始的
●nomad n. 游牧民
●depict v. 描画，描绘
●correlate v. 使相互联系
■calendar n. 历法，日历
calender 轮压机
■historian n. 历史学家
historic 具有历史意义的
This is a historic speech.
historical 与历史研究有关系的
historical research 历史研究
■unique adj. 无与伦比的
unique: uneaqualed
Speech is a unique human ability
unique 不能接受比较级，可以接受quite, almost, nearly, surely, really等修饰，但不能接受rather,very等词的修饰。
unique 独一无二的，因唯一而独特
speical 注重性质的特殊
especial 强调超过其他的全部
Eg: This is a matter of especial importance.
This is a especially important matter.
particular 特定的，着重同类中某一个所有独特的性质
Pineapples have particular flavour. 菠萝有特别的味道。
exceptional
extraordinary 特别的，与众不同的
Eg: The warm weather is exceptional for Jamuary.
■steadily adv. 不断地
■solely adv. 唯一地
■video n. 录像
■CD-ROM n. (只读)光盘驱动器
■bewilder v. 令人眼花缭乱
bewilder: confuse
Eg: she was bewildered by so many beautiful dresses.
puzzle 某问题因复杂而令人费解
Eg: I am puzzled by the problem.
perplex 难以理解(包含焦虑不安，不知如何解决的意思)
Eg: He is perplexed for the answer.
bewilderment: n.
in bewilderment 茫然不知所措
■deduce v. 推断，推理
deduce: determine or decide sth. by given facts.
Eg: I deduce the conclusion from the given facts.
deduce …from 从…中推论，推断
infer 推断(不表示过程)
Eg: What can you infer from the text?
deduce ==> (ant.) indece 归纳
■scanty adj. 不足的，贫乏的
scanty: too few, not enough
scanty knowledge 一知半解
a scanty crop 欠收
be scanty of sth 奇缺
be short of 短缺
Eg: The village school is scanty of textbooks. 这乡村学校奇缺教材。
be want of = in need of 需要……
■clue n. 线索
■insignificant adj. 不重要的
■shed v. 使流出，泻
shed: pour out
shed tears 泪流满面
shed light 发光
shed light on sb. 启发，启迪
shed one’s blood for country 为祖国而流血。
shed one's clothes 脱去衣服
■advent n. 出现，到来，来临
advent: coming or arrival
at the advent of winter 在冬天到来的时候
at the advent of 在…到来的时候
since the advent of 自从…的到来
■agriculture n. 农业
■assumption n. 假定，设想
■dot n. 小圆点
■symbol n. 符号
■engrave v. 雕刻
■ivory n. 象牙制品
■mammoth n. (古)长毛象
■phase n. 月相，天相
■tusk n. 獠牙，长牙、象牙
■primitive adj. 原始的
■nomad n. 游牧民
■depict v. 描画，描绘
■correlate v. 使相互联系
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发表于 2016-7-11 23:05:11