新概念第四册笔记（完美版）Lesson1Findingfossilman化石人发现Wecanreadofthingsthathappened5,000yearsagointheNearEast,wherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsoftheworldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhistoryistorecountitassagas----legendshandeddownfromonegenerationofstorytellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslandscamefrom.ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,areforgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistorynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst‘modernmen’camefrom.Fortunately,however,ancientmenmadetoolsofstone,especiallyflint,becausethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveusedwoodandskins,butthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecay,andsothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.ROBINPLACEFindingfossilmanNewwordsandexpressions生短词语recount/ri'kaunt/v.叙述/'rei'kaunt/再数一次record/'rek[d//ri'kC:d/第一个音重音，名前后叙述：节带动recount:emotionless重复describedepict：alittleemotionalnarrate：temporal&spacial根据或空序描述。时间间顺portray：描述saga/'sa:g[/n.英雄故事描述的内容mostlyreal北欧海盗活的故事动legend/'ledV[nd/n.，奇传说传unreale.grobinhoodanthropologist/'AnWr['pCl[dVist/n.人类学家anthrop：人philosophere:philo＋sopher|＋智慧＝哲学家爱philanthropist:慈善家（人有心的人）对爱anthropology:人类学带-gy尾的都是学科：结biology生物学geography地理学ecology生学态remote/ri'm[ut/n.遥远ancestor/'Ansest[/n.祖先an在前面forefather,forebear，predecessor祖先rot/rCt/v.掉烂leavemerot.＝leavemealongrottodeath.soonripe,soonrotten.decay国家民族逐衰亡渐decompose逐衰竭渐deteriorate关系逐化渐恶trace/treis/n.痕迹，踪迹tracetheproblemifollowyourtrace＝ifollowwhereyougopolynesia波利尼西亚poly-多polyandric:awifewithmorethanonehusbandpolygeny:ahusbandwithmorethanonewifeflint/flint/n.燧石flintingheartedfossil/'fCsl/n.化石cobble卵石鹅Notesonthetext文注课释readof到读到：谈speakof,talkof,knowof,hearofneareast：近mediterranean,southeurope,northafricfareast非限定性从句，表原因oral(spoken)languageisearlierthanwrittenlanguage.precede:什么在什么之前，不用比较，直接跟名词counterpart:twothingsortwopeoplehavethesamepositionoral(spoken)languageisearlierthanwrittencounterpart.preserve:保留，保存（腌制）如果句中有only，那后面的表构就要用语结todosth,而不是doingsth.storyteller:故事的人讲fortuneteller,palmreader:算命先生migration：移民１）migrant２）immigrantv.migrate:迁移，迁徙migratorybird:候鸟none:nobodypeople＋s民族iftheyhadany:即便是有hisrelatives,ifhehadany,neverwenttovisithimwhenhewashospitalized.findout千方百，尽周折＝计费exploremodernmen:themenwhowerelikeourselveshowever－anywhereyouwant,加逗号but,yet－不加点，onlyatthebeginningofthesentencetherefore－自由so－自由tool:小工具instrument:器械实验equipment:设备shape:成型；教育，改造mayalsohave:表推peel:果皮leather:皮革hide:皮兽cowhide:牛皮without(any)trace:无影无踪Lesson2Sparethatspider别害蜘蛛伤Why,youmaywonder,shouldspidersbeourfriends?Becausetheydestroysomanyinsects,andinsectsincludesomeofthegreatestenemiesofthehumanrace.Insectswouldmakeitimpossi...