新概念第四冊筆記(word版)

1、1Lesson1Findingfossilman發(fā)現(xiàn)化石人Wecanreadofthingsthathappened5000yearsagointheNearEastwherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsofthewldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhistyistorecou

2、ntitassagaslegendsheddownfromonegenerationofstytellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongagobutnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.Anthropologistswonderedwheretheremo

3、teancestsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslscamefrom.ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagasiftheyhad

4、anyarefgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistynlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst‘modernmen’camefrom.Ftunatelyhoweverancientmenmadetoolsofstoneespeciallyflintbecausethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveu

5、sedwoodskinsbutthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecaysothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.ROBINPLACEFindingfossilmanNewwdsexpressions生詞短語recountrikauntv.敘述reikaunt再

6、數(shù)一次recdrek[drikC:d第一個音節(jié)帶重音，名前動后敘述：recount:emotionless重復describedepict：alittleemotionalnarrate：tempaltheywoulddevourallourcropskillourflocksherdsifitwerenotftheprotectionwegetfrominsecteatinganimals.Weowealottothebirdsbea

7、stswhoeatinsectsbutallofthemputtogetherkillonlyafractionofthenumberdestroyedbyspiders.Meoverunlikesomeoftheotherinsecteatersspidersneverdotheleastharmtousourbelongings.Spidersarenotinsectsasmanypeoplethinknevennearlyrela

8、tedtothem.Onecantellthedifferencealmostataglancefaspideralwayshaseightlegsaninsectnevermethansix.HowmanyspidersareengagedinthiswkonourbehalfOneauthityonspidersmadeacensusofthespidersinagrassfieldinthesouthofEnglheestimat

9、edthatthereweremethan2250000inoneacrethatissomethinglike6000000spidersofdifferentkindsonafootballpitch.Spidersarebusyfatleasthalftheyearinkillinginsects.Itisimpossibletomakemethanthewildestguessathowmanytheykillbuttheyar

10、ehungrycreaturesnotcontentwithonlythreemealsaday.IthasbeenestimatedthattheweightofalltheinsectsdestroyedbyspidersinBritaininoneyearwouldbegreaterthanthetotalweightofallthehumanbeingsinthecountry.T.H.GILLESPIESparethatSpi

11、derfromTheListenerNewwdsexpressions生詞短語flocksherds牛群和羊群／flCkthebirdsofthesamefeatherflocktogether.物以類聚，人以群分youarethesameflock.也可指人herd多指牛群3completeruinftheirrivalhencepresentleveloftaxation.許多人會高興的面對貧困，如果他們能使對手落魄，因此出現(xiàn)了現(xiàn)在

12、的稅收水平。10、coarse(1.12)kinanotherinstancewearingstockingsslipperstomakeoutwithherfoottheoutlinescoloursofapicturehiddenunderacarpet.Otherexperimentsshowedthatherkneesshouldershadasimilarsensitivity.DuringallthesetestsVeraw

13、asblindfoldindeedexceptwhenblindfoldshelackedtheabilitytoperceivethingswithherskin.ltwasalsofoundthatalthoughshecouldperceivethingswithherfingersthisabilityceasedthemomentherhswerewet.Newwdsexpressions生詞短語1、Perceive察覺，瞬間

14、感覺到的tomakeout費盡心機辨出IlookedthoughlyfmyelderlymotherfinallyImakeherout.YeahIrememberedIfinallymakehimout.Iperceiveaflyinmyteacup.2、elbowone’sway(用肘)擠出elbowone’swayoutofthecrowed.擠出人群Notesonthetext課文注釋Flash中沒有詳細講解Lesson5NoR

15、oomintheArk諾亞方舟無容身之地ThegillaissomethingofaparadoxintheAfricanscene.Onethinksoneknowshimverywell.Fahundredyearsmehehasbeenkilledcapturedimprisonedinzoos.Hisboneshavebeenmountedinnaturalhistymuseumseverywherehehasalwaysexe

16、rtedastrongfinationuponscientistsromanticsalike.Heisthestereotypedmonsterofthehrfilmstheadventurebooksanobvious(thoughnotperhapsstrictlyscientific)linkwithourancestralpast.Yetthefactisweknowverylittleaboutgillas.Noreally