新概念英語(yǔ)第4冊(cè)課文筆記

1、新概念英語(yǔ)第4冊(cè)課文筆記1Lesson1Findingfossilman發(fā)現(xiàn)化石人Wecanreadofthingsthathappened5000yearsagointheNearEastwherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsofthewldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhi

2、styistorecountitassagaslegendsheddownfromonegenerationofstytellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongagobutnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.Anthropologistswondered

3、wheretheremoteancestsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslscamefrom.ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsa

4、gasiftheyhadanyarefgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistynlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst‘modernmen’camefrom.Ftunatelyhoweverancientmenmadetoolsofstoneespeciallyflintbecausethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.They

5、mayalsohaveusedwoodskinsbutthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecaysothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.ROBINPLACEFindingfossilmanNewwdsexpressions生詞短語(yǔ)recountri’kaunt

6、v.敘述‘rei’kaunt再數(shù)一次recd‘rek[dri’kC:d第一個(gè)音節(jié)帶重音，名前動(dòng)后敘述：recount:emotionless重復(fù)describedepict：alittleemotionalnarrate：tempalthefoodsimplylocalcheeseaccompaniedbybreadoftentwelvemonthsoldallwasheddownwithcoarsewine.Oftenavalleyb

7、oastednoinnatallclimbersfoundshelterwherevertheycould—sometimeswiththelocalpriest(whowasusuallyaspoashisparishioners)sometimeswithshepherdscheesemakers.Invariablythebackgroundwasthesame:dirtpovertyveryuncomftable.Fmenacc

8、ustomedtoeatingsevencoursedinnerssleepingbetweenfinelinensheetsathomethechangetotheAlpsmusthavebeenveryhardindeed.Newwdsexpressions生詞短語(yǔ)1、alpinist(1.1)’$lpinistn登山運(yùn)動(dòng)員climbermountaineer詞根：alpAlps(1.16)$lpsn阿爾卑斯山脈Alpine(1.9

9、)$lpainadj阿爾卑斯山的2、attain(1.4)’teinv到達(dá)togettotoarriveatintoattainone’sgoal=realizetoattainthetoppeaksummit達(dá)到頂點(diǎn)attainyouth永葆青春attainment(n)attainments成就accomplishment3、perilous(1.5)’perilsadj危險(xiǎn)的peril（隨時(shí)可能出現(xiàn)的）危險(xiǎn)avalanche雪崩4

10、、shudder(1.5)’M]dv不寒而栗shudder:quicksuddentremble:longveryobviousquiver:excitementmaybecoldshiver:coldnervous5、gooutofone’sway專門(mén)bytheway順路toomuchfme受不起6、court（multiplemeanings多義詞）1]朝廷朝臣courtier2]courteous彬彬有禮的3]法庭4]娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)足球場(chǎng)

11、soccerfootballcourt高爾夫球場(chǎng)golfcourt5]追求6]招致驕兵必?cái)ridecourtsfailure7、solitary(1.6)’s&lrtriadj唯一的sol獨(dú)solo獨(dú)唱獨(dú)奏solitude孤獨(dú)Iliveinsolitude.=Ilivealonelylife.8、pioneer(1.2)pai’nv開(kāi)辟，倡導(dǎo)；n先鋒，開(kāi)辟者9、impoverish(11.910)$m’p&vrMv使貧困po（口語(yǔ)詞）

12、羅素名言：Agreatmanymanwillcheerfullyfaceinpoverishmentiftheycansecurecompleteruinftheirrivalhencepresentleveloftaxation.許多人會(huì)高興的面對(duì)貧困，如果他們能使對(duì)手落魄，因此出現(xiàn)了現(xiàn)在的稅收水平。10、coarse(1.12)k&:sadj粗劣的coarsethroat嗓子啞sethroat嗓子發(fā)炎coarsefare粗糧refi

13、nedfair細(xì)糧coarserefinedinacoarsemanner粗暴無(wú)禮11、boast(1.12)bustv自恃有用法：以人作主語(yǔ)，夸耀；以物作主語(yǔ)，擁有Heboastedthatofhisknowledge.Thecenterboastsateamofhighqualify(qualifiedresearchers.)12、parishioner(1.13)priMnn教區(qū)居民parish教區(qū)13、shepherd(1.1