新概念英语第四册课堂笔记新概念英语第四册课堂笔记1fossilman(化石人)WhyarelegendshandeddownbystorytellersusefulWecanreadofthingsthathappened5,000yearsagointheNearEast,wherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite.Buttherearesomepartsoftheworldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite.Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhistoryistorecountitassagas--legendshandeddownfromonegenerationofstorytellerstoanother.Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid.AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslandscamefrom.ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago.Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,areforgotten.Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistorynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst'modernmen'camefrom.Fortunately,however,ancientmenmadetoolsofstone,especiallyflint,becausethisiseasiertoshapethanotherkinds.Theymayalsohaveusedwoodandskins,butthesehaverottedaway.Stonedoesnotdecay,andsothetoolsoflongagohaveremainedwheneventhebonesofthemenwhomadethemhavedisappearedwithouttrace.【Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语】HYPERLINK/app/w/fossil\t_blankfossilmanadj.化石人HYPERLINK/app/w/recount\t_blankrecountv.表达HYPERLINK/app/w/saga\t_blanksagan.英雄故事HYPERLINK/app/w/legend\t_blanklegendn.传说，传奇HYPERLINK/app/w/migration\t_blankmigrationn.迁移，移居HYPERLINK/app/w/anthropologist\t_blankanthropologistn.人类学家HYPERLINK/app/w/archaeologist\t_blankarchaeologistn.考古学家HYPERLINK/app/w/ancestor\t_blankancestorn.祖先HYPERLINK/app/w/Polynesian\t_blankPolynesianadj.波利尼西亚〔中太平洋之一群岛〕的HYPERLINK/app/w/Indonesia\t_blankIndonesian.印度尼西亚HYPERLINK/app/w/flint\t_blankflintn.燧石HYPERLINK/app/w/rot\t_blankrotn.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：k...
