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Lesson 1 Finding fossil man

New words and expressions

recount /ri'kaunt/ v.叙述 / ' rei'kaunt/ 再数一次

record / ' rek[d/ /ri' kC:d/ 第一个音节带重音，名前动后

叙述：recount : emotionless 重复

describe

depict： a little emotional

philosophere :philo＋sopher|爱＋智慧＝哲学家

philanthropist : 慈善家（对人有爱心的人）

anthropology :人类学

带-gy 结尾的都是学科：biology 生物学 geography 地理学 ecology 生态学

remote/ ri'm[ut/ n.遥远

ancestor / 'Ansest[/ n.祖先

an- 在前面

forefather,forebear ，predecessor 祖先

rot/ rCt/ v.烂掉

leave me rot.＝leave me along

polynesia 波利尼西亚

poly-多

polyandric: a wife with more than one husband

polygeny : a husband with more than one wife

flint /flint/ n.燧石 flinting hearted

fossil / ' fCsl/ n. 化石 cobble 鹅卵石

Notes on the text 课文注释

read of 读到

谈到：speak of ,talk of ,know of,hear of

near east：近东 mediterranean, south europe,north afric far east

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preserve: 保留，保存（腌制）

如果句中有 only，那后面的表语结构就要用 to do sth,而不是 doing sth.

storyteller: 讲故事的人

fortuneteller, palmreader: 算命先生

migration ：移民　１）migrant ２）immigrant

v. migrate:迁移，迁徙 migratory bird:候鸟

none: no body

people＋s　民族

if they had any: 即便是有

his relatives,if he had any,never went to visit him when he was hospitalized.

tool:小工具

instrument:实验器械

equipment:设备

shape:成型；教育，改造

may also have:表推测

peel:果皮

leather:皮革

hide:兽皮　cowhide:牛皮

without (any) trace:无影无踪

Lesson 2 Spare that spider

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beast /bi: st/ n 兽 形容人野蛮无比，不能用 animal 形容

　　　　　　　creature 可以指小孩，女人，不用于男性．

fraction / ＇frAkF[n/ n.小部分 分数，小数　a fraction of rice will suffice

on one＇s behalf 代表．．．利益

I beat you on your behalf.我打你是为你好on behalf of somebody /something

e.g on behalf of chinese government on behalf of ＝represent

authority /C:＇WCriti/ n.权威 authorize 批准　authoritative 权威性的　authoritarian 独

裁的

－tarian 带有这种词缀的词都是坏词 dictator 独裁者　　　dictatorial 独裁的

authorities １．权威（可单数可复数）　２．当局（复数）

spare /spZ[/ v. 不伤害，宽恕　　spare me He doesn’t spare himself.

I spare no efforts to learn english.( spare no efforts: 不遗余力作什么)

Notes on the text 课文注释

why, you may wonder－you may wonder why 插入语　先不管插入语，弄清句子结构

you may wonder why spiders should be our friends？插入语位置不固定

why 以疑问句 开头

why,you may wonder,the problem of pollution befalls human beings.

why,you may wonder,one of my friends is so kindhearted.

destroy 程度比 damage 要重得多，片甲不留，消灭光tear into pieces

greatest enemies:天敌 dying enemy crying enemy dear enemy

make a cake of myself make a god of myself devour the book

it 虚拟语气 前面是主句，下面是条件句

前面一般的加动词 devour,后面用一般过去时

If it were not for:如果这不是因为

I would not survive if it were not for his timely help.

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owe 感激，欠 i owe you.

引出主题 all of them put together:把他们堆到一起 谓语动词是 kill

destroyed 后置定语，重心转到 spider

Lesson 3 Matterhorn man

New words and expressions

3、perilous(1.5)/'peril+s/adj．危险的 peril （随时可能出现的）危险 avalanche 雪崩

4、shudder (1.5)/'M)d+/ v．不寒而栗

shudder:quick and sudden

tremble:long and very obvious

quiver:excitement ,maybe cold

shiver: cold and nervous

5、go out of one’s way 专门 by the way 顺路too much for me 受不起

6、 court （multiple meanings 多义词）

8、 pioneer(1.2)/?pai+'n+/ v．开辟，倡导；n．先锋，开辟者

9、 impoverish(11.9-10)/$m'p&v+rM/v．使贫困 poor（口语词）

罗素名言：A great many man will cheerfully face inpoverishment if they can secure

complete ruin for their rival,hence present level of taxation.

许多人会高兴的面对贫困，如果他们能使对手落魄，因此出现了现在的税收水平。

10、coarse(1.12)/k&:s/adj．粗劣的

coarse throat 嗓子哑 sore throat 嗓子发炎 coarse fare 粗粮

refined fair 细粮

coarse and refined

in a coarse manner 粗暴无礼 11、boast(1.12)/b+ust/v．自恃有 用法：以人作主语，夸

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8、 attain 到达 conquer 征服

man.