新概念英语四册课堂笔记： Lesson 2 Spare that spider

Lesson 1 Finding fossil man 发现化石人We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.But there are some parts of the word where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas -- legends handed down from one generation of another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago.But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.参考译文我们从书籍中可读到5,000 年前近东发生的事情，那里的人最早学会了写字。

新概念英语第四册课堂笔记1 fossil man (化石人)Why are legends handed down by storytellers usefulWe can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the world where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas -- legends handed down from one generation of story tellers to another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago.But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.【New words and expressions 生词和短语】fossil man adj. 化石人recount v. 叙述saga n. 英雄故事legend n. 传说，传奇migration n. 迁移，移居anthropologist n. 人类学家archaeologist n. 考古学家ancestor n. 祖先Polynesian adj.波利尼西亚（中太平洋之一群岛）的Indonesia n. 印度尼西亚flint n. 燧石rot n. 烂掉【课文注释】down 把...传下去例句：Many old legends were handed down from generation by mouth.许多古老的传说都是一代一代口传下来了。

Lesson 2Spare that spider不要伤害蜘蛛First listen and then answer the following question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。

How much of each year do spiders spend killing insects?Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the harm to us or our belongings.Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and insect never more than six.How many spiders are engaged in this work no our behalf? One authority on spiders made a census of the spiders in grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre; that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football pitch. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.T. H. GILLESPLE Spare that spider from The ListenerNew words and expressionsbeastn. 野兽censusn. 统计数字acren. 英亩contentadj. 满足的参考译文你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？因为它们能消灭那么多的昆虫，其中包括一些人类的大敌，要不是人类受一些食虫动物的保护，昆虫就会使我们无法在地球上生活下去，昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。

新概念英语第四册课堂笔记新概念英语第四册课堂笔记1 fossil man (化⽯⼈)Why are legends handed down by storytellers usefulWe can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the world where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas -- legends handed down from one generation of story tellers to another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago.But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.【New words and expressions ⽣词和短语】fossil man adj. 化⽯⼈recount v. 叙述saga n. 英雄故事legend n. 传说，传奇migration n. 迁移，移居anthropologist n. ⼈类学家archaeologist n. 考古学家ancestor n. 祖先Polynesian adj.波利尼西亚（中太平洋之⼀群岛）的Indonesia n. 印度尼西亚flint n. 燧⽯rot n. 烂掉【课⽂注释】down 把...传下去例句：Many old legends were handed down from generation by mouth.许多古⽼的传说都是⼀代⼀代⼝传下来了。

新概念第四册每课的词汇重点总结Lesson 1: A Private n- Private: adjective, denoting something that is intended for or restricted to a particular person or group of people (私人的) - n: noun, an informal talk een two or more people (对话)Lesson 2: Breakfast or Lunch?- Breakfast: noun, the first meal of the day (早餐)- Lunch: noun, the meal taken een breakfast and dinner (午餐)Lesson 3: Please Send Me a Card- Send: verb, to cause something to be taken from one place to another (发送)- Card: noun, a small piece of thick paper or plastic, usually with n on it (卡片)Lesson 4: An Important Letter- Important: adjective, of great significance or value (重要的)- Letter: noun, a written message from one person to another (信件) Lesson 5: Aboard a Train- Aboard: adverb, on a train, ship, aircraft, etc. (在车上)Lesson 6:funny Story- Funny: adjective, causing laughter or amusement (有趣的)- Story: noun, a written or spoken account of events, experiences,or the like (故事)Lesson 7: A Caring Doctor- Caring: adjective, showing kindness, understanding, or concern for other people (关心的)- Doctor: noun, a person who is qualified to practice medicine (医生)Lesson 8: Noisy Neighbors- Noisy: adjective, making a lot of noise (喧闹的)- Neighbor: noun, a person who lives in the same building or area as another person (邻居)Lesson 9: An Accident- Accident: noun, an unexpected event that causes damage, injury, or death (事故)Lesson 10: Alone at Home- Alone: adjective, without anyone else present (独自的)- Home: noun, the place where one lives, especially as a member of a family or household (家)Lesson 11: A False Report- False: adjective, not true or correct (错误的)- Report: noun, a written or spoken statement about something that has happened (报告)Lesson 12: The Channel Tunnel- Channel Tunnel: noun, a tunnel beneath the English Channel, connecting England and France (英法海底隧道)Lesson 13: The Olympic Games- Olympic Games: noun, a sports event held every four years, with participants from all over the world (奥运会)Lesson 14: The Vaccine- Vaccine: noun, a medical substance given to people to prevent (脊髓灰质炎疫苗)Lesson 15: The Moon Landing- Moon Landing: noun, the event of an aircraft landing on the moon (登月)Lesson 16: A Traffic Accident- Traffic Accident: noun, an unexpected event that involves damage, injury, or death due to traffic (交通事故)Lesson 17: Life on Mars?- Life: noun, the state of being alive (生命)- Mars: noun, the fourth from the sun, known as the "Red " (火星)Lesson 18: A Trip to Mars- Trip: noun, a journey to a place, especially a long one (旅行)Lesson 19: The World Cup- World Cup: noun, a sports event held every four years, with participants from all over the world (世界杯)Lesson 20: A Bigger Problem- Bigger: adjective, of greater size, amount, or extent (更大的)Lesson 21: Richard's Dilemma- Dilemma: noun, a n in which it is very difficult to choose what to do, because all the choices are equally unfavorable (困境)Lesson 22: False Pretense- False Pretense: noun, a n where someone pretends to be something or someone they are not (伪装)Lesson 23: No Parking- Parking: noun, the act of ping a vehicle and leaving it unattended in a place where it will not cause a n (停车)Lesson 24: At the Post Office- Post Office: noun, a government agency that provides mail and package delivery services (邮局)。

新概念第四册笔记-旧版----------------------- Page 1-----------------------荣誉出品新概念英语（第二版第四册）ContentsCONTENTSCONTENTS................................................... 1 动物生活趣闻. (27)动物生活趣闻动物生活趣闻新概念英语（第二版第四册）学习笔记....4 Lesson 10 Thoughts in the Wilderness (28)Lesson 10 Thoughts in the WildernessLesson 10 Thoughts in the WildernessLesson 1 Finding fossil man ..........................4 荒野里的遐想. (28)Lesson 1 Finding fossil man 荒野里的遐想Lesson 1 Finding fossil man 荒野里的遐想发现化石人....................................................4 New words and expressions 生词短语发现化石人发现化石人New words and expressions 生词短语4 (28)Notes on the text 课文注释..................5 Notes on the text 课文注释. (28)Lesson 2 Spare that spider .............................7 Lesson 11 Spies in Britain英国的间谍.. (29)Lesson 2 Spare that spider Lesson 11 Spies in Britain英国的间谍Lesson 2 Spare that spider Lesson 11 Spies in Britain英国的间谍别伤害蜘蛛....................................................7 Lesson 12 The Language of Hollywood. (30)别伤害蜘蛛 Lesson 12 The Language of Hollywood别伤害蜘蛛 Lesson 12 The Language of HollywoodNew words and expressions 生词短语7 好莱坞的语言 (30)好莱坞的语言好莱坞的语言Notes on the text 课文注释..................8 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 3 Matterhorn man ..............................9 .. (30)Lesson 3 Matterhorn manLesson 3 Matterhorn man马特霍恩山区人............................................9 Notes on the text 课文注释. (30)马特霍恩山区人马特霍恩山区人New words and expressions 生词短语9 Lesson 13 Thames Waters (31)Lesson 13 Thames WatersLesson 13 Thames WatersNotes on the text 课文注释................ 11 泰晤士河水域. (31)泰晤士河水域泰晤士河水域Lesson 4 Seeing hands ................................. 12 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 4 Seeing handsLesson 4 Seeing hands看手..............................................................12 (31)看手看手New words and expressions 生词短语 Notes on the text 课文注释 (31).............................................................. 12 Lesson 14 How to Grow Old (32)Lesson 14 How to Grow OldLesson 14 How to Grow OldNotes on the text 课文注释................ 12 怎样变老 (32)怎样变老怎样变老Lesson 5 No Room in the Ark ...................... 13 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 5 No Room in the ArkLesson 5 No Room in the Ark诺亚方舟无容身之地..................................13 (32)诺亚方舟无容身之地诺亚方舟无容身之地New words and expressions 生词短语 Notes on the text 课文注释 (32).............................................................. 13 Lesson 15 The Consumer Society and the LawLesson 15 The Consumer Society and the LawLesson 15 The Consumer Society and the LawLesson 6 Youth ............................................ 16 消费者社会和法律.. (33)Lesson 6 Youth 消费者社会和法律Lesson 6 Youth 消费者社会和法律青年.............................................................. 16 Lesson 16 The Search for the Earth’s Minerals青年Lesson 16 The Search for the Earth’s Minerals青年Lesson 16 The Search for the Earth’s MineralsNew words and expressions 生词短语寻找地球的矿物 (34)寻找地球的矿物寻找地球的矿物.............................................................. 16 Lesson 17 Learning to Live.. (35)Lesson 17 Learning to LiveLesson 17 Learning to LiveLesson 7 The sporting spirit .........................20 学会生活 (35)学会生活学会生活运动精神......................................................20 New words and expressions 生词短语运动精神运动精神New words and expressions 生词短语 (35)..............................................................20 Notes on the text 课文注释. (36)Notes on the vocabularies词语注释 ....21 Lesson 18 The Social Founction of Science科Lesson 18 The Social Founction of Science科Lesson 18 The Social Founction of Science科Notes on the text 课文注释................23 学的社会作用. (38)学的社会作用学的社会作用Lesson 8 Education ......................................24 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 8 EducationLesson 8 Education教育..............................................................24 ....................................................... . (38)教育教育New words and expressions 生词短语 Notes on the text 课文注释 (39)..............................................................24 Lesson 19 English Social Differences. (41)Notes on the vocabularies词语注释....24 英国社会的差异 (41)Notes on the text 课文注释................26 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 9 Curiosities of Animal Life ............27 .. (41)Lesson 9 Curiosities of Animal LifeLesson 9 Curiosities of Animal Life- 1 –整理发布：kaiziliu----------------------- Page 2-----------------------荣誉出品新概念英语（第二版第四册）ContentsNotes on the text 课文注释................44 Lesson 30 Adventures of Ideas (78)Lesson 30 Adventures of IdeasLesson 30 Adventures of Ideasthe Unknown,Lesson 20 Man the Unknown .....................46 大胆的想法.. (78),Lesson 20 Man the Unknown 大胆的想法,Lesson 20 Man 大胆的想法人类—神秘的巨人......................................46 New words and expressions 生词短语人类—神秘的巨人人类—神秘的巨人New words and expressions 生词短语 (78)..............................................................46 Notes on the text 课文注释. (80)Notes on the text 课文注释................49 Lesson 31 Non-auditory Effects of Noise . (82)Lesson 31 Non-auditory Effects of NoiseLesson 31 Non-auditory Effects of NoiseLesson 21 Science Makes Sense ..................51 噪音的非听觉效应.. (82)Lesson 21 Science Makes Sense 噪音的非听觉效应Lesson 21 Science Makes Sense 噪音的非听觉效应知识源于科学..............................................51 New words and expressions 生词短语知识源于科学知识源于科学Lesson 22 Window in the Sea ......................52 .. (82)Lesson 22 Window in the SeaLesson 22 Window in the Sea海洋之窗......................................................52 Notes on the text 课文注释. (83)海洋之窗海洋之窗New words and expressions 生词短语 Lesson 32 The Past Life of the Earth (85)Lesson 32 The Past Life of the EarthLesson 32 The Past Life of the Earth..............................................................52 古代地球上的生命.. (85)古代地球上的生命古代地球上的生命Notes on the text 课文注释................53 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 23 The Stuff of Dreams....................55 .. (85)Lesson 23 The Stuff of DreamsLesson 23 The Stuff of Dreams说梦话的本质..............................................55 Notes on the text 课文注释................87说梦话的本质说梦话的本质New words and expressions 生词短语 Lesson 33 The Raising of the ‘Vasa’ (88)Lesson 33 The Raising of the ‘Vasa’Lesson 33 The Raising of the ‘Vasa’瓦萨”号出水..............................................................55 “ 萨”号出水 (88)瓦“ 萨”号出水瓦“Notes on the text 课文注释................56 Lesson 34 Patients and Doctors.. (89)Lesson 34 Patients and DoctorsLesson 34 Patients and DoctorsLesson 24 Going Out for a Walk..................58 病人与大夫.. (89)Lesson 24 Going Out for a Walk 病人与大夫Lesson 24 Going Out for a Walk 病人与大夫外出散步......................................................58 New words and expressions 生词短语外出散步外出散步New words and expressions 生词短语 (89)..............................................................58 Notes on the text 课文注释. (91)Notes on the text 课文注释................60 Lesson 35 The Pegasus Book of Inventors (95)Lesson 35 The Pegasus Book of InventorsLesson 35 The Pegasus Book of InventorsLesson 25 The Snake蛇...............................61 发明者的灵感. (95)Lesson 25 The Snake蛇发明者的灵感Lesson 25 The Snake蛇发明者的灵感Lesson 26 Virtue and a fast Gun ..................62 Lesson 36 Exploring the sea-floor海底探索96Lesson 26 Virtue and a fast Gun Lesson 36 Exploring the sea-floor海底探索Lesson 26 Virtue and a fast Gun Lesson 36 Exploring the sea-floor海底探索美德与快抢手..............................................62 Lesson 37 On Telling the Truth .. (97)美德与快抢手 Lesson 37 On Telling the Truth美德与快抢手 Lesson 37 On Telling the TruthNew words and expressions 生词短语论讲真话 (97)论讲真话论讲真话..............................................................62 New words and expressions 生词短语Notes on the text 课文注释................64 .. (97)Lesson 27 The Personality of Man...............65 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (100)Lesson 27 The Personality of ManLesson 27 The Personality of Man人的性格......................................................65 Lesson 38 The Sculptor Speaks (103)人的性格 Lesson 38 The Sculptor Speaks人的性格 Lesson 38 The Sculptor SpeaksNew words and expressions 生词短语雕刻家谈话录 (103)雕刻家谈话录雕刻家谈话录..............................................................65 New words and expressions 生词短语Notes on the text 课文注释................66 (103)Lesson 28 Countryman’s Creed ...................69 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (105)Lesson 28 Countryman’s CreedLesson 28 Countryman’s Creed乡下人的信条..............................................69 Lesson 39 Galileo Reborn Galileo再生.. (106)乡下人的信条 Lesson 39 Galileo Reborn Galileo再生乡下人的信条 Lesson 39 Galileo Reborn Galileo再生New words and expressions 生词短语New words and expressions 生词短语..............................................................69 ................................................... (106)Notes on the text 课文注释................71 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (108)Lesson 29 Pieces of Mind ............................73 Lesson 40 Themes and Variations .. (109)Lesson 29 Pieces of Mind Lesson 40 Themes and Variations Lesson 29 Pieces of Mind Lesson 40 Themes and Variations 思想片断......................................................73 主旋律与变奏曲. (109)思想片断主旋律与变奏曲思想片断主旋律与变奏曲New words and expressions 生词短语New words and expressions 生词短语..............................................................73 ................................................... (109)Notes on the text 课文注释................76 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (110)- 2 –整理发布：kaiziliu----------------------- Page 3-----------------------荣誉出品新概念英语（第二版第四册）ContentsLesson 41 The Origin of Things ................ 112 空间有生客吗？. (137)Lesson 41 The Origin of Things 空间有生客吗？Lesson 41 The Origin of Things 空间有生客吗？事物本象.................................................... 112 Lesson 55 Patterns of Culture .. (139)事物本象 Lesson 55 Patterns of Culture事物本象 Lesson 55 Patterns of CultureNew words and expressions 生词短语文化的模式 (139)文化的模式文化的模式............................................................ 112 New words and expressions 生词短语Notes on the text 课文注释.............. 114 (140)Lesson 42 Journey Through Adolescence .. 117 Notes on the text 课文注释 (142)Lesson 42 Journey Through AdolescenceLesson 42 Journey Through Adolescence青少年旅程................................................ 117 Lesson 56 The Age of Automation . (146)青少年旅程 Lesson 56 The Age of Automation青少年旅程 Lesson 56 The Age of AutomationNew words and expressions 生词短语自动化时代 (146)自动化时代自动化时代............................................................ 117 Lesson 57 Of Men and Galaxies . (147)Lesson 57 Of Men and GalaxiesLesson 57 Of Men and GalaxiesNotes on the text 课文注释.............. 119 人和星系. (147)人和星系人和星系Lesson 43 Our Developing World.............. 120 New words and expressions 生词短语Lesson 43 Our Developing WorldLesson 43 Our Developing World我们发展中的世界.................................... 120 (148)我们发展中的世界我们发展中的世界Lesson 44 The Backward Society .............. 121 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (148)Lesson 44 The Backward SocietyLesson 44 The Backward Society落后的社会................................................ 121 Lesson 58 Painting as a Pastime.. (150)落后的社会 Lesson 58 Painting as a Pastime落后的社会 Lesson 58 Painting as a PastimeNew words and expressions 生词短语绘画消遣 (150)绘画消遣绘画消遣............................................................ 121 New words and expressions 生词短语Notes on the text 课文注释.............. 122 (151)Lesson 45 The Process of Ageing .............. 123 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (153)Lesson 45 The Process of AgeingLesson 45 The Process of Ageing老化的过程................................................ 123 Lesson 59 The Great Escape . (155)老化的过程 Lesson 59 The Great Escape老化的过程 Lesson 59 The Great EscapeNew words and expressions 生词短语大逃亡 (155)大逃亡大逃亡............................................................ 123 New words and expressions 生词短语Notes on the text 课文注释.............. 124 (156)Lesson 46 The Menace of Urban Explosion城 Notes on the text 课文注释 (158)Lesson 46 The Menace of Urban Explosion城Lesson 46 The Menace of Urban Explosion城市爆炸的威胁............................................ 125 Lesson 60 On Moral Courage .. (161)市爆炸的威胁 Lesson 60 On Moral Courage市爆炸的威胁 Lesson 60 On Moral CourageLesson 47 Plato T oday ............................... 126 论道德勇气.... (161)Lesson 47 Plato T oday 论道德勇气Lesson 47 Plato T oday 论道德勇气Plato今日Plato ................................................... 126 New words and expressions 生词短语今日Plato今日New words and expressions 生词短语 (162)............................................................ 126 Notes on the text 课文注释.. (163)Notes on the text 课文注释 (127)Lesson 48 What Every Writer Wants (128)Lesson 48 What Every Writer Wants Lesson 48 What Every Writer Wants作家所欲 (128)作家所欲作家所欲New words and expressions 生词短语 (128)Notes on the text 课文注释 (129)Lesson 49 Balloon Astronomy气候天文学131 Lesson 49 Balloon Astronomy气候天文学Lesson 49 Balloon Astronomy气候天文学Lesson 50 British Canals英国的运河 (132)Lesson 50 British Canals英国的运河Lesson 50 British Canals英国的运河Lesson 51 Elephants大象 (133)Lesson 51 Elephants大象Lesson 51 Elephants大象Lesson 52 The Earth Beneath (134)Lesson 52 The Earth BeneathLesson 52 The Earth Beneath我们足下的地球 (134)我们足下的地球我们足下的地球Lesson 53 The Story of the French Foreign Lesson 53 The Story of the French Foreign Lesson 53 The Story of the French Foreign Legion法国外籍军团的轶事 (135)Legion法国外籍军团的轶事Legion法国外籍军团的轶事Lesson 54 Are there Strangers in Space? (137)Lesson 54 Are there Strangers in Space?Lesson 54 Are there Strangers in Space?- 3 –整理发布：kaiziliu----------------------- Page 4-----------------------荣誉出品新概念英语（第二版第四册）Lesson 1新概念英语（第二版第四册）学习笔记Lesson 1 Finding fossil manLesson 1 Finding fossil manLesson 1 Finding fossil man发现化石人发现化石人发现化石人We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where peoplefirst learned to write.But there are some parts of the world where even now people cannot write. The onlyway that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas----legends handeddown from one generation of storytellers to another. These legends are useful becausethey can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but nonecould write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remoteancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. Thesagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000years ago.But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, ifthey had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to helpthem to find out where the first ‘modern men ’ came from.Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because thisis easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, butthese have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago haveremained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared withouttrace.ROBIN PLACE Finding fossil manNew words and expressions 生词短语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describedepict： a little emotional特别说明：本文档根据新东方新概念第四册（第二版）网络课堂Flash制作（转发请保持文档的完整性）只可用于学习交流，不得用于商业目的- 4 –文字录入：ivy_liu29 整理发布：kaiziliu----------------------- Page 5-----------------------荣誉出品新概念英语（第二版第四册）Lesson 1narrate： temporal&spacial 根据时间或空间顺序描述。

【导语】新概念英语作为⼀套世界闻名的英语教程，以其全新的教学理念，有趣的课⽂内容和全⾯的技能训练，深受⼴⼤英语学习者的欢迎和喜爱。

为了⽅便同学们的学习，为⼤家整理了⾯的新概念第四册课⽂翻译及学习笔记，希望为⼤家的新概念英语学习提供帮助!Lesson1 【课⽂】 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录⾳，然后回答以下问题。

Why are legends handed down by storytellers useful? We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the world where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas -- legends handed down from one generation of story tellers to another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago. But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from. Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace. 【New words and expressions ⽣词和短语】 [w]fossil[/w] man adj. 化⽯⼈ recount v. 叙述 saga n. 英雄故事 legend n. 传说，传奇 migration n. 迁移，移居 anthropologist n. ⼈类学家 archaeologist n. 考古学家 ancestor n. 祖先 Polynesian adj.波利尼西亚(中太平洋之⼀群岛)的 Indonesia n. 印度尼西亚 flint n. 燧⽯ rot n. 烂掉 【课⽂注释】 1.hand down 把...传下去 例句：Many old legends were handed down from generation by mouth. 许多古⽼的传说都是⼀代⼀代⼝传下来了。

2Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? waɪ, juː meɪˈwʌndə, ʃʊd ˈspaɪdəz biː ˈaʊə frendz? waɪ, juː meɪˈwʌndə, ʃʊd ˈspaɪdəz biːˈaʊə fre ndz? waɪ, juːmiːɪˈˈdʌbᵊljuːʌndə,ʃʊdiːˈspɑːɪdiːəzed baɪː ˈeɪʊə frendz?你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. bɪˈkɒz ðeɪ dɪsˈtrɔɪ səʊˈmeni ˈɪnsekts, ænd ˈɪnsekts ɪnˈkluːd sʌm ɒv ðəˈɡreɪtɪst ˈenɪmiz ɒv ðə ˈhjuːmən reɪs.bɪˈkɒz ðeɪ dɪsˈtrɔɪ səʊˈmeniˈɪnsekts, ænd ˈɪnsekts ɪnˈkluːd sʌm ɒv ðəˈɡreɪtɪstˈenɪmizɒv ðəˈhjuːmən reɪs. biːɪˈkeɪɒzed ðiːɪdiːɪesˈtrɔɪ esəʊˈemeniˈɪnsekts,ænd ˈɪnsekts ɪenˈkluːdiː esʌem ɒviː ðəˈɡriːɪtiːɪst ˈeenɪmiz ɒviː ðəˈhjuːeməen riːɪes.因为它们能消灭那么多的昆虫，其中包括一些人类的大敌。