北海的ScalersTalk第六轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 9

练习材料

L38-2:

The first calendar

/ðə/ /fɜːst/ /ˈkælɪndə/

Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and

/hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz/ /hæv/ /lɒŋ/ /biːn/ /ˈpʌzld/ /baɪ/ /dɒts,/ /laɪnz/ /ænd/

symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the

/ˈsɪmbəlz/ /wɪʧ/ /hæv/ /biːn/ /ɪnˈgreɪvd/ /ɒn/ /wɔːlz,/ /bəʊnz,/ /ænd/ /ðiː/

ivory tusks of mammoths. The nomads who made these

/ˈaɪvəri/ /tʌsks//ɒv//ˈmæməθs./ /ðə/ /ˈnəʊmədz/ /huː/ /meɪd/ /ðiːz/

markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age

/ˈmɑːkɪŋz/ /lɪvd/ /baɪ/ /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ /ænd/ /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈdjʊərɪŋ/ /ðə/ /lɑːst/ /aɪs/ /eɪʤ/

which began about 35,000 B.C. and ended about 10,000 B.C.

/wɪʧ/ /bɪˈgæn/ /əˈbaʊt/ /35,000/ /biː.siː./ /ænd/ /ˈɛndɪd/ /əˈbaʊt/ /10,000/ /biː.siː./

By correlating markings made in various parts of the world,

/baɪ/ /ˈkɒrɪleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːkɪŋz/ /meɪd/ /ɪn/ /ˈveərɪəs/ /pɑːts/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /wɜːld,/

historians have been able to read this difficult code. They    

/hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz/ /hæv/ /biːn/ /ˈeɪbl/ /tuː/ /riːd/ /ðɪs/ /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ /kəʊd./ /ðeɪ/

have found that it is connected with the passage of days and

/hæv/ /faʊnd/ /ðæt/ /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /kəˈnɛktɪd/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /ˈpæsɪʤ/ /ɒv/ /deɪz/ /ænd/

the phases of the moon. It is, in fact, a primitive type of

/ðə/ /ˈfeɪzɪz/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /muːn./ /ɪt/ /ɪz,/ /ɪn/ /fækt,/ /ə/ /ˈprɪmɪtɪv/ /taɪp/ /ɒv/

calendar. It has long been known that the hunting scenes

/ˈkælɪndə./ /ɪt/ /hæz/ /lɒŋ/ /biːn/ /nəʊn/ /ðæt/ /ðə/ /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ /siːnz/

depictedon walls were not simply a form of artistic

/dɪˈpɪktɪd/ /ɒn/ /wɔːlz/ /wɜː/ /nɒt/ /ˈsɪmpli/ /ə/ /fɔːm/ /ɒv/ /ɑːˈtɪstɪk/

expression. They had a definite meaning, for they were as

/ɪksˈprɛʃən./ /ðeɪ/ /hæd/ /ə/ /ˈdɛfɪnɪt/ /ˈmiːnɪŋ,/ /fɔː/ /ðeɪ/ /wɜːr/ /æz/

near as early man could get to writing. It is possible that

/nɪər/ /æz/ /ˈɜːli/ /mæn/ /kʊd/ /gɛt/ /tuː/ /ˈraɪtɪŋ./ /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /ˈpɒsəbl/ /ðæt/

there is a definite relation between these paintings and the

/ðeər/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈdɛfɪnɪt/ /rɪˈleɪʃən/ /bɪˈtwiːn/ /ðiːz/ /ˈpeɪntɪŋz/ /ænd/ /ðiː/

markings that sometimes accompany them. It seems that

/ˈmɑːkɪŋz/ /ðæt/ /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/ /əˈkʌmpəni/ /ðɛm./ /ɪt/ /siːmz/ /ðæt/

man was making a real effort to understand the seasons

/mæn/ /wɒz/ /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ /ə/ /rɪəl/ /ˈɛfət/ /tuː/ /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ /ðə/ /ˈsiːznz/

20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.

/20,000/ /jɪəz/ /ˈɜːlɪə/ /ðæn/ /hæz/ /biːn/ /səˈpəʊzd./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

engrave - v. 雕刻

ivory - n. 象牙制品

mammoth - n. （古）长毛象

tusk-  n. 獠牙，长牙，象牙

nomad - n. 游牧民

phase - n. 月相，天相

primitive - adj. 原始的

depict - v. 描画，描绘

2/音標

engrave /ɪnˈgreɪvd/

ivory /ˈaɪvəri/

mammoth /ˈmæməθs./

tusk /tʌsks/

nomad /ˈnəʊmədz/

primitive /ˈprɪmɪtɪv/

depict /dɪˈpɪktɪd/

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