练习材料：
L38-1: The firstcalendar
Future historianswill be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our owntimes. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass ofevidence that steadily accumulates. What is more, they will not have to relysolely on the written word. Films, videos, CDs and CD-ROMS are just some of thebewildering amount of information they will have. They will be able, as itwere, to see and hear us in action. But the historian attempting to reconstructthe distant past is always faced with a difficult task. He has to deduce whathe can from the few scanty clues available. Even seemingly insignificantremains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
Up to now,historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent ofagriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand somethingabout the seasons. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that thisassumption is incorrect.
ðə fɜːst ˈkælɪndə
ˈfjuːʧə hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz
wɪl biː ɪn ə juːˈniːk pəˈzɪʃᵊn wɛn ðeɪ kʌm tuː ˈrɛkɔːd ðə ˈhɪstəri ɒv ˈaʊər əʊn
taɪmz. ðeɪ wɪl ˈhɑːdli nəʊ wɪʧ fækts tuː sɪˈlɛkt frɒm ðə ɡreɪt mæs ɒv ˈɛvɪdəns ðæt ˈstɛdɪli əˈkjuːmjʊleɪts. wɒt ɪz
mɔː, ðeɪ wɪl nɒt hæv tuː rɪˈlaɪ ˈsəʊlli ɒn ðə ˈrɪtn wɜːd. fɪlmz, ˈvɪdɪəʊz,
siː-diːz ænd siː-diː-rɒmz ɑː ʤʌst sʌm ɒv ðə bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ əˈmaʊnt ɒv ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃᵊn ðeɪ wɪl hæv. ðeɪ wɪl
biː ˈeɪbᵊl, æz ɪt wɜː, tuː siː ænd hɪər ʌs ɪn ˈækʃᵊn. bʌt ðə hɪsˈtɔːrɪən əˈtɛmptɪŋ
tuː ˌriːkənsˈtrʌkt ðə ˈdɪstənt pɑːst ɪz ˈɔːlweɪz feɪst wɪð ə ˈdɪfɪkəlt tɑːsk. hiː hæz tuː dɪˈdjuːs wɒt hiː kæn frɒm
ðə fjuː ˈskænti kluːz əˈveɪləbᵊl. ˈiːvən ˈsiːmɪŋli ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt rɪˈmeɪnz kæn ʃɛd ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ laɪt ɒnðə ˈhɪstəri ɒv ˈɜːli mæn.
ʌp tuː naʊ, hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz
hæv əˈsjuːmd ðæt ˈkælɪndəz keɪm ˈɪntuː ˈbiːɪŋ wɪð ði ˈædvənt ɒv ˈæɡrɪkʌlʧə, fɔː ðɛn mæn wɒz feɪst wɪð ə rɪəlniːd tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ˈsʌmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsiːznz. ˈriːsnt ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɛvɪdənssiːmz tuː ˈɪndɪkeɪt ðæt ðɪs əˈsʌmpʃᵊn ɪz ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、calendar：日历，挂历，日程表，2、position：位置，地方，恰当位置，3、mass：团，块，堆，大量，许多，4、solely：唯一地，仅，只，5、bewildering：令人困惑的，使人糊涂的，使困惑，使糊涂，6、deduce：推论，推断，7、scanty：不足的，欠缺的，8、seemingly：看似，貌似，9、insignificant：微不足道的，无足轻重的，10、shed：棚，小屋，简易房，摆脱，去除，11、advent：到来，12、agriculture：农业，农学，13、indicate：表明，显示，象征，14、assumption：假定，假设，承担
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练习感悟：这篇文章难度还是比较大的，生词多，语速也较快，不过还好，读起来还算顺口，录了两三遍就达标。
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