练习资料:
The first calendar Part-1
最早的日历
Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates. What is more, they will not have to rely solely on the written word. Films, videos, CDs and CD-ROMS are just some of the bewildering amount of information they will have. They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task. He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available. Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.
ðə fɜːst ˈkælɪndə pɑːt-1
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 greɪt 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 ˈeɪbl, æz ɪt wɜː, tuː siː ænd hɪər ʌs ɪn ˈækʃ(ə)n. 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 əˈveɪləbl. ˈiːvən ˈsiːmɪŋli ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt rɪˈmeɪnz kæn ʃɛd ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ laɪt ɒn ðə ˈhɪstəri ɒv ˈɜːli mæn.
ʌp tuː naʊ, hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz hæv əˈsjuːmd ðæt ˈkælɪndəz keɪm ˈɪntuː ˈbiːɪŋ wɪð ði ˈædvənt ɒv ˈægrɪkʌlʧə, fɔː ðɛn mæn wɒz feɪst wɪð ə rɪəl niːd tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ˈsʌmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsiːznz. ˈriːsnt ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɛvɪdəns siːmz tuː ˈɪndɪkeɪt ðæt ðɪs əˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n ɪz ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt.
未来的历史学家在写我们这一段历史的时候会别具一格。对于逐渐积累起来的庞大材料，他们几乎不知道选取哪些好，而且，也不必完全依赖文字材料。电影、录像、光盘和光盘驱动器只是能为他们提供令人眼花缭乱的大量信息的几种手段。他们能够身临其境般地观看我们做事，倾听我们讲话。但是，历史学家企图重现遥远的过去可是一项艰巨的任务，他们必须根据现有的不充分的线索进行推理。即使看起来微不足道的遗物，也可能揭示人类早期历史的一些有趣的内容。
历史学家迄今认为日历是随农业的问世而出现的，因为当时人们面临着了解四季的实际需要，但近期科学研究发现，好像这种假设是不正确的。
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单词与短语
单词与短语
what is more而且
rely solely on完全依赖
bewildering/ bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ/extremely confusing
scanty/skænti/scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
scant:barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate:
shed interesting light on ...提示...的内容
Up to now迄今
face with面临
calendar/ˈkælɪndə/ a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
感悟：做了一部分作业，剩下的第二天补的。
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