练习材料：
L38-2: The firstcalendar
Historians havelong been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls,bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths. The nomads who made these markingslived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age which began about 35,000B.C. and ended about 10,000 B.C. By correlating markings made in various partsof the world, historians have been able to read this difficult code. They havefound that it is connected with the passage of days and the phases of the moon.It is, in fact, a primitive type of calendar. It has long been known that thehunting scenes depicted on walls were not simply a form of artistic expression.They had a definite meaning, for they were as near as early man could get towriting. It is possible that there is a definite relation between thesepaintings and the markings that sometimes accompany them. It seems that man wasmaking a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than hasbeen supposed.
ðə fɜːst ˈkælɪndə
hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz hæv lɒŋ
biːn ˈpʌzld baɪ dɒts, laɪnz ænd ˈsɪmbəlz wɪʧ hæv biːn ɪnˈɡreɪvd ɒn wɔːlz, bəʊnz, ænd ði ˈaɪvəri tʌsks
ɒv ˈmæməθs. ðə ˈnəʊmədz huː meɪd ðiːz ˈmɑːkɪŋz lɪvd baɪ ˈhʌntɪŋ ænd ˈfɪʃɪŋ ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə lɑːst aɪs eɪʤ wɪʧ bɪˈɡæn əˈbaʊt 35,000 biː.siː. ænd ˈɛndɪd əˈbaʊt
10,000 biː.siː. baɪ ˈkɒrɪleɪtɪŋ ˈmɑːkɪŋz meɪd ɪn ˈveərɪəs pɑːts ɒv ðə wɜːld, hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz hæv biːn ˈeɪbᵊl tuː riːd
ðɪs ˈdɪfɪkəlt kəʊd. ðeɪ hæv faʊnd ðæt ɪt ɪz kəˈnɛktɪd wɪð ðə ˈpæsɪʤ ɒv deɪz ænd
ðə ˈfeɪzɪz ɒv ðə muːn. ɪt ɪz, ɪn fækt, ə ˈprɪmɪtɪv taɪp ɒv ˈkælɪndə. ɪt hæz lɒŋ
biːn nəʊn ðæt ðə ˈhʌntɪŋ siːnz dɪˈpɪktɪd ɒn wɔːlz wɜː nɒt ˈsɪmpli ə fɔːm ɒv ɑːˈtɪstɪk ɪksˈprɛʃᵊn. ðeɪ hæd ə ˈdɛfɪnɪt
ˈmiːnɪŋ, fɔː ðeɪ wɜːr æz nɪər æz ˈɜːli mæn kʊd ɡɛt tuː ˈraɪtɪŋ. ɪt ɪz ˈpɒsəbᵊl ðæt ðeər ɪz ə ˈdɛfɪnɪt
rɪˈleɪʃᵊn bɪˈtwiːn ðiːz ˈpeɪntɪŋz ænd ðə ˈmɑːkɪŋz ðæt ˈsʌmtaɪmz əˈkʌmpəni ðɛm. ɪt siːmz ðæt mæn wɒzˈmeɪkɪŋ ə rɪəl ˈɛfət tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ðə ˈsiːznz 20,000 jɪəz ˈɜːlɪə ðæn hæz biːnsəˈpəʊzd.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、puzzle：令人费解的事，迷惑，使困惑，2、dots：小点，圆点，3、symbol：象征，符号，代号，4、engrave：雕刻，在……上刻（字或图案），5、ivory：象牙，象牙制的，6、tusk：象牙，长牙，7、nomad：游牧民，游牧民族，8、marking：花纹，斑点，线条，颜色，形状，9、correlate：相关，使相互关系，10、passage of days：日子的流逝，11、phase：相，阶段，12、primitive：原始，原始人，13、depict：描述，描绘，14、artistic：艺术的，15、relation：关系，16、
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练习感悟：重感冒之后第一次读，还没好利索，所以读起来特别困难，录了六七遍才勉强达标。
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