L38-2: The first calendar
Historians have long 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 markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age which began about 35,000 B.C. and ended about 10,000 B.C. By correlating markings made in various parts of the world, historians have been able to read this difficult code. They have found 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 the hunting 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 to writing. It is possible that there is a definite relation between these paintings and the markings that sometimes accompany them. It seems that man was making a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.
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ɛl38-2: ðə fɜːst ˈkælɪndə
hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz hæv lɒŋ biːn ˈpʌzld baɪ dɒts, laɪnz ænd ˈsɪmbəlz wɪʧ hæv biːn ɪnˈgreɪvd 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 bɪˈgæn 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 ˈeɪbl 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 gɛt tuː ˈraɪtɪŋ. ɪt ɪz ˈpɒsəbl ðæt ðeər ɪz ə ˈdɛfɪnɪt rɪˈleɪʃən bɪˈtwiːn ðiːz ˈpeɪntɪŋz ænd ðə ˈmɑːkɪŋz ðæt ˈsʌmtaɪmz əˈkʌmpəni ðɛm. ɪt siːmz ðæt mæn wɒz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə rɪəl ˈɛfət tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ðə ˈsiːznz 20,000 jɪəz ˈɜːlɪə ðæn hæz biːn səˈpəʊzd.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记::1.assuption假定，设想
2.symbol符号
3.engrave雕刻
4.ivory象牙制品
5.mammoth长毛象
6.tusk象牙
7.nomad游牧民
8.correlate使相互联系
9.phase天相
10.primitive原始的
11.depict描画，描绘
12.come into being产生，形成
练习感悟:1.上班回来困到炸裂，靠着就睡着了。醒来已是凌晨，匆匆忙忙的，这个节奏虽然让心态平和，但是节奏把握还是不够好。所以无论如何都得带着热血去奋斗，管你吖的死磕吖
