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.

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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 frɒmðə fjuː ˈskænti kluːz əˈveɪləbl. ˈiːvən ˈsiːmɪŋli ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt rɪˈmeɪnz kæn ʃɛdˈɪntrɪstɪŋ laɪt ɒn ðə ˈhɪstəri ɒv ˈɜːli mæn. 

ʌp tuː naʊ, hɪsˈtɔːrɪənzhæv əˈsjuːmd ðæt ˈkælɪndəz keɪm ˈɪntuː ˈbiːɪŋ wɪð ði ˈædvənt ɒv ˈægrɪkʌlʧə, fɔːðɛn 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.

任务配置：L0+L1+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、calendar：日历，2、historian：历史学家，3、unique：独特的，4、position：地位，5、mass：大量的，6、rely on：依靠，7、solely：光是，独自地，8、bewildering：扑朔迷离，9、amount of information：信息量，10、reconstruct：重建，11、distant：遥远，12、deduce：推断，13、scanty：稀少，14、insignificant：微不足道的，15、shed：散出，16、assumed：假定，17、advent：来临，到来，18、agriculture：农业，19、come into being：应运而生，20、indicate：表明，指出，21、

音标：/ɪə/ 双唇张开岈床由窄至半开舌抵下齿逐渐过渡至上卷，从“一”音过渡到“厄”音。 是字母ear、ere、ea、eer在单词中的读音

练习感悟： 今天的文章，也是读起来很拗口的，只能一遍遍把拗口的地方不停地读，读到通顺为止，才慢慢熟练，然后才能达标。