Finding fossil man

1.Finding fossil man: 发现远古人类，而非发现化石人，课文翻译错误 find=discover

fossil=ancient, prehistoric

标题要简洁

表示激励：使用spur，而不用encourage 表示禁止：使用ban，而不用prohibit, forbid 表示竞争：使用vie，而不用compete 表示提名：使用name，而不用nominate 押首韵 alliteration

Pride and Prejudice Prince and Pauper World Wide Watch A Delicious Dish A Day

2.Can

情态动词、助动词、连词、介词等不重要的词通常轻读，也叫元音弱化。 正常发音； 弱化； 爆破.

I can't do that. I can do it.

3.read of 读到 介词“of”

read of sth.=read about sth. 谈到 speak/talk of sth. speak/talk about sth.

听说，听说过 hear/learn/know of 想到 think of sth. 梦到 dream of sth.

[$i$]Of Truth[$/i$] 《论真理》

4.that happened 5000 years ago in the Near East 一般情况下，地点状语在前，时间状语在后。 e.g. I saw him at a party yesterday.

在状语复杂情况下，打乱其正常顺序，复杂状语放最后，避免头重脚轻。

定冠词“the” The Middle East The Far East

The Orient 东方国家 The Occident 西方国家 oriental 东方的 occidental 西方的 orient: verb 使面向、使朝向

market-oriented economy 市场经济

The English course---New Concept English book 4 is oriented towards advanced English learners.

5.Where people first learn to write

形式上是定语从句在句子中未必充当的是定语成分。

e.g. I have to be careful not to offend the manager who could give me the sack at anytime. 我必须得特别当心，不要去冒犯我的经理，因为他随时可以把我解雇。 learn: 强调结果，表示学会了

study：强调过程，表示去学习，去研究

6.there are

there seem/appear to be 似乎有…… there used to be 以前曾经有…… there happen to be 碰巧……

there is/are going to be 即将有……

there be+事物/东西做主语，无灵主语（impersonal subject），书面语中多用。 e.g. 在东方国家，有越来越多的人对英语感兴趣。

There are more and more people in the Orient who are interested in English. There is growing interest in English in the Orient.

e.g. 人们普遍同意，妇女应该享有和男人完全的平等。

There is general agreement that women should enjoy full equality with men.

7.part 部分，本文表示地点

Which part of China do you come from? ...parts/areas/regions of the world ...places in the world

part表示部分，用于单数名词时，前面不加a e.g. There is only one China, Taiwan is part of China. Perfect happiness is myth, misery is part of life.

8.can not write

illiterate 不会读写的，文盲的 ...even now people are still illiterate. literate 识字的 numerate 识数的

innumerate 不识数的 与某人/物/地区隔离开 be cut off from...

be out of touch with... be isolated from... be separated from...

These regions are cut off from/out of touch with/isolated from/separated from the civilized world. e.g.

There are some parts of China where even now people can not satisfy their hunger.

9.preserve 保护，保存，强调使……处于良好的状态 preserve historical records preserve food/one's eyesight

与“preserve”容易混淆的几个动词

conserve 保护，保存，强调保存一定的数量 conserve natural resources conserve wildlife

maintain 维护或保养 maintain the car maintain the house maintain the road

reserve 保留或储备，强调以备将来之用 reserve one's energy all rights reserved

I reserve the right to disagree. reserve a table for 2

The old building is in a good state of ___ except for the wooden floors. (CET6) A)observation B)preservation C)conservation D)compensation

10.To recount it

句型：做某事的唯一方式就是去做某事。 The only way to do sth. is to do sth... The only way that...is to do sth...

The only way to end our relationship is to end it for good.

The only way that we can end our relationship is to end it for good.

The most effective way to stem violence is to negotiate.

The most effective way that we can stem violence is to negotiate.

11.hand down

hand/pass sth. down 从长辈传给晚辈

The ring was handed down to her from her grandmother. The recipe was handed down from an ancestor of the family.

hand-me-downs 别人穿过的旧衣服

I had to wear my brother's hand-me-downs.

fortune-teller 算命的人 tell one's fortune teller 银行的出纳员

ATM: automated/automatic teller machine

12.write down 记录下来，写下来 同义：note down Record

13.remote ancestors 远祖 远亲 a distant relative 近亲 a close/near relative

14.people (pl. peoples) 民族

The Chinese are an industrious people/nation.

与“people”用法一样的词（本身就是复数名词，不用做单数）：cattle, police

government of the people, by the people, for the people 民有、民治、民享的政府