.Lesson38Thefirstcalender最早的日历byKitty.Reviewthewords•express•punctual•condition•unshakable•faith•cancel•exceptionally•dislocate•blame•consult•directad•odd•reflect•advantage.Reviewthewords•mighty•dawdle•chug•lodge•comlaint•triumph•asterisk•conduct.Reviewthesentences•--Heisamanwho’spunctualtotheminute.•--Thissocietyhasconditionedeachofus.•--Eachofushasbeenconditionedtothesociety..Text•Thefirstcalender•calendarn.历法,日历calender轮压机.Text•Futurehistorianswillbeinauniquepositionwhentheycometorecordthehistoryofourowntimes.•historiann.历史学家historica.具有历史意义的--Thisisahistoricspeech.historicala.与历史研究有关系的historicalresearch历史研究.Text•uniqueadj.=uneaqualed无与伦比的--Speechisauniquehumanabilityunique不能接受比较级,可以接受quite,almost,nearly,surely,really等修饰,但不能接受rather,very等词的修饰。.Text比较unique独一无二的,因唯一而独特speical注重性质的特殊especial强调超过其他的全部--Thisisamatterofespecialimportance.--Thisisaespeciallyimportantmatter..Textparticular特定的,着重同类中某一个所有独特的性质--Pineappleshaveparticularflavour.菠萝有特别的味道。exceptionalextraordinary特别的,与众不同的--ThewarmweatherisexceptionalforJamuary..Text课本短语:intheuniqueposition处于无以伦比,独一无二的情况•cometo:start,begin.Text•Theywillhardlyknowwhichfactstoselectfromthegreatmassofevidencethatsteadilyaccumulates.•selectfrom从……中进行选择(同类中)choose挑选(凭个人意愿)一、有三种情况choose和select不能互换:.Text1.当在两者中选一个时只能用choose,即choosebetween--Wehavetochoosebetweenleavingearlyandpayingfortaxi.2.choose可带wh从句--I'llletyouchoosewhereweshouldgotoeat..Text3.choosetodo只能用choose.--Whatinvariablyhappensisthatagreatnumberofthingschoosetogowrongatpreciselythesamemoment.(L33)--Hehasdeliberatelychosentoleadthelifeheleadsandisfullyawareoftheconsequences.(L27).Text二、select比choose更正式,即在许多同类的人或物当中根据客观标准对这两个加以比较,鉴别,认真地挑选出最好的、最喜欢的、最有用的。.Text•Whatismoretheywillnothavetorelysolelyonthewrittenword.Films,videos.•whatismore=furthremore,moreover更有甚者,whatisworse更糟糕的是.Text•relyon=counton=dependon依靠,指望--Youcan’trelyonothers.--Hecan’tbereliedon..Text•CDsandCD-ROMsarejustsomeofthebewilderingamountofinformationtheywillhave.•bewilderv.=confuse令人眼花缭乱--shewasbewilderedbysomanybeautifuldresses.比较puzzle某问题因复杂而令人费解--Iampuzzledbytheproblem..Textperplex难以理解(包含焦虑不安,不知如何解决的意思)--Heisperplexedfortheanswer.派生词bewilderment:n.inbewilderment茫然不知所措bewilderinga.令人眼花缭乱的bewildereda.感到眼花缭乱的.Text•Theywillbeable,asitwere,toseeandhearusinaction.•asitwere可以说,似乎,好像•inaction行动中的,活动中的.Text•Hehastodeducewhathecanfromthefewscantycluesavailable.•deducev.determineordecidesth.bygivenfacts.推断,推理--Ideducetheconclusionfromthegivenfacts.deduce…from从…中推论,推断infer推断(不表示过程)--Whatcanyouinferfromthetext?.Text•scantyadj.toofew,notenough不足的,贫乏的scantyknowledge一知半解ascantycrop欠收bescantyofsth奇缺beshortof短缺--Thevillageschoolisscantyoftextbooks.这乡村学校奇缺教材。bewantof=inneedof需要…….Text•Evenseeminglyinsignificantremainscanshedinterestinglightonthehistoryofearlyman.•shedv.pourout使流出,泻shedtears泪流满面shedlight发光shedlightonsb.启发,启迪shedone’sbloodforcountry为祖国而流血。shedone'sclothes脱去衣服.Text•Uptonow,historianshaveassumedthatcalendarscameintobeingwiththeadventofagriculture,forthenmanwasfacedwitharealneedtounderstandsomethingabouttheseasons.•uptonow=sofar到目前为止.Text•comeintobeing=comeintoexistence产生,出现cometopower上台comeintouse开始使用.Text•adventn.comingorarrival出现,到来,来临attheadventofwinter在冬天到来的时候attheadventof在…到来的时候sincetheadventof自从…的到来.Text•befacedwitharealneedtodosth.面临着做某事的真正需要。--WearefacedwitharealneedtolearnEnglishwell.