新概念英语第三册Lesson 38 知识点梳理.docx

Lesson 38 The first calendarmass:团; 块; 堆• Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.• They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.• What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word.• Films, CDs, and CD rooms are some of the bewildering amount of information they will havea mass of =大量的• They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.• What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word.• Films, CDs, and CD rooms are some of the bewildering amount of information they will havesteady• 匀速的； 稳定的;• a steady wind• 匀速• a steady speed• 稳定增长• 取得稳定的进步• make steady progress• They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.• What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word.• Films, CDs, and CD rooms are some of the bewildering amount of information they will have• I bought it solely for that purpose.1bewilder• bewilder (vt)使…迷惑，迷茫• 你把我搞糊涂了。

• You bewildered me.• 大城市的交通使我晕头转向• Big city traffic bewilders me.• 这个游戏把握弄得晕头转向• bewildered• very confused, and often having a surprised expression on your face, because you do not know why something is happening, or because things are happening very quickly• "Whats happening?" asked the bewildered young man, as he opened the door to four policemen.• be bewildered by• My grandmother was bewildered by the sudden change from poverty to wealth.• 这个游戏把握弄得晕头转向• They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.• 就跟…一样；as it were• What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word.• Films, CDs, and CD rooms are some of the bewildering amount of information they will have• They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action.• But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.• He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.• Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.• 仿佛如同, 就好像（多用于比喻句）• He felt himself, as it were, casting pearls before swine.• He is my best friend, my second self, as it were.• 我就好像被雷击中了似的• I was struck by the thunder• They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action.• But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.• He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.• Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man. 2• 演绎; 推理:deduce• They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action.• If a = b and b = c, we can deduce that a = c.• 设a = b, b = c, 可以推断a = c. *• ~deduce sth from sth• Detectives deduced from the clues who had committed the crime.• The policeman was able to deduce the probable time of death from the temperature of the body我推断他的儿子至少40岁• But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.• He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.• Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.• 缺乏的，不足的• There is only scanty evidence.• 信息很匮乏• （vt)使脱落﹑ 蜕皮shedcast/shed/throw light on sth• 使…清楚，搞清楚，弄清楚• Trees shed their leaves and flowers shed their petals.• Some kinds of deer shed their horns. 鹿角.• The snake sheds its skin regularly. 蛇到时候会蜕皮• Recent research has shed light on the causes of the disease.• Investigators hope to shed light on what started the fire.• 我希望弄清楚他为什么离开我• Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.• Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.• Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect. 3advent=• the ~ of sth/sb （重要人物﹑ 事件等的）来临, 到来:• With the advent of the new chairman, the company began to prosper. (兴旺）• 随着电脑的到来• 在新技术到来之前• 自从智能问世以来• Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.• Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.• research + show/demonstrate/reveal/suggest/illustrate/indicate• Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusk of mammoths.• The nomads who made these ma。