lesson 1

Fossil man  n. 化石人
There is fossil man being exhibited in that museum. 那家博物馆有化石人展出
The fossil man may be ten thousand years old. 这个化石人可能有1万年了
Fossil 化石
Fossils of early reptiles 早期爬行动物的化石
实际应用： living fossil 活化石
Recount  v.  formal to tell someone a story or describe a series of events 叙述
The old men recounted how the village developed 老人们讲述了村庄是怎么发展起来的
The boy recounted how he survived the disaster. 那个男孩讲述了如何在灾难中幸存下来。
相关表达  narrate v. 叙述，讲述； recite v. 叙述，背诵
记忆点拨： re(又，再)+count（唱）
Saga       n. a long and complicated series of events, or a description of this 英雄故事
The book is a saga of four generations of the Coleman family. 这本书讲述科尔曼家族四代人的传奇故事
She told me the saga of her family problems. 他没完没了的跟我讲他家里的事
相关表达： epic n. 史诗   story  n. 故事
Legend  n. an old well-known story, often about brave people, adventures, or magical events 传说，传奇
He enjoys reading ancient Greek legends. 他喜欢读古代希腊传说。
Yao Ming is a marvelous basketball player who was a legend in his country. 姚明是一个非凡的篮球运动员，他在他的祖国是个传奇人物。
相关表达  fable n. 神话   myth n. 神话
记忆点拨  leg(读) + end(结尾) things to be read （供阅读的东西）
Migration n. 迁徙，移居
（1） when large numbers of people go to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work 移居
America is one of the most popular countries for migration.  美国是最受欢迎的移民国家之一
（2） when birds or animals travel regularly from one part of the world to another 迁徙
scientists have studied the migration of these birds. 科学家们已经研究了这些鸟的迁徙。
相关表达 migrate v. 迁徙；移民
         Immigrate v. 移入
         Emigrate  v. 移出
记忆点拨 migr (移动) + ate (动词后缀)
Anthropologist n. 人类学家
It is rare for an anthropologist to spend more than 15 percent of his career   outside the university setting. 一个人类学家把15%以上的工作时间花在大学研究以外是很罕见的。
An anthropologist spends a lot of time writing, editing, doing field work, teaching, consulting with other professionals. 人类学家花费大量的时间用于写作、编辑、调查工作、教学以及与其他专业人员交换意见。
相关表达 anthropology n. 人类学家
记忆点拨 anthropo(人)+log(y)(学科)+ist(人)
Archeologist n. 考古学家
The archaeologists found a of fossil insects near the village. 考古学家在村子附近发现了许多化石昆虫。
Archaeologists excavate, preserve, study, and classify artifacts of the near and distant past in order to develop a picture of how people lived in earlier cultures and societies. 为了描绘人类在早期文明和社会中的生活景象，考古学家挖掘、保护、研究并且将近代和古代起舞分类。
相关表达 archaeology n. 考古学
记忆点拨 archaeo(古老的，原始的)+log(y)(学科)+ist(人)
Ancestor n. a member of your family who lived a long time ago 祖先
It is an island once owned by his ancestors. 这是一座曾经属于他的先辈的岛屿。
My ancestors came from Spain. 我的祖先是西班牙人
记忆点拨 an(前)+ces(走)+tor(名词后缀)(走在前面的人)
相关表达 ancestry n. 祖先，血统 descendant n. 后代
Polynesian adj. 波利尼西亚（中太平洋之一群岛）的
We were attracted by the amazing performance of the Polynesian dancers. 我们被波利尼西亚舞蹈演员精彩的表演所吸引。
My professor was researching how Polynesian seafarers discovered and settled nearly every inhabitable island in the Pacific Ocean. 我们的教授正在研究波利尼西亚航海者如何发现并定居在太平洋几乎每一位可以居住的岛上。
相关表达 Polynesia n. 波利尼西亚
记忆点拨 Polynesia (波利尼西亚)+n(……的，……人)
Rot  v. to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this 烂掉
The ripe fruit began to rot when no one came to pick it 没有人来摘这些成熟的水果，他们开始烂掉了
The beams had rotted away. 衡量已经腐朽了
相关表达 rotten adj. 烂的