2014年考研英语新概念必背作文精选发现化石人
<p> 新概念四<span word="Lesson">Lesson</span> 1 <span word="Finding">Finding</span> <span word="fossil">fossil</span> <span word="man">man</span> 发现化石人</p><p> <span word="We">We</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> 5,000 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NearEast">NearEast</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span>.<span word="But">But</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worldwhere">worldwhere</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="write">write</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="theirhistory">theirhistory</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recount">recount</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="sagas">sagas</span>----<span word="legends">legends</span> <span word="handed">handed</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="ofstory">ofstory</span>-<span word="tellers">tellers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="another">another</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="legends">legends</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="ussomething">ussomething</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="migrations">migrations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="none">none</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="writedown">writedown</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span>. <span word="Anthropologists">Anthropologists</span> <span word="wondered">wondered</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="ancestors">ancestors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thePolynesian">thePolynesian</span> <span word="peoples">peoples</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="Islands">Islands</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="sagas">sagas</span> <span word="ofthese">ofthese</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span> <span word="about">about</span> 2,000 <span word="yearsago">yearsago</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="ourselves">ourselves</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="thateven">thateven</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="sagas">sagas</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="any">any</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="archaeologists">archaeologists</span> <span word="haveneither">haveneither</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="legends">legends</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="firstmodern">firstmodern</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span>.</p><p> <span word="Fortunately">Fortunately</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="stone">stone</span>, <span word="especiallyflint">especiallyflint</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="easier">easier</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="kinds">kinds</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="haveused">haveused</span> <span word="wood">wood</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="skins">skins</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="rotted">rotted</span> <span word="away">away</span>. <span word="Stone">Stone</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="decay">decay</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sothe">sothe</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bones">bones</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="madethem">madethem</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="disappeared">disappeared</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="trace">trace</span>.</p><p> 我们从书籍中可以读到5,000年前近东发生的事情，那里的人最早学会了写字。但直到现在，世界上仍然有些地方;人们还不会书写。他们保存历史的唯一办法是将历史当作传说讲述，由讲述人一代接一代地将史实描述为传奇故事口传下来。这些传说是很有用的，因为它们能告诉我们以往人们迁居的情况。但是;没有人能把他们当时做的事情记载下来。人类学家过去不清楚如今生活在太平洋诸岛上的波利尼西亚人的祖先来自何方，当地人的传说却告诉了人们：其中有一部分是约在2,000年前从印度尼西亚迁来的。</p>
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