新概念四冊必備詞匯lesson 1
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Fossil man n. 化石人
There is fossil man being exhibited in that museum. 那家博物館有化石人展出
The fossil man may be ten thousand years old. 這個化石人可能有1萬年了
Fossil 化石
Fossils of early reptiles 早期爬行動物的化石
實際應用： living fossil 活化石
Recount v. formal to tell someone a story or describe a series of events 敘述
The old men recounted how the village developed 老人們講述了村莊是怎么發展起來的
The boy recounted how he survived the disaster. 那個男孩講述了如何在災難中幸存下來。
相關表達 narrate v. 敘述，講述； recite v. 敘述，背誦
記憶點撥： 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. 這本書講述科爾曼家族四代人的傳奇故事
She told me the saga of her family problems. 他沒完沒了的跟我講他家里的事
相關表達： epic n. 史詩 story n. 故事
Legend n. an old well-known story, often about brave people, adventures, or magical events 傳說，傳奇
He enjoys reading ancient Greek legends. 他喜歡讀古代希臘傳說。
Yao Ming is a marvelous basketball player who was a legend in his country. 姚明是一個非凡的籃球運動員，他在他的祖國是個傳奇人物。
相關表達 fable n. 神話 myth n. 神話
記憶點撥 leg(讀) + end(結尾) things to be read （供閱讀的東西）
Migration n. 遷徙，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. 美國是最受歡迎的移民國家之一
（2） when birds or animals travel regularly from one part of the world to another 遷徙
scientists have studied the migration of these birds. 科學家們已經研究了這些鳥的遷徙。
相關表達 migrate v. 遷徙；移民
Immigrate v. 移入
Emigrate v. 移出
記憶點撥 migr (移動) + ate (動詞后綴)
Anthropologist n. 人類學家
It is rare for an anthropologist to spend more than 15 percent of his career outside the university setting. 一個人類學家把15%以上的工作時間花在大學研究以外是很罕見的。
An anthropologist spends a lot of time writing, editing, doing field work, teaching, consulting with other professionals. 人類學家花費大量的時間用于寫作、編輯、調查工作、教學以及與其他專業人員交換意見。
相關表達 anthropology n. 人類學家
記憶點撥 anthropo(人)+log(y)(學科)+ist(人)
Archeologist n. 考古學家
The archaeologists found a of fossil insects near the village. 考古學家在村子附近發現了許多化石昆蟲。
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. 為了描繪人類在早期文明和社會中的生活景象，考古學家挖掘、保護、研究并且將近代和古代起舞分類。
相關表達 archaeology n. 考古學
記憶點撥 archaeo(古老的，原始的)+log(y)(學科)+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. 這是一座曾經屬于他的先輩的島嶼。
My ancestors came from Spain. 我的祖先是西班牙人
記憶點撥 an(前)+ces(走)+tor(名詞后綴)(走在前面的人)
相關表達 ancestry n. 祖先，血統 descendant n. 后代
Polynesian adj. 波利尼西亞（中太平洋之一群島）的
We were attracted by the amazing performance of the Polynesian dancers. 我們被波利尼西亞舞蹈演員精彩的表演所吸引。
My professor was researching how Polynesian seafarers discovered and settled nearly every inhabitable island in the Pacific Ocean. 我們的教授正在研究波利尼西亞航海者如何發現并定居在太平洋幾乎每一位可以居住的島上。
相關表達 Polynesia n. 波利尼西亞
記憶點撥 Polynesia (波利尼西亞)+n(……的，……人)
Rot v. to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this 爛掉
The ripe fruit began to rot when no one came to pick it 沒有人來摘這些成熟的水果，他們開始爛掉了
The beams had rotted away. 衡量已經腐朽了
相關表達 rotten adj. 爛的
