NCE 4 Lesson1

NCE 4 Lesson1 Finding fossil man

1. Why are legends handed by storytellers useful?

Hand n. 手，手艺；帮助；指针；插手

            vt. 传递，交给；支持；搀扶

熟词新意，此处作传递。

2. We can read of things that happened 5000 years ago in the Near East where people first learned to write.(that引导定语从句修饰things, where 引导非限定性定语从句说明前面地点状语in the Near East.)

   2.1 the Near East近东、the Far East远东（此处注意字母大小写习惯）

   2.2 Read /ri:d/, 过去式和过去分词/rEd/

1) WORDS/SYMBOLS阅读、读懂、看书看报read a book

2) DISCOVER BY READING 读到，read of/about

3).SB'S MIND/THOUGHTS. 猜测，揣测

4) UNDERSTAND 懂得理解How do you read the present situation?

5)OF A PIECE OF WRITING书写的东西 The sign reads "NO ADMITTANCE"

6)IDIOMS习语：read between the lines看出言外之意；read sb like a book 看透某人；read my lips请注意听；read sb the Riot Act警告（某人）不得做某事；take sth/it as read 不经讨论即认定为。

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