时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:考研背诵50篇


英语课

   Archaeology 1 is a source of history, not just a bumble auxiliary 2 discipline. Archaeological data are historical documents in their own right, not mere 3 illustrations to written texts, Just as much as any other historian, an archaeologist studies and tries to reconstitute the process that has created the human world in which we live - and us ourselves in so far as we are each creatures of our age and social environment. Archaeological data are all changes in the material world resulting from human action or, more succinctly 4, the fossilized results of human behavior. The sum total of these constitutes what may be called the archaeological record. This record exhibits certain peculiarities 5 and deficiencies the consequences of which produce a rather superficial contrast between archaeological history and the more familiar kind based upon written records.


 
  Not all human behavior fossilizes. The words I utter and you hear as vibrations 6 in the air are certainly human changes in the material world and may be of great historical significance. Yet they leave no sort of trace in the archaeological records unless they are captured by a dictaphone or written down by a clerk. The movement of troops on the battlefield may "change the course of history," but this is equally ephemeral from the archaeologist's standpoint. What is perhaps worse, most organic materials are perishable 7. Everything made of wood, hide, wool, linen 8, grass, hair, and similar materials will decay and vanish in dust in a few years or centuries, save under very exceptional conditions. In a relatively 9 brief period the archaeological record is reduce to mere scraps 10 of stone, bone, glass, metal, and earthenware 11. Still modern archaeology, by applying appropriate techniques and comparative methods, aided by a few lucky finds from peat-bogs, deserts, and frozen soils, is able to fill up a good deal of the gap.

1 archaeology
n.考古学
  • She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
  • He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。
2 auxiliary
adj.辅助的,备用的
  • I work in an auxiliary unit.我在一家附属单位工作。
  • The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of blackout.这家医院装有备用发电系统以防灯火管制。
3 mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
4 succinctly
adv.简洁地;简洁地,简便地
  • He writes simply and succinctly, rarely adding too much adornment. 他的写作风格朴实简练,很少添加饰词。 来自互联网
  • No matter what question you are asked, answer it honestly and succinctly. 总之,不管你在面试中被问到什么问题,回答都要诚实而简明。 来自互联网
5 peculiarities
n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪
  • the cultural peculiarities of the English 英国人的文化特点
  • He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another. 他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
6 vibrations
n.摆动( vibration的名词复数 );震动;感受;(偏离平衡位置的)一次性往复振动
  • We could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside. 我们可以感到外面卡车经过时的颤动。
  • I am drawn to that girl; I get good vibrations from her. 我被那女孩吸引住了,她使我产生良好的感觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 perishable
adj.(尤指食物)易腐的,易坏的
  • Many fresh foods are highly perishable.许多新鲜食物都极易腐败。
  • Fruits are perishable in transit.水果在运送时容易腐烂。
8 linen
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
  • The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
  • Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。
9 relatively
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
10 scraps
油渣
  • Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
  • A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
11 earthenware
n.土器,陶器
  • She made sure that the glassware and earthenware were always spotlessly clean.她总是把玻璃器皿和陶器洗刷得干干净净。
  • They displayed some bowls of glazed earthenware.他们展出了一些上釉的陶碗。
学英语单词
aberrometry
abrotanum
adenomyositis
alaria crassifolia kjellm
allocation strategy module
anderton shearer-loader
Andorf
arab-berber
Artfjeld
ashiko
at the behest of
automatic routine
autophagolysosomes
ball platform scale
bankrupcies
Barkley, Lake
be straight with sb
bleachers
blockader
borrow memory control
cam shaft sprocket
canonical case
chloroserpidine
Choeropotamidae
cock body
cold-sensitive mutant
colors
common peppers
congenital cyst of sublingual gland
conical stiffener
contending passions
control requirement
cramoysen
dediploidization(buller 1941)
doors and windows
drive away at
dumbard
ekiti
fabrication platform
fatty acid activating enzyme
flouncer
flour milling
foundry mould
freestylers
generalized two-phase model
genus botrychiums
Goniothalamus yunnanensis
Hanover County
health-insurance
helicopter land ing gear
heterocarpy
homeware
indifference curve
interfering nuclear reaction
interradial piece
interrogation-inquiry
iron mts.
kalkilya
koevermans
lineae parasternalis
lost ground
magnify oneself against sb.
marching problem
moisture examining instrument
nautical meteorology
newly built
normal reactive force
occult tail
pabulums
Pelagonisou, Diavlos
plan bracing
polyaromatic amide (aramid) pulp reinforcement
put on side
quarantinable diseases
Quercus chingsiensis
rbol
rejiggering
Republic of Moldova
restriction fragment
roll tite hathcover
sctinography
semi-floating axle
serratamolide
share responsibility for
small horse hides
soup-spoon
station pressure
system programmed operator
television relay car
thain
the mode
three-statest
tit fucks
turntabling
uncommerciable
unpieces
veto vacuum unloading gear
virtual O device
voidableness
vriesea carinata
web of Penelope
yakalo