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engrave v. 雕刻，使铭记 engrave...on 在...雕刻... engrave with sth. 雕刻上... -She got a ring which was engraved with her name. carve 雕刻，切割。 ivory n.象牙制品 象牙塔 ivory tower ivory carving 象牙雕刻 artificial ivory 人造象牙 correlate v.使相互联系 与...相关、关联 correlate with/to relate 与...有联系 primitive adj.原始的；粗糙的，简陋的 原始社会 primitive society 原始文明 primitive culture 原始人 primitive people（原始民族） -The conditions are primitive by any standards. -这些条件以任何标准衡量都是简陋的。 depict v. 描绘，描画（=describe） depict...as 把...描绘成 -The writer depicted a soldier as a hero depiction n.描写，叙述 词根pict相当于paint: picture 照片 pictograph 象形文字 Text： (L3) Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates. select v.选择 adj.精选的；第一流的 Select from 我们将从这么多人中挑选出三个候选人。 -We will select three candidates from so many people. The selected入围，被选上 Select peaches 上等的桃子 Selective adj. 选择的 Selection n. （L3）mass n.团；块；众多；群众，民众adj.大量的 a mass of 大量的 a mass of hot air 一团热空气 mass media大众传媒 mass culture 大众文化 massive adj.巨大的 Text： （L4）What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word. rely on= Depend on Text： （L8） Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man. shed light on=reveal= cast light on/ throw light on （L10）come into being =come into existence “come into” come into power 上台，当权 come into use 开始使用 （L13）puzzle v.使迷惑；使苦思；n.智力测验；谜；难题，令人费解的事或人 对…迷惑不解 be ~ed about 苦思 puzzle over puzzle out 苦苦思索而弄清楚 crossword puzzle 填字游戏（纵横字谜） （L21）accompany v.陪伴，陪同；和…一起发生；为…伴奏，伴唱 ~ a guest ~ with/ by 我希望他能陪我去北京。 -I hope that he can accompany with me to Beijing. -I was accompanied by her. -闪电通常伴有雷声。 -Lightning usually accompanies thunder. ?未来的历史学家在写我们这一段历史的时候会别具一格。对于逐渐积累起来的庞大材料，他们几乎不知道选取哪些好，而且，也不必完全依赖文字材料。电影、录像、光盘和光盘驱动器只是能为他们提供令人眼花缭乱的大量信息的几种手段。他们能够身临其境般地观看我们做事，倾听我们讲话。但是，历史学家企图重现遥远的过去可是一项艰巨的任务，他们必须根据现有的不充分的线索进行推理。即使看起来微不足道的遗物，也可能揭示人类早期历史的一些有趣的内容。