今回の英会話は考古学。
難しかったです。
アウストラロピテクスって
ルーシー(wiki as of Oct 7, 2007)って
言うんですね。
エチオピアのアジスアベバが人類発祥の地だということです。
以下,備忘メモ
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①Archaeology
②Excavation
③relics
④artifact
⑤prehistric
①The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery.
=>sub-discipline of Anthopology
②dig up/find stuff
eg)excavation in Gibraltar
③Something that has survived the passage of time
eg) relics of the Paleolithic Age
=>findings in excavation
=>eg)stone w/paint, shell neckless
④a handmade object, as a tool
(characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage)
=>found at an archaeological excavation.
⑤
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①Homo Sapiens
②Neanderthal
③Pekin Man
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①contamination
②radiocarbon dating
③rudimentary
①foreign thing which affects
something
eg)medical=>virus
"contaminated"=To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture.
②放射性炭素年代測定法
③simple/initial
eg)rudimentary spearhead
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①burial site
②remnants of a prehistoric dinner
③tortoise
①buried place
②left over piece<=remain
③turtle
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①(Late)Bronze Age
②(Early)Iron Age
③Paleolithic Age
①
②
③= Stone Age
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①speculate
①guess/feflect/suppose/theorize