VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Today we focused on historical terms related to the prehistoric era

吉尔伽美什史诗

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Vocabulary

prehistory (n):the period of human history before there were written records of events（有文字记载以前的）史前史，史前阶段
Human prehistory is divided into three successive periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.
人类的史前史可以分为3个相继时期：石器时代、青铜时代和铁器时代。

prehistoric (adj):describing the period before there were written records
史前的，有文字记载的历史以前的
E.g. :prehistoric man/humans/animals
史前人类／动物
E.g. :Painting originated in prehistoric times.
绘画始于史前时期。

黄河－Yellow river

most people lived along the yellow river-大多数人住在黄河沿岸

along (prep):in a line next to something long
沿着…的边缘；沿着…成一行
E.g. :a row of houses along the river
沿河修建的一排房子
E.g. :Cars were parked all along the road.
沿路停满了汽车。

hunters and gatherers-猎人和采集者

forage (v):to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use
搜寻；（尤指）觅食
E.g. :The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps.
那些孩子露宿街头，四处寻找残羹剩饭。
E.g. :The pigs foraged in the woods for acorns.
那些猪在树林里找橡果吃

agricultural revolution-农业革命

nomad-游牧民族,a member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time
游牧部落中的一员
E.g. : a tribe of Somalian desert nomads
索马里沙漠里的游牧部落