VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Vocabulary

ordinary (adj):not different or special or unexpected in any way; usual
普通的，平常的；平凡的；一般的
E.g.: an ordinary neighborhood
普通的街区

sophisticated -复杂的

take something for granted-to never think about something because you believe it will always be available or stay exactly the same:
E.g.: I took it for granted that I would find the perfect job.
E.g.: It’s easy to take your parents for granted.

predator (n)an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals
捕食性动物，食肉动物
E.g.: lions, wolves, and other predators
狮子、狼及其他食肉动物

innovation-(the use of) a new idea or method新观念；新方法；（新观念或方法的）创造，使用
E.g.: the latest innovations in computer technology
计算机技术最新的发展

1.obtain
2.pass-传递，传送
3.preserve

superior (adj)better than average or better than other people or things of the same type好于平均的，好过其他的，优越的
E.g.: This is clearly the work of a superior artist.
这显然是一位优秀艺术家的作品。

inferior (adj):not good, or not as good as someone or something else差的；比…不如的
E.g.: These products are inferior to those we bought last year.
这些产品比我们去年买的差些。

ancestor (n): those who came before us

descendant (n): 1-a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild子孙，后代
E.g.: He has no descendants.
他没有后代。
E.g.: They claim to be descendants of a French duke.
他们自称是一位法国公爵的后代。

find out (v):learn1-o get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time
找出，查明；得知
E.g.: I want to find out more about Chinese history

The human have no technology and modern things in the past. They need to hunt to get their food and 5mil years ago the people invited fire, they could cook food. And they started to use tool and know how to protect themselves and then they started to save knowledge and teach it to their descendants. Then they started to live together and plant plant to offer them food. more and more people lived together and the countries appeared. 500 years ago we started to learn science. The science makes us more developed and sophisticated and we invented more things to help us and information technology and computer was invented one generation ago. Our technology progress very fast and it will be better in the future.

Humans had no technology and modern things in the past. They had to hunt to get their food and 5mil years ago the people invited fire, finally, they could cook food. Soon they started to use tools and found out how to protect themselves and then they started to preserve the knowledge and teach/pass it to their descendants. Then they started to live together and learned how to grow plants in order to provide food for themselves. More and more people lived together and the first countries appeared. 500 years ago we started to develop science. The science is making us more developed and sophisticated and we invented more things to help us. The information technology and computers were invented one generation ago. Our technology progresses very fast and it will be even better in the future.