HowWomenChangedHistory
維維安·吉兒/VivienneGill
AceintheHole
Listentothefollowingarticletwice,andthenfillinthe
blankswithappropriatewords.
1.Theyinventedagriculture.Beforethe_____________________
menwerehunters.Theywentouteveryday.
2.Archeologiststhinkthatwomenkeptthefirst_____________:
dogs,cows,sheepandgoats.
Mensometimessay,「Wearebetterandclevererthanwomen.Womenneverinventthings.Wedo.」Itistruethatmenhaveinventedalotofusefulthings:thealphabet,machines,rockets,andguns,too.Butscientistsandarcheologistsnowagreethatwomeninventedoneveryimportantthing.Ithaschangedhistory.Theyinventedagriculture.Beforetheinventionofagriculturemenwerehunters.Theywentouteveryday.Sometimestheykilledanimals—sometimesanimalskilledthem.Lifewasdifficultanddangerous.Womenhadtogoouteveryday,too.Theycollectedroots,fruitandgrasses.Then,oneday,morethan10,000yearsago,awomandroppedsomegrassseeds.ShedroppedthemnearherhomeintheMiddleEast.Theygrew—andthefirstwheatwasborn.Theideagrew,too.Womenplantedrootsandfruittrees.Thentheycouldstayathomeandlookafterthechildren—andtheanimals.Womenlikebabyanimals.Archeologiststhinkthatwomenkeptthefirstdomesticanimals:dogs,cows,sheepandgoats.Thatideagrew,too.Thentheirhusbandsdidnothavetogohuntingformeat.Theystayedathome.Theybuiltvillagesandcities.Civilizationbegan.Menbegancivilization—afterwomeninventedagriculture.
參考譯文
有時男人們會說：「男人比女人能幹，比女人聰明。女人沒有發明任何東西，男人卻發明了。」不錯，男人是發明了很多有用的東西，如字母表，機器，火箭，也有槍炮。但是，科學家和考古學家們現在一致認為，女人曾發明了一項十分重要的東西，它使歷史發生了改變。這項發明就是農業。農業被發明之前，男人們都是獵人。他們每天都要外出狩獵。有時他們將獵物捕殺，有時獵物將他們殺死，生活是艱難而充滿危險的。女人們也要每天外出，她們收集植物的根莖、果實和雜草。後來，一萬多年以前的某一天，一個女人在她家附近的地方撒下一些草籽。她的家就在中東。種子生長出來，並結出了第一株小麥。隨著小麥的成長，人們的思想也在成長。女人們也將根莖和果樹種下，於是，她們能夠留在家裡照看孩子和家畜了。女人們喜歡小動物，考古學家認為，女人飼養了第一批家畜：狗、牛、綿羊和山羊。圈養家畜的想法也成熟起來。於是，丈夫們無需再去出門覓食。他們留在家裡，建成了村落和城市。從此開始了人類文明。男人們創造了文明——在女人發明了農業之後。
PracticingforBetterLearning
Listentothearticleagain,andanswerthefollowingquestions.
1. Whatistheoneimportantthingthatwomeninvented?
___________________________________________________________________________________
2. Howdoyoucomprehendthesentence「Menbegancivilization—after
womeninventedagriculture」?
NowaTry
TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishwiththeexpressionsin
thearticle.
1. 他的這項發明受到了專家們的一致認可。
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2. 他們商量一起分擔家務。
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3. 我國是一個有五千年歷史的文明古國。
ChunksinPractice
Listentothefollowingpassagetwice,andfillintheblankswith
appropriatewords.
1.Wearebetterandclevererthanwomen.Womennever________things.We
?do."Itistruethatmenhaveinvented________:thealphabet,machines,rockets,
?andguns,too.
2.Thatideagrew,too.Thentheirhusbands________havetogohuntingformeat.
Theystayedathome.Theybuilt________and________.