The Story of Mankind 1-5 [房龍]

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1、TheStoryofMankind大圣老師-名著推薦系列BYHendrikvanLoonTHESTORYOFMANKINDHIGHUpintheNorthinthelandcalledSvithjod,therestandsarock.Itisahundredmileshighandahundredmileswide.Onceeverythousandyearsalittlebirdcomestothisrocktosharpenitsbeak.批注[i1]:v.使…鋒利批注[i2]:n.鳥嘴Whenthe

2、rockhasthusbeenwornaway,thenasingledayofeternitywillhavegone批注[i3]:by.bewornaway被風化，被侵蝕EG:Rockscanbewornawaybywater,ice,andwind.1.THESETTINGOFTHESTAGE批注[i4]:n.永恒WEliveundertheshadowofagiganticquestionmark.批注[i5]:在…陰影之下Whoarewe?批注[i6]:問號Wheredowecomefrom?Wh

3、itherarewebound?Slowly,butwithpersistentcourage,wehavebeenpushingthisquestionmarkfurther批注[i7]:adj.持久的andfurthertowardsthatdistantline,beyondthehorizon,wherewehopetofindour批注[i8]:超越地平線answer.Wehavenotgoneveryfar.Westillknowverylittlebutwehavereachedthepoin

4、twhere(withafairdegreeofaccuracy)wecanguessatmanythings.批注[i9]:n.精準，精確InthischapterIshalltellyouhow(accordingtoourbestbelief)thestagewassetforthefirstappearanceofman.批注[i10]:n.出現(xiàn)Ifwerepresentthetimeduringwhichithasbeenpossibleforanimallifetoexistupon批注[i11

5、]:v.代表ourplanetbyalineofthislength,thenthetinylinejustbelowindicatestheageduringwhichman(oracreaturemoreorlessresemblingman)hasliveduponthis批注[i12]:n.生物，創(chuàng)造物earth.Manwasthelasttocomebutthefirsttousehisbrainforthepurposeofconquering批注[i13]:v.征服，戰(zhàn)勝theforcesof

6、nature.Thatisthereasonwhywearegoingtostudyhim,ratherthancatsIcome.Isee.Iconquer.ordogsorhorsesoranyoftheotheranimals,who,allintheirownway,haveavery批注[i14]:而不是interestinghistoricaldevelopmentbehindthem.woulddo…ratherthando…Inthebeginning,theplanetuponwhichw

7、elivewas(asfaraswenowknow)alargeprefertodo…ratherthando…ballofflamingmatter,atinycloudofsmokeintheendlessoceanofspace.Gradually,寧愿做…也不…inthecourseofmillionsofyears,thesurfaceburneditselfout,andwascoveredwith批注[i15]:=duringathinlayerofrocks.Upontheselifeles

8、srockstheraindescendedinendlesstorrents,在…期間;在…的過程當中wearingoutthehardgraniteandcarryingthedusttothevalleysthatlayhidden批注[i16]:v.下降betweenthehighcliffsofthesteamingearth.1TheStoryofMankind大圣老師-名著推薦系列BYHendrik