sentences1.You must be aware that it’s here that we’ve found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world. （ underline 1 ）2. I’m sorry to interrupt you but how could they live here? (underline 2)

I’m sorry …but…

Excuse me…but…

I’d love to attend your birthday party but I must prepare tomorrow’s exam.

3. We have found human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hills as well as tools and ornaments. So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold. ( underline 3)4.That would have kept them warm, cooked the food and scared wild animals away as well.

would [ 表示推测 ] 大概 , 该是 , 想必我哥哥离开家时 , 我大概十岁左右 。 I would be about ten when my brother left home.

5. We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter.have been doing---Hi, Tom, you look tired.--- I’m tired. I ___________________ (paint) the living room all day.

have been painting

suggest His face suggests he is happy now.I suggested that he (should) go at once.

表明；暗示 , 认为建议

might have doneIt might have rained last night.

6. Our evidence suggests they did indeed wear clothes made from animal skins. (underline 4)

7. It seems that they might have used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin. (underline 5)8. Undoubtedly there were fish swimming in it.

Undoubtedly: it is true that…; it is undoubted that…. 无庸置疑地 , 的确地如果工会领导人被解雇 , 工会组织肯定会闹事的。There will ______________be trouble with the unions if the union leader is dismissed.

undoubtedly

Important words or phrases1.alternative 1) n. 替换 ( 两者挑一 ) 除了继续下去 , 我们没有选择的余地。 We have no alternative but to go on.2) adj 随便一个的；二者择一的 这条路被挡住了，因此我们走了另一条路。 The way was blocked, so we went by an alternative r

oad. 3) have no alternative but to do 除 ... 外别无选择 ; 只有 ; 只好

• Practice:• 1. There is heavy traffic on the A34. Drivers are

advised to find an alternative route.• A a correct B another C other D a better• 2. There are several alternatives open to us at the

moment.• A choices B measures • C statements D opinions better

2. interrupt vt. 中断 , 打断 , 插嘴It is impolite to interrupt when someone is talking.He interrupted college to serve in the army.Don't interrupt me with stupid questions when I a

m busy.

在别人讲话时插嘴是不礼貌的。他中断大学学业到军队去服役。我正忙的时候请不要拿愚蠢的问题来打扰我。

• 3. assume• 1) 假定；假设• 我想你总是在同一个时间起床。 • I assume you always get up at the same time. • 假设明天下雨的话，我们该怎么办？• Assuming it rains tomorrow, what shall we do?• 2) 采用；承担• 承担新的职务• to assume new duties • 3) 装出 , 假装• She assumed a look of surprise.

• 4. regardless of: ( in spite of) 不管• 尽管以前我们失败过，但仍要坚持下去 .• We will persevere regardless of past failures.

Practice:1) Everyone has the right to live where he wants to in spite of his color of skin.2) Everyone has the right to live where he wants to, ____________ his color of skin.regardless of

regardful of… 尊重的；重视的Be more regardful of your own interests.

5. cut up:

1) 切碎 They cut down the tree and cut it into pieces for firewood.They cut down the tree and ___________for firewood.

cut it up

2) 使…受苦在丈夫抛弃她之后，简痛苦极了。 Jean was really cut up when her husband left her.

• 6. aware adj 知道的；意识到 ; [ 用作表语 ]• be aware of• 我没有意识到火。• I was not aware of the fire.• Be aware that • We should be aware that a lot of animals are bec

oming endangered.

Word and phrase practice

1. The markings are so blurred that it is difficult to i________.

2. Hearing the news, he breathed a sigh of r____.3. She is always a__________ in punctuation and

spelling.4. "Business letters are usually f_______, but we write

in an informal way to family members or friends.“5. A___________ means the systematic recovery and

study of material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery, remaining from past human life and culture.

6. The editors agreed upon a d_______of the textbook into five units.

dentifyelief

ormal

rchaeology

ivision

ccurate

7. When she was a__________, the detective found out that the shop-assistant was her daughter.

8. I can't go to the movie -- I'm up to my e___________.9. The workmen e___________ a hole in the wall to let

the sewage pipe pass through.10. The war i____________ the trade between the two

countries.11. She loves me means she is a_______________ to me.12. Her a____________were centered on her husband.13. She went in this morning and noticed one of her

o____________was missing.

rrested

yebrowxcavated

nterrupted

ffectionateffections

rnaments

14. I a__________ that he had gone for a stroll.15. The driver stepped on the gas and a____________ the car.16. We must ______________before we make a decision.17. The residents in the neighbourhood all a_________the council's decision to close the small dye factory.18. _____________danger, he climbed the tower.19. We have taken effective measures to p____________ our natural resources.

ssumed

cceleratedlook ahead

pplauded

Regardless of

reserve

20. There are different c_________ of books in a library.21. __________the carrots before you put them into the pot.22. There are a______________ reasons to believe that the man is innocent.23. In the last a________, the responsibility for this failure must lie with the chief engineer.24. The s_____________for college students of doing a part-time job means more than money and experience.25. Living conditions in the village are still quite p___________.

ategories

Cut up

mple

nalysis

ignificance

rimitive

26. The trouble with Bill was that he never had a s__________ aim in life.36. B______ of sweat stood on his forehead.27. This problem cries out for a long-term, open-minded, s_____________ search.28. The proposals they put forward at the meeting were of little s__________.29.I felt great r_______ when I heard I had passed the examination.30. The title of the essay a_______my attention.

pecificeads

ystematic

ignificanceelieved

rrested

1. You must be aware that it’s here that we’ve found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world.

2. So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold.

3. We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter.

4. Our evidence suggests they did indeed wear clothes made from animal skins.

5. Yes and so well preserved.6. Undoubtedly there were fish swimming in it.

Words

识别，鉴别 v

可选择（的） n/a

家庭（的） n/a

考古学 n

不确定的 a.

精确，准确 n.

挖掘 v.

打断 v.

修饰物 n.

带领参观 phr

假定 v

不管 a

充足的 a

原始的 a

植物学 n

洞口 phr

至多 phr

大量的 phr

浅水湖 phr

兽群 phr

identify

alternative

household

archaeology

tentative

accuracy

excavate

interrupt

ornament

show sb. around

assume

regardless

ample

primitive

botany

cave mouth

at most

an ample amount of

shallow lake

herd of animals