Module 6 The World’s Cultural Heritage

(2) these discoveries proved the existence of a human species who lived in the area between 700,000 and 200,000 years ago. (lines 3-5, para2，part1) 這些發現證明：在大約二十到七十萬年前就有人類生活在該地區。
it has also been proved that people lived there continuously between 500,000 and 10,000 years ago. (lines8-10,para.1, part 2) 它還證明了一萬到五十萬年前，那里一直有人類生存。
◆ prove證明，證實；證明是，表明是 (后面可接名詞、不定式、that從句等)，如：
① he has proved his courage in the battle.
② perhaps this book will prove to be of some use to you in your studies.
③ on the long journey he proved himself to be an amusing companion.
④ people have proven that one can do whatever on strives to do. 人
◆ existence n. 存在，生存
eg ① do you believe in the existence of ghosts?
② according to some philosopher, everything in existence is reasonable.
③ the newspaper ceased to appear after an existence of three months.
※【拓展】 come into existence = come into being 存在，產生
eg ① nobody knows how this world came into existence.
② she worked in a new company which came into existence half a year ago.
 (3) four sites where beijing man and his relations lived were discovered on the northern face of dragon bone hill (longgushan) (lines1-3, para.3, part1)
人們在龍骨山的北坡發現了北京人及其近親居住過的四處遺址。
face n斜坡；山坡；（建筑物的）表面
eg the north face of the eiger 艾格爾山北坡   a cliff face懸崖峭壁
※【拓展】
face  v 面對，面向
eg he faced the difficulty with courage. 他勇敢地面對困難
【例題】
① (北京春)    ___    with a difficult situation, arnold decided to ask his boss for advice.
a. to face      b. having faced     c. faced          d. facing   （c）
② (四川) ________ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.
a. faced       b. face            c. facing         d. to face  （a）
(4) even so, they were quite sophisticated. (lines4-5, para.4, part1)
盡管如此，北京人進化速度已經很高。
even so雖然如此
eg there are many spelling mistakes; even so it’s quite a good essay.
【例題】(江西) your uncle seems to be a good driver: _____ i wouldn’t dare to travel in his car.
a. even so      b. even though       c. therefore        d. so