Anthropology
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ID: 0224
Upper Intermediate
You sure are clever, and we sure are too. So let’s do what clever people do and talk about clever things… I don’t know, say…anthropology? And to be extra clever, let’s learn all about it in Mandarin Chinese in this podcast. So when your friends ask you “what’s up?” you can say “Oh, you know – just talking about anthropology. In Mandarin.” Someone’s getting a dinner party invite!
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 演讲 | yǎnjiǎng | to lecture | |
| 恕 | shù | forgive | |
| 孤陋寡闻 | gūlòuguǎwén | ignorant | |
| 顾名思义 | gùmíngsīyì | as the name suggests |
你知道吗国际著名人类学家荷兰莱顿大学的亨利克赖森教授要来我们学校演讲了
nǐ 你zhīdao 知道ma 吗guójì 国际zhùmíng 著名rénlèixuéjiā 人类学家Hélán 荷兰Láidùn 莱顿dàxué 大学de 的Hēnglì 亨利Kèlàisēn 克赖森jiàoshòu 教授yào 要lái 来wǒmen 我们xuéxiào 学校yǎnjiǎng 演讲le 了
Have you heard that Professor Henri Claessen, renowned anthropologist from Leyton University in the Netherlands, is coming to our school to give a speech?
啊恕我孤陋寡闻其实我一直不懂人类学到底是研究什么的
á 啊shù 恕wǒ 我gūlòuguǎwén 孤陋寡闻qíshí 其实wǒ 我yīzhí 一直bù 不dǒng 懂rénlèixué 人类学dàodǐ 到底shì 是yánjiū 研究shénme 什么de 的
What? Excuse my ignorance, I actually never knew what anthropology is all about.
人类学顾名思义就是研究人类及人的演变历史的呀它涉及历史文化考古等多方面的内容
rénlèixué 人类学gùmíngsīyì 顾名思义jiùshì 就是yánjiū 研究rénlèi 人类jí 及rén 人de 的yǎnbiàn 演变lìshǐ 历史de 的yā 呀tā 它shèjí 涉及lìshǐ 历史wénhuà 文化kǎogǔ 考古děng 等duō fāngmiàn 多方面de 的nèiróng 内容
Anthropology, as the name implies, is the study of the human species and its evolution. It touches on all sorts of disciplines from history and culture to archaeology.
这么说达尔文的进化论也是属于人类学的一部分
zhème 这么shuō 说Dáěrwén 达尔文de 的Jìnhuàlùn 进化论yě shì 也是shǔyú 属于rénlèixué 人类学de 的yībùfèn 一部分
So Darwin's Theory of Evolution is part of anthropology?
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