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B. Frankly speaking, not much. To some people the word archaeology suggests something as
dry as dust, a pursuit followed by elderly, long-bearded professors; to others the word is full
of romance, suggesting buried treasures.
A. Neither idea is very close to the truth. Archaeology is the scientific study of the material
remains of past human life and activities. These materials include relics, artifacts,
monuments, etc.
B. But how do archaeologists manage to find out something about the earliest inhabitants
who lived before a word of their history was written?
A. It is owing to the fact that an archaeologist deals with all the material remains of man: the
objects he used and made, his dwelling places, his tools and weapons, his own bones and
burial places with buried treasure.
B. I see. So the main thing for an archaeologist is the romance of treasure hunt, isn't it?
A. On the contrary, most archaeologists are not working with the expectation of finding a
king's tomb or similar riches. They are aiming at throwing light on some portion of man's
past by the careful piecing together of evidence, much of it apparently insignificant in itself.
Vocabulary:
to include - включать (в себя)
find out - обнаружить, узнать
owing to the fact - благодаря тому, что
expectation – ожидание
to aim at - нацеливать, направлять
to throw light on - проливать свет на что -либо
apparently - очевидно
insignificant - незначительный
Archaeological terms:
archaeology
archaeologic(al)
archaeologist
pursuit - занятие
to bury - хоронить, прятать
burial - захоронение
burial hill (mound) - могильный холм
burial place - место погребения
buried - захороненный, спрятанный
treasure - сокровище, клад
remains - останки , остатки
relics - останки , остатки
artifact - остатки материальной культуры древнего человека
tomb - могила, надгробный памятник
evidence - зд. археологические свидетельства, находки
III Read the second part of the dialogue and answer the questions.
Part II
B. Can you explain why the archaeologists carry on their excavations?
A. To begin with, archaeology is not an end in itself, not just an abstract study. It is the
method of finding out about the past of the human race in its material aspects, and the study
of the products of this past. These aspects may be the way people lived, the way they
worshipped, the way they built, their art, their trade, their travels.
B. But all these aspects are studied by historians as well, aren't they?
43 B. Frankly speaking, not much. To some people the word archaeology suggests something as dry as dust, a pursuit followed by elderly, long-bearded professors; to others the word is full of romance, suggesting buried treasures. A. Neither idea is very close to the truth. Archaeology is the scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities. These materials include relics, artifacts, monuments, etc. B. But how do archaeologists manage to find out something about the earliest inhabitants who lived before a word of their history was written? A. It is owing to the fact that an archaeologist deals with all the material remains of man: the objects he used and made, his dwelling places, his tools and weapons, his own bones and burial places with buried treasure. B. I see. So the main thing for an archaeologist is the romance of treasure hunt, isn't it? A. On the contrary, most archaeologists are not working with the expectation of finding a king's tomb or similar riches. They are aiming at throwing light on some portion of man's past by the careful piecing together of evidence, much of it apparently insignificant in itself. Vocabulary: to include - включать (в себя) find out - обнаружить, узнать owing to the fact - благодаря тому, что expectation – ожидание to aim at - нацеливать, направлять to throw light on - проливать свет на что -либо apparently - очевидно insignificant - незначительный Archaeological terms: archaeology archaeologic(al) archaeologist pursuit - занятие to bury - хоронить, прятать burial - захоронение burial hill (mound) - могильный холм burial place - место погребения buried - захороненный, спрятанный treasure - сокровище, клад remains - останки, остатки relics - останки, остатки artifact - остатки материальной культуры древнего человека tomb - могила, надгробный памятник evidence - зд. археологические свидетельства, находки III Read the second part of the dialogue and answer the questions. Part II B. Can you explain why the archaeologists carry on their excavations? A. To begin with, archaeology is not an end in itself, not just an abstract study. It is the method of finding out about the past of the human race in its material aspects, and the study of the products of this past. These aspects may be the way people lived, the way they worshipped, the way they built, their art, their trade, their travels. B. But all these aspects are studied by historians as well, aren't they?
