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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!
Wed Aug 23 2006 | 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 zhīdao ma ？guójì zhùmíng rénlèixuéjiā 、Hélán Láidùn dàxué de Hēnglì Kèlàisēn jiàoshòu yào lái wǒmen xuéxiào yǎnjiǎng le 。
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 ？shù wǒ gūlòuguǎwén ，qíshí wǒ yīzhí bù dǒng rénlèixué dàodǐ shì yánjiū shénme de ？
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 gùmíngsīyì jiùshì yánjiū rénlèi jí rén de yǎnbiàn lìshǐ de yā 。tā shèjí lìshǐ ，wénhuà ，kǎogǔ děng duō fāngmiàn de nèiróng 。
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 shuō Dáěrwén de 《 Jìnhuàlùn 》 yě shì shǔyú rénlèixué de yībùfèn ？
So Darwin's Theory of Evolution is part of anthropology?
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