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@ 40224 Anthropology
A 你知道嗎？國際著名人類學家、荷蘭萊頓大學的亨利克賴森教授要來我們學校演講了。
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?
B 啊？恕我孤陋寡聞，其實我一直不懂人類學到底是研究什麼的？
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.
A 人類學顧名思義就是研究人類及人的演變歷史的呀。它涉及歷史，文化，考古等多方面的內容。
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.
B 這麼說達爾文的《進化論》也是屬於人類學的一部分？
zhème shuō Dáěrwén de 《 Jìnhuàlùn 》 yě shì shǔyú rénlèixué de yībùfèn?
So Darwin's Theory of Evolution is part of anthropology?
A 當然，廣義的人類學不僅研究人類，還研究社會，民族，語言等方面的發展。比如亨利教授的研究方向就是國家的起源和發展，他的著作在整個人類學的學術界都產生巨大的影響。
dāngrán, guǎngyì de rénlèixué bù jǐn yánjiū rénlèi, hái yánjiū shèhuì, mínzú, yǔyán děng fāngmiàn de fāzhǎn. bǐrú Hēnglì jiàoshòu de fāngxiàng jiùshì guójiā de qǐyuán hé fāzhǎn, tā de zhùzuò zài zhěnggè rénlèixué de xuéshùjiè dōu chǎnshēng jùdà de yǐngxiǎng.
Of course it is. Anthropology in a broad sense is the study of society, ethnicity, language and a lot of other things besides just human beings. Professor Claessen is an expert in the study of the origin of nation states and their development. His papers and books have had enormous influence in academia.
B 難怪我們學校要邀請他來演講呢，真是個厲害的人物啊。
nánguài wǒmen xuéxiào yào yāoqǐng tā lái yǎnjiǎng ne, zhēnshì ge lìhai de rénwù ā.
No wonder our school invited him to give a speech. He sounds like an important figure.
A 沒錯。他這次的學術報告題為《早期國家研究》。我得趕緊去佔位子，遲了可就沒位子坐了。
méicuò. tā zhècì de xuéshù bàogào tí wéi 《 zǎoqī guójiā yánjiū 》 . wǒ děi gǎnjǐn qù zhàn wèizi, chí le kě jiù méi wèizi zuò le.
Exactly. His speech is titled ``Study of the Early Nation States". I have to grab a seat now or there will be none left.
B 聽起來還挺深奧的。我倒很有興趣去聽教授講講到底是怎麼一回事。我和你一起去吧。
tīng qǐlai hái tǐng shēnào de. wǒ dào hěn yǒu xìngqù qù tīng jiàoshòu jiǎng jiǎng dàodǐ shì zěnme yī huí shì. wǒ hé nǐ yīqǐ qù ba.
It sounds pretty profound. I want to hear what the professor has to say. I'm going with you.
Key Vocabulary
演講 yǎnjiǎng
恕 shù
孤陋寡聞 gūlòuguǎwén
顧名思義 gùmíngsīyì
演變 yǎnbiàn
起源 qǐyuán
發展 fāzhǎn
屬於 shǔyú
一直 yīzhí
方面 fāngmiàn
比如 bǐrú
難怪 nánguài
佔 zhàn
Supplementary Vocabulary
饒恕 ráoshù
恕我直言 shù wǒ zhíyán
究竟 jiūjìng
步驟 bùzhòu
智商 zhìshāng
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