1. 关于ancient kingdom Ophir是不是在South Asia
文章说Ophir是在south Asia主要有三个原因:(1)the major goods such as gems, rare woods, exotic animals from Ophir to Eastern Mediterranean at the time had origins in South Asia; (2) it took 1.5 years for traveling from Ophir to Eastern Mediterranean, which matches从south asia到东地中海的旅程;(3)ancient东地中海的语言中有一些词such as peacock之类的于当时南亚的语言中的词汇相似所以可能是从东亚随着货物流传过来的
听力中的Professor反驳了这些观点:
(1)Ophir could be the trading center at the time instead of being the production site/origins of the goods; (2) 古代的航海技术比较差,所以就算Ophir离东地中海并不远,需要1.5 yr的时间也是有可能的;(3)Similarity of few words does not give good evidence. 这里举例说英文和澳洲本土语言中DOG这个词是一样的但是古代England和Australia并没有交集,所以可能只是coincidence.
谁来告诉我一下这篇作文超字数了会扣多少分啊我好像写了330.。。。写完没时间删了 写了4年5pages paper的后遗症 哭~
2. Is it necessary for high school student to do household work after school. 这样是不是能帮助他们建立更多的responsibility. (美国人真的要be more responsible啊每次开学放假美国人不管多大只了都是爷爷奶奶爸爸妈妈全家出动帮搬家搬宿舍 妈蛋的当年谁说外国孩子独立能吃苦来着 哎呀又吐槽了说好要积德的呢