VOCAB: History (human + book)

Thomas Young contributed 63 articles to the great British encyclopaedia: Encyclopaedia Britannica, including 46 biographical entries (mostly on scientists and classical scholars)

Thomas Young contributed 63 articles to the great bách khoa toàn thư nước Anh: Encyclopaedia Britannica, including 46 life stories (mostly on scientists and classical scholars)

Other people have been referred to as 'the last man who knew everything'

the phrase which Robinson uses as the title of his biography of Young also serves as the subtitle of two other recent biographies:

daunting task

intimidating task - thach thuc

civic and national authorities

local/dan su and national authorities

social pastimes

social hobbies

seek - sought - sought

+for

accomplished horseman

very good at horse riding

dispute A

bác bỏ A

These works are the landmark achievements of a man who was a child prodigy but who, unlike many remarkable children, did not fade into obscurity as an adult.

These works are the milestone achievements of a man who was a super intelligent child but did not fade into be forgotten, unlike many remarkable children (other thần đồng sẽ bị lãng quên, but he is not)

dispersal
The earliest occupation of Patagonia carries obvious implications for understanding when the North and South American continents were peopled, because it gives a baseline that all calculations regarding the rate of dispersal of humans throughout both continents must take into account.

sự phân tán

The writer emphasises that migration to Patagonia altered the local environment

make different/làm thay đổi

We can speculate then that the retreat of the Patagonian glaciers around14,000 years ago allowed the initial human intrusion into a pristine environment, which was similar to that of early post-glacial Europe.

We can then suy đoán rằng sự rút lui/tan đi của lớp băng ở Patagonia 14k years ago allowed việc xâm nhập của the initial human into a original environment, which was similar to that of early post-glacial Europe.

The first settlers encountered conditions found nowhere else in the world

The first settlers đã chịu/trải qua condition found nowhere else in the world

Human settlement of thevast horizontal expanse of treeless high country must have been tenuous at best,and the evidence for this occupation remains relatively scant, most of it comingfrom rock shelters in Argentina and Chile.