Digging into Mystery
Four Japanese high school students from Aomori/are visiting their sister school in Sydney, Australia. They are on a study tour/to learn about Australian history and culture. They are going to give a presentation/about Japanese prehistory. Shota will be the first speaker.
1 Introduction:/Dogu and Australian cave paintings
Good morning. Yesterday/you introduced us/to some examples of Australian prehistoric paintings. We were very impressed.
Some of the paintings/reminded us of Japan’s prehistoric artifacts. The photo on the left is an example of dogu (cf. photo 1). They are earthen figures/created in the Jomon period/(c. 11,000 B.C.—c. 500 B.C.). The Australian cave painting on the right/is probably older (cf. photo 2). There is something strange and mysterious/about both these prehistoric artifacts. You can’t take your eyes away.
In a moment,/we’ll tell you more about Japan’s mysterious little dogu. But first,/we’d like to share with you/what we’ve learned about life in the Jomon period. Incidentally,/the Jomon period gets its name from the “rope patterns”/that appear in its pottery (cf. photo 3).
People have found Jomon artifacts all over Japan. Misaki, our next speaker,/will tell you about what was discovered/at one of the most important sites:/Sannai-Maruyama.
Four Japanese high school students from Aomori/are visiting their sister school in Sydney, Australia. They are on a study tour/to learn about Australian history and culture. They are going to give a presentation/about Japanese prehistory. Shota will be the first speaker.
1 Introduction:/Dogu and Australian cave paintings
Good morning. Yesterday/you introduced us/to some examples of Australian prehistoric paintings. We were very impressed.
Some of the paintings/reminded us of Japan’s prehistoric artifacts. The photo on the left is an example of dogu (cf. photo 1). They are earthen figures/created in the Jomon period/(c. 11,000 B.C.—c. 500 B.C.). The Australian cave painting on the right/is probably older (cf. photo 2). There is something strange and mysterious/about both these prehistoric artifacts. You can’t take your eyes away.
In a moment,/we’ll tell you more about Japan’s mysterious little dogu. But first,/we’d like to share with you/what we’ve learned about life in the Jomon period. Incidentally,/the Jomon period gets its name from the “rope patterns”/that appear in its pottery (cf. photo 3).
People have found Jomon artifacts all over Japan. Misaki, our next speaker,/will tell you about what was discovered/at one of the most important sites:/Sannai-Maruyama.