或许很多童鞋可能进来看到【专八】可能会有点胆怯，刚开始是会感觉到有点吃力哦，但这就是专八。希望大家可以耐心的认真听写O(∩_∩)O~
专八，任重而道远。

Today's lecture aims to introduce to you a historically, geologically and culturally rich place- Greece.
Then, we will see how its language develops. "It's Greek to me," is often said when something is beyond one's understanding or especially difficult. But nothing could be further from the truth. The Greek Alphabet and language look and sound exotic and complicated, but they shaped the vocabulary of western languages, including English. When early people began to write, they drew pictures that represented what they were writing about. In about 2,000 B.C., early Greeks developed a system of picture. They used this system to keep accurate records of goods they stored and exported. Their picture writing spread from the island to mainland Greece. By 1100 B. C., the Greek world was crumbling. As the Greeks abandoned their cities, they forgot about writing. Greece entered a period known as the Dark Ages. No written records survive from this time and foreign records mention little about the Greeks. But gradually the Greeks prospered and the population grew.