▶ Your Answer :
both the reading and the lecture deal with
the purpose of petroglyphs. in the lecture, the professor casts doubts on the
ideas of the reading, one by one.
first, the professor counters the first
idea of the reading that petroglyphs might be used to communicate between
tribes. the professor insists that tribes which had hostile neighbor tribes did
not want to help their enemy to avoid several dangerous situations. in
addition, the same type of the carvings could have different meanings for
different tribes. therefore, it did not function as an effective way to
communicate each tribe. thus, the professor thinks that the reading`s first
idea does not make sense.
second, the lecturer disputes the second
idea of the author that petroglyphs were made for religious purposes. the
lecturer indicates that cave paintings are more detailed compare to petroglyphs
because petroglyphs are crudely carved that they could not be used to some
important ritual ceremonies. for those reason, the lecturer says that the
second idea of the author does not sound plausible.
finally, the speaker opposites the final
idea of the writer that petroglyphs were made by people in order to overcome
boredom. the speaker says that many of primitive people had to spend time to
hunt or play war games for practical reasons. therefore, there might be several
pragmatic reasons why primitive people created the carvings. thus, the speaker
thinks that the final idea of the writer cannot be justified. |