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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about.
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第2段
1 .<-FEMALE PROFESSOR:->Actually, many archaeologists believe that the coin discussed in the reading is not a fake.
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2 .They believe it represents genuine evidence that the Norse came into contact with Native Americans a thousand years ago.
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1 .First, the great distance of the Maine site from the Norse settlements in Canada.
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2 .Well, many other objects found at that same Native American site had come from faraway places, not just the coin.
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3 .There’s a perfectly reasonable historical explanation for these objects.
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4 .The Native Americans who lived at the Maine site traveled great distances within North America.
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5 .They were interested in obtaining objects from faraway places.
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6 .The Native Americans could have reached the Norse settlements during their travels and brought the silver coin back to Maine.
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1 .Second, does the fact we found no other coins at Norse settlements mean that the Norse didn’t bring any coins with them? Not necessarily.
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2 .The Norse didn’t create permanent settlements in North America.
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3 .At some point, they went back to Europe.
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4 .When they packed for their return voyage, they packed up all their valuable possessions.
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5 .They would have packed up all silver coins they had as well.
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6 .So it’s completely possible that the Norse had originally brought the coins with them to North America, but when they returned to Europe, they took the coins back with them.
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1 .Third, it’s true that Native Americans wouldn’t have viewed coins as money in the same way we do today, or the way the Norse did in Europe.
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2 .But the Norse probably knew that the Native Americans valued attractive or unusual objects.
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3 .Silver coins might have been very appealing because of their beauty.
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4 .For example, they could have been used in necklaces or other types of jewelry.
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5 .As long as Native Americans found the coins interesting and beautiful, the Norse could have used the coins to trade with them.
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