To gain an understanding of some of the issues involved, and the emergence of a tribal structure in the land, it's helpful to know something about the geography of Israel, which is why I have handed out for you a couple of different maps but one that gives you physical features .

为了了解其中一些事件，以及在这片土地上逐渐出现的部落形式，了解以色列的地理是很有好处的，这也就是我给你发了几份不同地图的原因,其中有一幅呈现了物理特点，在最上面。

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The first thing I want to be sure was all students understand about the mechanics of the course and the best way to learn about that was to read very carefully the paragraphs at the bottom.

首先我想确认,大家都能明白这门课的授课形式,大家最好都去仔细阅读,刚发下去的课程大纲,请看这一页的底部。

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