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Step 1 单词都在文中标出了，大家发挥一下想象和推理能力，猜猜那些生词都是什么意思吧。阅读中非常需要这种猜测推理能力的哦。
An unknown goddessSome time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses – often three storeys high – were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood (was) three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.
Step 2词汇的意思都在这里了哦。看看你都猜对了么？
goddess 女神
archaeologist 考古学家
Aegean 爱琴海的
explore 考察
promontory 海角
prosperous 繁荣的
civilization 文明
storey 楼层
drainage 排水
worship 崇拜
sacred 宗教的
fragment 碎片
remains 遗迹
classical 古文化的
reconstruct 修复
rest 倚放
hip 屁股
full-length 拖地长的
graceful 优雅的
identity 身份 |
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发表于 2016-7-11 22:59:36