Lesson 13 A successful operation
一例成功的手术
1.mummy/ˈmʌm.i/n. 木乃伊
2.Egyptian /iˈdʒɪp.ʃən/adj. 埃及的
扩展:Egypt 埃及
3.temple/ˈtem.pəl/n. 庙
扩展:monk/nun/contemplation
4.mark/mɑːrk/n. 斑点
扩展:marker /stain
5.plate/pleɪt/ n. (照相)底片
扩展:Can you take a photo for us?
6.disease/dɪˈziːz/ n. 疾病
扩展:ailment/ill/sick
7.last/læst/v. 持续
例句:I don’t know when it’ll end. It has lasted for at least a week.
8.prove/pruːv/ v. 显示出
例句:Prove them wrong.
9.resin /ˈrez.ɪn/n. 树脂
10.skin/skɪn/n. 皮肤
11.section/ˈsek.ʃən/n. 切片
词根:sect-切割/seg-/segment
12.figure/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/n.(人的)体形;人像
搭配:figure out 搞清楚,弄明白
13.normally/ˈnɔːr.mə.li/adv. 通常地
14.survive/sɚˈvaɪv/v. 幸免于
扩展:vivid 生动的,活泼的
文章讲解
The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully survived the operation.
文章精讲:
1.The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.
知识点:
定语从句:人+who标志词(复词整个语法体系的结构)
例句:Peter is this kind of guy who always put himself in the first place.
定语从句的功能:形容词——修饰名词。写作方法,两步法:
1)先写简单句。
2)合并简单句。
皮特是第一个能在哈佛大学毕业典礼上演讲的中国人。
1)Peter is the first Chinese
2)Peter speaks at Harvard’s commencement.
合:Peter is the first Chinese who speaks at Harvard’s commencement.
主句:The mummyhas just had an operation