NCE02077 A successful operation 一例成功的手术
mummy n. 木乃伊
Egyptian adj. 埃及的
temple n. 庙
B.C 公元前(简称)
before Christ 公元前(全称)
chariot 战车
invent v. 发明
invent invented invented v. 发明
It was not until about 1600B.C. that the chariot was invented 直到公元前1600年才发明了战车
The mummy of an Egyptian woman 埃及的一具木乃伊
who died in 800 B.C. 死者是死于公元前800年
has just had an operation 木乃伊刚经受了一场手术
Shepenmut 赛潘姆特
The mummy is that of Shepenmut 木乃伊是 赛潘姆特
Thebes 底比斯
Temple of Thebes 底比斯神庙
who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes 她曾是一位底比斯神庙的歌手.
mark n. 斑点
plate n. （照相）底片
take the plates of …. 给…拍片子
As there were strange marks 有一些奇怪的斑点
on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy 给木乃伊拍x光的片子上
disease n. 疾病
a rare disease 罕见病
die of 因…而死,死于…
dies die第三人称单数
dying die现在分词
die died died v. 死
i am dying of thirst 我快渴死了
i am dying of boredom 我快闷死了
doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease 医生们一直想搞清楚这妇女是不是因为一种罕见病而死
The only way to do this was to operate 要搞清楚，唯一的办法就是给木乃伊动手术
The operation 这场手术.
last v. 持续
which lasted for over four hours 持续了四个多小时
prove v. 显示出
proved to be very difficult 证明非常难
resin n. 树脂
skin n. 皮肤
because of 因为…,由于….(后面接名词性词组)
because 因为…,由于….(后面接从句)
i couldn’t see helen’s expression , because her head was turned 我看不清helen的表情，因为他的头转过去了
abrasive 磨擦性的
abrasive cleaner 磨擦性清洁物
don’t use an abrasive cleaner on the bath,because it may scratch the surface 不要用磨擦性清洁物来处理浴缸，因为它会损伤浴缸的
表面
illness 病
he retired last month because of illness 他上个月因病提前退休
be largely 大约
flee v. 逃离
flee fled fled v. 逃离
fled from 逃离
it was largely because of this that 50,000 of them fled from the city 因为这个原因，大约有50,000人逃离了这个城市.
because of the hard resin which covered the skin 因为皮肤上覆盖着硬硬的树脂.
section n. 切片
The doctors removed a section of the mummy 医生们取下了木乃伊一个切片
laboratory 实验室
and sent it to a laboratory 并送到实验室
They also found something 他们也找到一些东西
which the X-ray plates did not show 这些东西在拍x-光底边上没有显示
wax n. 蜡; 蜂蜡
figure n. （人的）体形；人像
Duamutef 杜瓦木特夫
god Duamutef 杜瓦木特夫神
a small wax figure of the god Duamutef 一个蜡制的杜瓦木特夫神小塑像
This god 这神小塑像
cow 牛
which has the head of a cow 有个牛的头
normally adv. 通常地
was normally placed inside a mummy 通常被放在木乃伊体内
yet 出现在否定句中，表示某事到目情为止还没有发生.
yet 如果出现在疑问句中，则是新闻询问该事有没有发生.
it isn’t dark yet 天还没有黑
i haven’t yet met david 我还没有见过david
leak 漏油
by good fortune the leak has done not damage yet 幸亏运气好,这个漏油还没有造成很大损失
have you had your launch yet ? 吃过午饭了吗？
have you finished your papper yet ? 写完论文了吗？
The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died 医生们还没确认这个妇女的死因
They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces 医生们担心木乃伊会散成碎片
when they cut it open 当他们切开时
but fortunately this has not happened 但幸运的是没散成碎片
survive v. 幸免于
divorce n. 离婚
she seems to have survived the divorce pretty well. 她似乎挺过了离婚了打击
four of his brothers had died as babies,the fifth survived 他有四个兄弟都夭折了，第五个活了下来.
only two people survived the fire 只有两个人在火灾中活了下来.
The mummy successfully survived the operation 木乃伊经受住了这次手术
the river that flows through london is the thames [限制性定话从句].流经伦敦的河是泰晤士河
the thames , which flows through london, is a beautiful river [非限制性定话从句,用逗号隔开].泰晤士河流经伦敦,是条非常漂亮的河
practice v. 练习
he is going to the golf course where he practiced last week. 他正准备去上周他打球的高尔夫球场
put in some practice 练习练习
he is going to the golf course, where he intends to put in some practice 他正准备去高尔夫球场,准备在那练习练习
