裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记_第77课_课文讲解
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The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.
定语从句：who died in 800 B.C.修饰an Egyptian woman 死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女
B.C. (Before Christ)公元前
eg Julius Caesar died in 44 B.C. . Julius Caesar 死于公元前44年。
A.D.(Anno Domini 拉丁语）公元（后）
eg William the Conqueror invaded Britain in A.D. 1066. William征服者于1066年入侵英国。
have an operation接受手术
perform an operation on sb for… 给…做手术
eg He`ll perform an operation on her for a diseased lung. 他要为她做肺部手术。
operation1n[u] 工作，操作
eg The operation of a big new machine can be hard to learn. 一部大型新机器的操作室很难学会的。
2n[c] 工作，行动
begin operations开展业务
a difficult operation一项艰巨的行动
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.
定语从句：the mummy is that of Shepenmut,这是Shapenmut木乃伊，那么Shapenmut是何许人也,后面的定语从句告诉我们，who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes 曾在Thebes神殿做过歌手的Shapenmut的木乃X-Ray plates X光片子
taken of the mummy, taken是 take的过去分词，整个过去分词短语作定语修饰X-ray plates，给木乃伊拍摄的X 光片。
have been trying现在完成进行时，一直试图
Whether the woman died of a rare disease是否这位妇女死于一种罕见的疾病。Whether引导的宾语从句做find out 的宾语从句。
take the plates of…给…拍片子
take a picture of sb给…照相
find out1查出，揭露
eg I won`t tell you -you must find out for yourself. 我不会告诉你的，你必须自己去发现真相。
2揭发（恶行）
eg I`ve found you out at last, you cheat! 我终于把你揭发了，骗子！
3（美)寻找（某人）
to find out one`s relatives in China 寻找在中国的亲戚
find v得知，发觉，查出
find the answer to a question 找出问题的答案
eg Please find (out) what time they are coming. 请弄清楚他们什么时候来。
eg I find that I have plenty of time now. 我发觉我现在有很多时间。
die of死于（内因）
die of a fever死于高烧
die of thirst干渴而死
die in an acceident死于事故
die by drowning溺水而死
die from a wound死于外伤
die by one`s own hand自杀
die hard(指旧观念，习俗等）一时很难根除，消失
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 shin.
The only way to do this was to operate 搞清楚的唯一方法就是做手术 to to this 是不定式做定语修饰the only way。
定语从句：The operation, which lasted for over four hours,which引导的非限定性定语从句修饰operation 延续了四个多小时的手术
定语从句：which covered the skin 引导定语从句修饰hard resin 裹着皮肤的硬硬的树脂
prove to be +adj/ture out to be 显示出…
skin n皮肤
leather n皮革
complexion n肤色
eg Hard resin covered the skin. 裹着皮肤的硬硬的树脂。