新概念英语第二册77课

• The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. • B.C.为Before Christ（ 公元前）的缩写 • A.D.表示anno Domini (=in the year of the Lord 或 since Christ was born),即“公元” • A.D.用来与B.C.形成对比，它们都出现在正式 的史书中，平时一般不用。 • A.D. 应该写在年数之前, B.C. 应该写在年数之 后 • 由公元前三百年到公元四百年 • from 300 B.C. to A.D. 400
• They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef. • wax-apple
• 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. • cut open 切开 • fall to pieces =go to pieces 碎成碎片，散掉 • 在暴风雨中，这座老房子散架子了。 • During the storm, the old house fell to pieces.
• normally adv. 通常地,正常地 • 通常他的坏心情会持续一到俩天。 • Normally his bad mood will last one or two days. • 通常在早上路上的车会少些。 • There are less cars in the morning.
• survive v.幸免于，存活 • 没有乘客在空难中幸存。 • None of the passengers survived in the air crash.
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Operation have an operation (on sb) 动手术 他鼻子动了手术 He had an operation on his nose. give an operation on sb for sth给某人做…手术 医生给他做了癌症手术 The doctor gave an operation on him for cancer be in operation 这条规定生效了吗？ Is this rule in operation yet? come into operation 实施;生效 这项计划什么时候实施？ When will the plan come into operation?
Lesson 77 A successful operation
单词学习
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • mummy Egyptian temple mark plate disease last prove resin skin section figure normally survive • • • • • • • • • • • • • • n. 木乃伊 adj. 埃及的 n. 庙 n. 斑点 n. （照相）底片 n. 疾病 v. 持续 v. 显示出 n. 树脂 n. 皮肤 n. 切片 n. （人的）体形；人像 adv. 通常地 v. 幸免于
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Prove ① vi. 显示，表明 prove +to be +adj. 结果证实他是那本书的作者 He proved to be the author of the book. ② vt. 证明，证实 我将会证明给你看 I will prove it to you. 首先你应该证明你是在这买的东西。 You should first prove that you bought these goods here.
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figure 1）n.（女人的）体形 那女人身材很棒。 The lady has a great figure. 你最好多运动一下来保持体形。 You’d better exercise more to keep your figure. 2）人像；人影 She screamed when she saw a dark figure in her bedroom. • 当她看到卧室的房间里有个黑影时尖叫了起来。
• The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. • Remove • 1）除掉 • 衣服上的这些墨水污点洗得掉吗? • Can the ink be removed from the clothes? • 2）移开 • 有一会儿他的视线没有从她的面孔上移开 • For a moment he did not remove his eyes from her face.
• Section • 1）切片 • 医生在显微镜下仔细检查从尸体上切下来的切 片。 • The doctor examined the section cut from the dead body under the microscope. • 2）部分 • 飞机的尾部着火了。 • The back section of the plane caught fire. • 考试由四部分组成。 • The test consists of four sections.
• 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 ..而死（后面跟名词） • 那个人死于重感冒。 • The Man died of a bad cold. • die from + 外因 死于…… • 他受枪伤而死。 • He died from the wound. • Be dying to do sth 渴望做某事 • 她渴望成为演员 • She is dying to be an actress.
• 我很想知道他们靠那么可怜的收入是怎么活下 来的。 • I wonder how they can survive on such poor income. • survival n. 幸存 • survivor n. 幸存者 • victim n.死难者，受害者
课文讲解
• 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.
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mark 1）n. 斑点 这匹马头上有一个白色斑点 The horse has a white mark on its head 2）n. 分数 我在拼写考试中得了满分 I got full marks in the spelling test. 3）n. 标记 他用铅笔做标记 He made marks with a pencil. 3）v. 标记 商品上都标有价格 Prices are marked on the goods.
• 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.
• last • 1）vi. 持续，延续 • 常跟一个表示时间的名词或短语，没有被动语 态 • 会议进行了3个小时 • The meeting lasts three hours. • 两国的战争一直持续到1453年。 • The war between the two countries lasted until 1453. • 2） 最不可能…的,最不…的 (most unlikely) • 他是我最不想见的人 • He is the last man in the world I want to see.
• The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. • that 用以指代前面的 the mummy，以避免重复。 在指代特指的事物时，尤其是在比较状语从句中 ，常用that 和those 指代前面提到的事物： • 这里的生活费用比伦敦的要低。 • The cost of living here is lower than that in London. • that of 和those of 一般用于较正式的文体中 • 美国的面积比英国的大。 • The area of the USA is larger than that of Britain. • 汤姆的笔比其他男孩的要好。 • Tom's pen is better than that of the other boys.
• 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. • which 引导的分句为非限定性关系从句，因为 它前后都有逗号。非限定性关系从句提供补充 信息，往往可以略去。 • 逗号的取舍有时对句子的意思有很大影响： • The government which promises to cut taxes will be popular. • The government, which promises to cut taxes, will be popular.