Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaelogists 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,fot 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 equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

          The temple which the archaelogists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteen century B.C untill  Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of       these represented a goddess and had,at ome tome,been painted. The body of one statue was found among      remains dating form the fifteenth century BC.  It is missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century BC. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It way 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 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 discovey her identity.     

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goddess n.女神 archaeologist n.考古学家 

  archaeologist [,ɑ:ki?'l?d?ist]
   基本翻译
  n. 考古学家
  网络释义
  archaeologist:考古学家
contract archaeologist:以合约形式受聘的考古学家
Henry the Archaeologist:考古学家亨利

aegean adj,爱琴海的    explore v. 考察，勘探

promontory  n.海角  prosperrous adj.  经纪上繁荣的，昌盛的

civilization n. 文明     storey n, 楼层

drainage n.排水    worship n. 崇拜

sacred adj. 宗教的，神圣的    fragment  n. 碎片

remains n. 遗物，遗迹，废墟   classical adj. 古文化的

reconstuct   v. 修复    rest  v. 放置

hip n, 屁股，臀部 full-length adj. (裙衣）拖地长的

graceful adj.优雅的  identity n. 身份

goddess n.女神 

 archaeologist n. 考古学家

aegean adj. 爱琴海的   explore v. 考察，勘探

the archaeologist are exploring the cave.

explorition

explorer n. 探险家

promontory n. 海角  prosperous adj. 经济上繁荣的，昌盛的

our finance is prosperous.

thriving  昌盛的，兴旺的

booming 蓬勃的，景气的

flourishing  flourishing ['fl?ri?i?]
基本翻译
a. 繁荣的,盛行的
网络释义
flourishing:繁荣兴旺的|繁茂的|隆盛的
mind flourishing:心灵旺盛
human flourishing:人类繁荣

civilization n,文明

high level of civilization  高度文明

civilize v. 

storey n.楼层  drainage n.排水 

worship    ['w?:?ip]
基本翻译
n. 崇拜,礼拜
v. 崇拜,敬仰
vi. 做礼拜
vt. 崇拜
网络释义
Worship:崇拜|敬拜|礼拜，崇敬
worship v.:敬奉,信仰|崇拜,崇敬
worship n.:崇拜|礼拜

respect admire

who do you worship in the world?

warship n,军舰战船

sacred adj. 崇敬的，神圣的

holy adj. 神圣的，圣洁的

solemn adj.  庄严的，庄重的

sacred musci 圣乐

sacred promise  神圣的诺言

fragment 碎片  remains n. 遗物，遗迹，废墟

classical music  古典音乐

classical education 人文科学教育

classic adj. 第一流的

this is a classical example of love at the first sight.

classic n. 杰作 经典之作

reconstruct v. 修复

build house  造建筑物

put up a tent  帐篷

construct a sentence

construct a broken statuary  雕塑

erect  erect [i'rekt]
  基本翻译
a. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的
v. 竖立,使...直立,建筑

erect monument   建造纪念碑

setup  establish  found

  

1.	It require change to the setup menu as show below. 它需对安装菜单做修改，如下所示。 dict.cn

2.	Click “OK”, setup is complete. 按「确定」,安装便完成了。 newedmall.hkedcity.net

3.	Setup was unable to complete. 安装无法完成。

setup students' union

establish a school/rule  

found a country

construction  n.

constructive adj. 有教育意义的

constructor n. 建设者

rest  v.  放置

hip n 屁股   口语中意思为:在服用兴奋剂，宗教信仰方面赶时髦的人；消息灵通的人； adj 知晓的，见闻广的

Hary is a real hip  玛丽真是赶时髦

the guy is not a hip 这家伙什么都不懂

joined at the hip 表示交情很深的

Eg: these two are joined at the hip

shoot from the hip  信口开河

Eg：sorry, i said that i should not have shot form the hip

full lenth dress

graceful adj. 优雅的

a graceful lady  elegant

identity  n.身份

【课文讲解】

an intersting dicovery : 强调 discovery，体现发现这个动作被考古学家做出

主动语态难以突出重点  archaeologists made  an interesting dicovery

英文表达：结果，影响，效果为主语，强调对客观事实的陈述

an american team explored a temple which...........  which 引导定语从句，修饰temple

which stands in an ancient city on ..........

whic =that; stand =lie; situate  locate

An American team explored  a temple which is located/ situated in ........

An American team explored  a temple which lie in ...............

stand 表示高高坐落于，矗立于

Eg: she stands 1.75/   A great tree stands on the mount.

the city at one time must have been prosperous, for it........

for 引导原因状语从句，对主句的附加说明

because 引导原因状语从句，重点突出原因

Eg: the day broke for the birds were singing.

at ont time 曾经 一度；过去时态的标志  once

must have been  对过去事实肯定的推测

enjoyed a high leve of civilization  享有高度文明

with

Eg: a young man with broad shoulders/ an old lady with black hair

beautifully decorated  过去分词做定语

a beautifully dressed lady 衣着漂亮的女士  a dressed carpark  废弃的停车场