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Lesson 3, an unknown goddess 无名女神 Goddess女神 –〉fortress 城堡，大碉堡 VS fort 碉堡 deity 神；女神 roman deities 罗马众神 fairy godmother 教母，守护神 几十年来她都犹如她所热爱的国家的守护神 For decades she seemed the fairy godmother of an entire adoring nation. pantheon 众神殿 –〉（all gods of a nation or people）the ancient Egyptian pantheon 古埃及众神 shrine （any place that is regarded holy because of its association with a special person or an event）圣坛，圣地 build a chapel as a shrine to the memory of his dead wife修建小教堂作为悼念亡妻的圣所 温布尔顿是所有网球爱好者的圣地 Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis Divine 神的，如同神灵的 it is human to err and divine to forgive 人非圣贤，孰能无过；若能宽宏，善莫大焉 archaeologist 考古学家 unearth (uncover or obtain sth from the ground by digging)发掘出，挖掘出 unearth buried treasure 发掘埋藏地下的宝藏 （find sth with difficulty, from history or from a lot of old or dusty things）找到（史海沉钩） unearth the portrait from the attic 从阁楼搜出这幅肖像画 unearth some new facts about Shakespeare找到有关莎士比亚的新资料 Excavate （uncover by digging (esp sth from earlier times)）发掘（尤其文物）excavate a buried city 发掘出一个地下城市Cultural relics 文化古迹 ancient relics 古迹 Identify （show or prove what /who sth/sb is）确认，鉴别　identify\recognize the man as the attacker 认出那个人就是袭击者 identify the year of the flow vase 鉴别出花瓶的年代 Aegean 爱情海的 Mediterranean 地中海的 Baltic 波罗的海的 Explore （travel into or through a place in order to learn about it）勘探，考察 explore the polar regions 考察极地 (Examine sth thoroughly in order to test it or find out about it) 探究，探讨 explore all the possibilities探讨所有的可能性 explore several solutions to the problems 探讨了解决该问题的几种方法 explore some big issues 探讨一些重大问题 Investigate 调查 （科学家，警察、研究）(=look into）investigate the cause of the crash 调查空难原因 investigate the murder 调查谋杀案 this article will investigate the causes and explore the possible solutions. 本文将调查原因， 并且探讨可能的解决方案。 Probe (医用的) 探子，探针---〉into sth (investigate or examine sth closely) 探究，深入调查 journalists are probing into several financial scandals 记者正在调查几起金融丑闻 probe into sb’s mind 深入了解某人的思想 (read sb’s mind/ read sb’s palm ) in