新概念英语第二册 Lesson 77.pptxVIP

木乃伊;The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. Who引导的定语从句死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。 ;The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes.这是曾在底比斯神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。;Thebes [θi:bz]底比斯（埃及底比斯）;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. 由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有点奇怪的斑点，所以，医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。;The only way to do this was to operate.搞清的唯一办法就是手术。;The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.手术持续了4个多小时，非常难做，因为皮肤上覆盖着一层硬硬的树脂。;The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. 医生们从木乃伊身上取下一个切片，送去化验。;They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef.他们还发现了X光片所没有显示的东西：一个蜡制的杜瓦木特夫神小塑像。;在埃及神话中，多姆泰夫，或作朵母泰夫和多姆太夫（Duamutef，Tuamutef；Golden Dawn，Thmoomathph）是葬礼之神【古代埃及神话中法老的守护神】荷鲁斯的四个儿子之一，在他们看管的四个罐子中，死者胃的保护着，他看管装著胃的罐子。和他的兄弟们相同，都各自代表著一种动物，而多姆泰夫象徵豺狼或猎狗。艾西斯和奈芙蒂斯是他的守护者。在古埃及墓穴中，多姆泰夫的陶偶像放在东面;This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy.这种牛头人身的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。;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.医生们至今还未确定这位妇女的死因。他们曾担心在把木乃伊切开后，它会散成碎片，但幸运得很，这种情况并未发生。;The mummy successfully survived the operation.这具木乃伊成功地经受了这次手术。;How do you think of the operation?Was it successful or not?