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An unknown goddess无名女神ome time ago，an interesting was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea．An American team a temple which stands in an ancient city on the __________ of Ayia Irini．The city at one time ，for it enjoyed a high level of ．Houses--often three high----were built of stone．They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls．The city a drainage system，for a great many clay pipes were found the narrow streets． The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most __________room of the temple, clay _________ of fifteen statues were found. Each of these__________ a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among ________ dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head _________________ among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully __________. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists__________ the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess __________________ a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hip. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. __________her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her __________.一、【New words and expressions】 生词和短语◆goddess n. 女神◆archaeologist n. 考古学家◆Aegean adj. 爱琴海的◆explore v. 考察，勘探◆promontory n. 海角◆prosperous adj. （经济上）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. （希腊罗马）古文化的◆reconstruct v. 修复◆rest v. 倚放，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exploration n. explorer n. 探险家词组例句 explore outer space?? 太空勘探 explore?every possibilities? 系统地研究每一个可能性 explore?ancient temple? 考