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资料使用说明： ⚫ 本资料为高考复习使用，冲刺考纲 词汇； ⚫ 词汇会放在语境素材中讲解，语境素材选自 外 ； ⚫ 该套讲义全文共 100 篇，覆盖高考全部题材大类，语料内容 ； ⚫ 先细读文章，在理解的基础上记住单词并熟练掌握。 #DAY92# @原文： An “astonishing and unparalleled” 2,300-year-old shield made of tree bark has been discovered in Leicestershire, the only example of its kind ever found in Europe. Archaeologists say the discovery of the shield, made between 395 and 250BC, has comple y overturned assumptions about the weapons used in the iron age, sparking breathless reactions among experts of the period. “This is an absolu y phenomenal object, one of the most marvellous, internationally important finds that I have encountered in my career,” said Julia Farley, curator of British and European iron age collections at the British Museum. “So often it is gold which grabs the headlines, but this bark shield is much rarer.” The shield was discovered in 2015 by archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Service in a site close to the River Soar. Organic objects from the period very rarely survive, but the shield was p in waterlogged soil and may have been deposited in a water-filled pit, according to Matt Beamish, the lead archaeologist for the service. 选自《卫报》 原文参考： https://w /science/2019/may/23/2300-year-old-iron-age-bark-shield- leicestershire 翻译： 英国莱斯特郡日前发现了一块由树皮制成的具有 2300 年历史的盾牌，这是欧洲发现的唯 一一块树皮盾牌。 考古学家表示，这块盾牌是在公元前 395 年至公元前250 年之间发现的，这一发现彻底 了人们对铁器时代使用 的假设， 了铁器时代专家们的激烈反应。 大英博物馆英国和欧洲铁器时代藏品馆长朱莉娅法利(Julia Farley)说， “这绝对是一件非 凡的物品，是我职业生涯中遇到的最不可思议、在国际上最重要的发现之一。” “黄金经常占据 头条，但这种树皮盾牌要难得多。” 2015 年，莱斯特大学考古服务处的考古学家在萨索尔河附近发现了这面盾牌。该服务的首 席考古学家马特比米什(Matt Beamish)说，这一时期的有机物体很少存 ，但这块盾 牌被保存在充满水的土壤中，可能沉积在一个充满水的坑里。 *词汇详