新概念英语第二册Lesson+77+A+successful+operation+课文讲义.docxVIP

新概念英语第二册第77课 Lesson 77 A successful operation?一例成功的手术???The?mummy?of an?Egyptian?woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The?mummy?is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the?Temple?of Thebes. 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. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which?lasted?for over four hours,?proved?to be very difficult because of the hard?resin?which covered the?skin. The doctors removed a?section?of the?mummy?and sent it to a?laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small?wax?figure?of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was?normally?placed inside a?mummy. 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. The?mummy?successfully?survived?the operation. New words and expressions?生词和短语 mummy? ? ? ? ? ?n.??木乃伊Egyptian ??????? adj.?埃及的temple ?????????? n.?庙mark ????????????? n.?斑点plate ????????????? n. （照相）底片disease ?????????? n.?疾病last ??????????????? v.?持续prove ???????????? v.?显示出resin???????????????n.?树脂skin????????????????n.?皮肤section????????????n.?切片figure?????????????n.?（人的）体形；人像normally?????????adv.?通常地survive???????????v.?? ??幸免于 参考译文? ? ?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。这是曾在底比斯神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。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。搞清的唯一办法就是手术。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。医生们从木乃伊身上取下一个切片，送去化验。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。这种牛头人身的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。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。这具木乃伊成功地经受了这次手术。 课文解释 1．The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. 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。 单词mummy指“木乃伊”，实际上就是干尸。古埃及人在人死后将其部分的脑髓和全部内脏取出，再填入防腐的香料等，并将其用细麻布从头到脚包裹起来，外边再涂上树胶，做成木乃伊。古埃及人这么做是因为他们笃信人死后，其灵魂不会消亡，仍会依附在尸体或雕像上。所以，埃及的法老(即国王)死后均会制成木乃伊，作为对死者永生的企盼和缅怀。 2)B.C.是before Christ的缩略语，其字面含义为“在基督(诞生)之