新概念第三册第三课

..Lesson3Anunknowngoddess无名女神Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Howdidthearchaeologistsknowthatthestatuewasagoddess?Sometimeago,aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini.Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.Houses----oftenthreestoreyshigh----werebuiltofstone.Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls.Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainagesystem,foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets.ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.Inthemostsacredroomofthetemple,clayfragmentsoffifteenstatueswerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,beenpainted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.ItsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.ThisheadmusthavebeenfoundinClassicaltimesandcarefullypreserved.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,theywereamazedtofindthatthegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethighandherhandsrestedonherhips.Shewaswearingafull-lengthskirtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语goddess(title)/'g&dis/n．女神sacred(1.10)/'seikrid/adj．宗教的，神圣的archaeologist(1.1)/?a:ki'&ld{ist/n．考古学家fragment(1.10)/'fr$gm+nt/n．碎片..Aegean(1.2)/i:'d{i:+n/adj．爱琴海的remains(1.12)/ri'menz/n．遗物，遗迹，废墟explore(1.2)/ik'spl&:/v．考察，勘探classical(1.13)/'kl$sik+l/adj．（希腊和罗马）古文化的promontory(1.3)/'pr&m+nt+ri/n．海角prosperous(1.4)/'pr&sp+r+s/adj．（经济上）繁荣reconstruct(1.14)/?r(ikn'strkt/v．修复的，昌盛的rest(1.16)/rest/v．倚放，放置civilization(1.5)/?siv+l-ai'zeiM+n/n．文明hip(1.16)/hip/n．屁股，臀部storey(1.5)/'st&:ri/n．楼层full-length(1.16)/?ful'leRI/adj．（裙衣）拖地长的drainage(1.7)/'dreinid{/n．排水graceful(1.17)/'greisf+l/adj．优雅的worship(1.9)/'w*:Mip/n．祟拜identity(1.17)/ai'dentiti/n．身份Notesonthetext课文注释1theAegeanislandofKea,爱琴海的基亚岛。爱琴海是东地中海的一部分，位于希腊半岛和小亚细亚之间。它包括希腊半岛以外的许多岛屿。基亚岛位于希腊半岛东南方的海域里。2AyiaIrini,阿伊亚·依里尼，意为“圣依里尼”，Irini是希腊文，意为“和平”3Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明。musthavebeen是对过去的推测。atonetime,一度。..4Romantimes,罗马时代。指古罗马（约公元前200-公元400）时期，那时罗马人在欧洲建立了帝国。5datefrom,追溯到。6Classicaltimes,指古希腊，古罗马时代。7thegoddessturnedouttobe…,那位女神原来是……。参考译文不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。一个美国考古队在阿伊亚·依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇。这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，房子一般有3层楼高，用石块修建。里面房间很大，墙壁装饰华丽。城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。考古工作者考察的这座庙字从公元前15世纪直至罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15尊陶制雕像的碎片。每一尊雕像代表一位女神，而且一度上过色。其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，而她那身首异处的脑袋却碰巧是在公元前5世纪的文物中找到的。她的脑袋一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为人所发现，并受到了精心的保护。即使在当时，它也属历史悠久的珍奇之物。考古工作者把这些碎片重新拼装起来后，惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。她身高3英尺，双手叉腰，身穿一条拖地长裙，尽管上了年纪，但体态确实优美。不过，考古工作者至今未能确定这位女神的身份。Summarywriting摘要写作Innotmorethan80wordsdescribewhatarchaeologistsdiscoveredinanancienttempleontheislandofKea.Donotincludeanythingthatisnotinthelastparagraph.Answerthesequestionsinnoteformtogetyourpoints:1Wheredidthearchaeologistsfindclayfragments?2Whatdidtheyrepresent?3Hadtheyoncebeenpaintedornot?4Wherewasthebodyofonestatuefound?5Wherewasitsheadfound?6Werethefragmentsreconstructedornot?..7Howtalldidthegoddessturnouttobe?8Wheredidherhandsrest?9Whatwasshewearing?10Isheridentityknownornot?Vocabulary词汇Giveanotherwordorphrasetoreplacethefollowingwordsastheyareusedinthepassage:explored(1.2);ancient(1.3);prosperous(1.4);storeys(1.5);beneath(1.7);fragments(1.10);remains(1.12).Composition作文Writeanimaginaryaccountofhowthearchaeologistsexploredthesacredroomoftheancienttemple.Expandthefollowingintoaparagraphofabout150words.Afterwalkingroundtheancientcity,thearchaeologists…Thistemple…Onenteringthesacredroom,thearchaeologists…Afterthis,workmenbegandiggingandsoondiscovered…Theyalsofound…Thearchaeologistscarefully…Theywereastonishedtofindthat…Thegoddesswas…She…Althoughthearchaeologists…theywereunabletofindouthername.(52words)Letterwriting书信写作Writesixphraseswhichcouldbeusedtoendletterstofriends.Keystructures关键句型Whathappened?一般过去时（IKS75）（参见第2册第75课关键句型）Exercise练习Supposethateachofthefollowingverbswereusedtodescribewhathappenedyesterday.Whatwouldbetheircorrectform?YesterdayI…leave,lay,lie,choose,raise,rise,beat,bite,catch,hear,sing,think,show,run,lose,begin,fall,feel.Specialdifficulties难点Wordsoftenmisusedandconfused..AHappen.Studytheseexamples:ItsmissingheadHappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.(Bychance)(11.12-13)Ihappenedtofindtheticketinmypocket.(Bychance.)IthappenedthatIfoundtheticketinmypocket.(Bychance.)Icouldn'tfindoutwhathadhappened.(Whathadtakenplace.)BStoreyandStory.Studytheseexamples:Houses-oftenthreestoreyshigh-werebuiltofstone.(11.5-6)CWorshipandWarship.Studytheseexamples:Thetemple…wasusedasaplaceofworship(11.9-10)TheArethusausedtobeawarshipExercises练习ACompletethefollowingmakingasentenceoutofeach:1Shehappened______.2Ithappened______.3Tellmewhat______.4Ifyouhappen______.BUsethewordss