新概念英語第三冊聽力材料Lesson-3-An-unknown-goddess

新概念英語第三冊聽力材料Lesson3AnunknowngoddessAnunknowngoddess

無名女神

Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.

聽錄音，然后答復(fù)以下問題。

Howdidthearchaeologistsknowthatthestatuewasagoddess?

Sometimeago,andinterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini.Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.Houses--oftenthreestoreyshigh--werebuiltofstone.Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls.Thecitywasequippedwithadrainagesystem,foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets.

ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.Inthemostsacredroomoftemple,clayfragmentsoffifteenstatueswerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,beenpainted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.It”smissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.ThisheadmusthavebeenfoundinClassicaltimesandcarefullypreserved.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,theywereamazedtofindthatthegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethighandherhandsrestedonherhips.Shewaswearingafull-lengthskirtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.

Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語

goddess(tile)

n.女神

archaeologist

n.考古學(xué)家

Aegean

adj.愛玲海的

explore

v.考察，勘探

promontory

n.海角

prosperous

adj.（經(jīng)濟上）富強的，興盛的

civilization

n.文明

storey

n.樓層

drainage

n.排水

worship

n.祟拜

sacred

adj.宗教的，神圣的

fragment

n.碎片

remains

n.遺物，遺跡，廢墟

classical

adj.（希臘和羅馬）古化