complaints-不自信
Lesson3
An unknown
goddess
无名女神
Some
time
ago
,an
interesting
discovery
was
made
by
archaeologists on the Aegean island of
American team
explored
a
temple
which
stands
in
an
ancient
city
on
the
promontory of Ayia
Irini. The city an one time mast have been
prosperous,for
it
enjoyed
a
high
level
of
civilization
.House_often
three
storeys
high_were
built
of
stone .They had large
rooms with beautifully decorated walls.
The city was even equipped with a
drainage ,for a great many
clay pipes
were found beneath the narrow streets.
The temple
which the archaeologists explored was used as
a place of worship from the fifteenth
century Roman
times .In the most
sacred room of the temple ,clay fragments
of
fifteen
statue
were
found .
Each
of
these
represented
a
goddess and had ,at one time ,been
painted .The body of one
statue
was
found
among
remains
dating
from
the
fifteenth
Century B.C,Its
missing head happened to be among remains
of the fifth century head must have
been found in
Classical
times
and
carefully
was
very
old
and
precious
even
the
archaeologists
reconstructed
the
fragments
,the
were
amazed
to
find
that
the
goddess
turned out to be a
very modern_looking woman .She stood
three feet high and her hands rested on
her hips .She was
wearing a full_length
skirt which swept the ground .Despite
her
great
age,she
was
very
graceful
indeed
,but,so
far,the
archaeologists have
been unable to discover her identity.
Today
we
’
ll
learn
a
story
is
about
an
archaeological
discovery in
the story the archaeologists found clay
fragments
in
an
ancient
represented
the
fifteenth
statues
of
goddess
which
had
once
been
painted .The body of one statue was
found among remains
from
the
fifteenth
century
it
’
s
head
was
found
among
remains
from
the
fifth
century
the
fragments
mere
reconstructed,they
turned
out
to
be
a
goddess
which
stood
three
feet
high .Her
hands
rested
on
hips
and she was wearing a full_length skirt .Her
identity is
unknown.
Now listen to the story first
,let
’
s look whether me can
answer the question or did the
archaeologists know
that the statue was
a goddess ?
(Because the found in the
most sacred
room of temple)
Now learn the
new words.
(1).goddess.
n.
女神
(2).
archaeologist
n.
考古学家
archae =ancient
ology =to
study
-ist=....(
人）
biology
生物学
biologist
生物学家
geology
地质学
geologist
地质学家
physiology
物理学
physiologist
物理学家
(3).Aegean
adj.
爱琴海的
(4).explore v.
考察，勘探
explorer.
勘探家
exploration
探险
adventure
探险
venture
探险
(5).promontory
n.
海角。
promontory of
Ayia Irini
阿依亚
.
依里
尼海角
（
6
）
.pr
osperous
adj.
(
经济上的）繁荣的，昌盛的。
prosperous country.
prosperous business
(7).civilization
n.
文明
(8).storey
n.
楼层
storey
→
storeys
楼层
story
→
stories
故事
Eg: a two
storey house
The house is
two storeys high .
阁楼
顶层
.....
二层
一层
地下室
(9).drainage
n.
排水
Drainage
system
排水系统
（
10
）
.worship
n.
崇拜
a place of worship
祭祀祷告的场所
(11)sacred
adj.
宗教的，神圣的
Eg:In the most
sacred room of the temple.
在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里
（
12
）
.fragment
n.
碎片
Clay fragment
陶瓷碎片
（
13
）
remains
n.
遗物，遗迹，废墟
英式
attic
美式
attic
the
top floor
the
top floor
.....
The
first
floor
The ground
floor
basement
.....
The second
floor
The first floor
basement
the remains of
meal
the
remains of ancient Rome
(14).classical
adj.
(
希腊和罗马）古文化的
classical studies
古代文学研究
/
古典研究
classical music
古典音乐
(15).reconstruct
v.
修复，改造，宫廷。
build again
reconstruct=rebuild.
(16).rest.
V.
倚放，放置
rest
on/upon
Eg:Her hands rested on her
hips.
(17).hip
n.
屁股，臀部。
(18).full-length
adj.(
裙衣）拖地长的。
A full-length
skirt
(19). graceful
adj.
优雅的
(20). identity n.
身份
identity
card
身份证
After
learning
the
new
try
to
answer
the
question,and do the ask
and answer.
(1).where was this
interesting discovery made?(on the Aegean
island of Kea)
(2).How
do
we
know
the
city
must
have
been
prosperous?(Because it enjoyed a high
level of civilization.)
(3).How high
were some of the houses?(Three storeys)
(4).what were they built of?(Stone)
(5).what was the city equipped with?(A
drainage system)
(6).They
found
fragments
of
many
statues?(Fifteen)
(7).What
did these statues represent?(Goddess)
(8).What was interesting about the body
and head of one of the
statues?(The
body
was
among
remains
dating
from
the
fifteenth
century and the
head among the remains of the fifth century B.C)
(9).What
hid
the
archaeologists
do
to
the
fragments?(They
reconstructed then)
(10).And
what was the result?(The goddess turned out to be
a
very modern-looking
woman
）