新概念英语第三册课文及详解第3课

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1、Lesson3AnUnknownGoddessSometimeago，aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea．AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini．Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous，foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization．Houses--oftenthr

2、eestoreyshigh----werebuiltofstone．Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls．Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainagesystem，foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets．ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRoma

3、ntimes.Inthemostsacredroomofthetemple,clayfragmentsoffifteenstatueswerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,beenpainted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.ItsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.Thisheadmus

4、thavebeenfoundinClassicaltimesandcarefullypreserved.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,theywereamazedtofindthatthegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethighandherhandsrestedonherhip.Shewaswearingafull-lengthsk

5、irtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.Languagepoints1,Sometimeago，aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea．*文中用了被动式，强调discovery，体现发现这个动作被考古学家做出英文表达中常用被动语态。在以结

6、果、影响、效果为主语的被动式句子中，强调了对客观事实的陈述。8/82，AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini．*which引导定语从句，修饰限定temple在这个句子中，which=that;stand=liebesituated(vt.)belocated(vt.),因此进行词语替换后，本句可改成：AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhich/thatislocated/situatedin...

7、AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhich/thatliein...*standv.表示高高坐落于，矗立于e.g.Shestands1.75m.她一米七五。Agreattreestandsonthemount.山上有个大树。（我们也可以用therebe句型来表达中文意思，但是请大家体会下两者的差异。therebe陈述客观事实：那里有什么，而例句则突出树，并且很高，感情色彩一下就不一样了。）3，Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous，foritenjoyedahighlevelofciv

8、ilization．*for引导原因状语从句，对主句进行附加说明，译作"因为"对比：because引导原因状语从句，重点突