新概念第三冊第三課

1、Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 無名女神Listen to the tape then answer the question below.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。How did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess?Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands

2、 in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses-often three storeys high-were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was even equipped with a drainage sys

3、tem, 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 B. C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these re

4、presented 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 B. C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was ve

5、ry old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they 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

6、her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.New words and expressions 生詞和短語goddess(title) /g&dis/ n.女神sacred(1. 10)/seikrid/ adj.宗教的，神圣的archaeologist(1. 1) /?a:ki&ldist/ n.考古學(xué)家fragment(1. 10) /fr$gm+nt/n .碎片Aegean(1.2) /i:di:

7、+n/ adj.愛琴海的remains(1. 12)/rimenz/ n.遺物，遺跡，廢墟explore(1.2) /ikspl&:/ v.考察，勘探classical(1. 13)/kl$sik+l/ adj.(希臘和羅馬)古文化的promontory(1.3) /pr&m+nt+ri/ n. 海角prosperous(1.4) /pr&sp+r+s/ adj.(經(jīng)濟上)繁榮reconstruct(1. 14) /?r(iknstrkt/ v.修復(fù)的，昌盛的rest(1. 16)/rest/ v.倚放，放置civilization(1.5) /?siv+l-aizeiM+n/ n.文明hip

8、(1. 16) /hip/ n.屁股，臀部storey(1.5) /st&:ri/ n.樓層full-length(1. 16) /?fulleRI/adj.(裙衣)拖地長的drainage(1.7)/dreinid/ n.排水graceful(1. 17) /greisf+l/ adj.優(yōu)雅的worship(1.9) /w*:Mip/ 門.祟拜identity(1. 17) /aidentiti/ n.身份Notes on the text課文注釋the Aegean island of Kea,愛琴海的基亞島。愛琴海是東地中海的一部 分，位于希臘半島和小亞細亞之間。它包括希臘半島以外的許多

9、島嶼。基亞島位 于希臘半島東南方的海域里。Ayia Irini,阿伊亞依里尼，意為“圣依里尼”，Irini是希臘文，意為 “和平，The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.這座古城肯定一度很繁榮，因為它曾享有高度的文明。must have been是對過去的推測。at one time, 一度。Roman times,羅馬時代。指古羅馬(約公元前200-公元400)時期，那時羅馬人在歐洲建立了帝國。date from,追溯到。Classical time

10、s,指古希臘，古羅馬時代。the goddess turned out to be，那位女神原來是。參考譯文不久之前，在愛琴海的基亞島上，考古工作者有一項有趣的發(fā)現(xiàn)。一個美國 考古隊在阿伊亞依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座廟宇。這座古城肯定一度 很繁榮，因為它曾享有高度的文明，房子一般有3層樓高，用石塊修建。里面房 間很大，墻壁裝飾華麗。城里甚至還敷設(shè)了排水系統(tǒng)，因為在狹窄的街道底下發(fā) 現(xiàn)了許許多多陶土制作的排水管道?？脊殴ぷ髡呖疾斓倪@座廟字從公元前15世紀直至羅馬時代一直是祭祀祈禱 的場所。在廟中最神圣的一間殿堂里發(fā)現(xiàn)了 15尊陶制雕像的碎片。每一尊雕像 代表一位女神，而且一度上過色。其中有

11、一尊雕像，她的軀體是在公元前15世 紀的歷史文物中發(fā)現(xiàn)的，而她那身首異處的腦袋卻碰巧是在公元前5世紀的文物 中找到的。她的腦袋一定是在古希臘羅馬時代就為人所發(fā)現(xiàn)，并受到了精心的保 護。即使在當時，它也屬歷史悠久的珍奇之物?？脊殴ぷ髡甙堰@些碎片重新拼裝 起來后，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)那位女神原來是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。她身高3英尺， 雙手叉腰，身穿一條拖地長裙，盡管上了年紀，但體態(tài)確實優(yōu)美。不過，考古工 作者至今未能確定這位女神的身份。Summary writing 摘要寫作In not more than 80 words describe what archaeologists discovered

12、in an ancient temple on the island of Kea. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.Answer these questions in note form to get your points:Where did the archaeologists find clay fragments?What did they represent?Had they once been painted or not?Where was the body of one statue foun

13、d?Where was its head found?Were the fragments reconstructed or not?How tall did the goddess turn out to be?Where did her hands rest?What was she wearing?Is her identity known or not?Vocabulary 詞匯Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: explored(1.2)

14、; ancient(1.3); prosperous(1.4); storeys(1.5); beneath(1.7); fragments(1. 10); remains(1. 12).Composition 作文Write an imaginary account of how the archaeologists explored the sacred room of the ancient temple. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words.After walking round the ancient ci

15、ty, the archaeologistsThis temple On entering the sacred room, the archaeologists After this, workmen began digging and soon discoveredThey also foundThe archaeologists carefully They were astonished to find that The goddess was She Although the archaeologiststhey were unable to find out her name. (

16、52 words)Letter writing 書信寫作Write six phrases which could be used to end letters to friends.Key structures 關(guān)鍵句型What happened?一般過去時(IKS 75)(參見第2冊第75課關(guān)鍵句型)Exercise 練習(xí)Suppose that each of the following verbs were used to describe what happened yesterday. What would be their correct form?Yesterday Ileav

17、e, lay, lie, choose, raise, rise, beat, bite, catch, hear, sing, think, show, run, lose, begin, fall, feel.Special difficulties 難點Words often misused and confusedA Happen. Study these examples:Its missing head Happened to be among remains of the fifth century B. C. (By chance) (11. 12-13)happened to

18、 find the ticket in my pocket. (By chance.)It happened that I found the ticket in my pocket. (By chance.)couldnt find out what had happened. (What had taken place.)B Storey and Story. Study these examples:Houses-often three storeys high-were built of stone. (11.5-6)C Worship and Warship. Study these

19、 examples:The temple was used as a place of worship(11.9-10)The Arethusa used to be a warshipExercises 練習(xí)A Complete the following making a sentence out of each:She happened.It happened.Tell me what.If you happen.B Use the words storey, story, worship, and warship in sentences of your own.Multiple ch

20、oice questions 多項選擇題Choose the correct answers to the following questions.Comprehension 理解1 The interesting discovery made by the archaeologists was.that the city had once been prosperousthat the temple had been used as a place of worshipthey found the fifteen statues had been paintedthat they were

21、not the first to have found the head of the goddessThe city enjoyed a high level of civilization . This is confirmed by the fact that.some of the houses were built only one storey higha great number of fragments were found in the templethe city had been built on clayadvanced techniques had been empl

22、oyed in building and decoratingIn seeking to establish the identity of the reconstructed statue, the archaeologists.tried to determine which goddess it representedpieced together the fragments they founddiscovered that it was more modern than any of the other statueswondered whether it belonged to the fifth or the fifteenth centuryStructure 結(jié)構(gòu)The city had once known. (11.4-5)a prosperitythe prosperousthe prosperityprosperityThe temple used a