新概念第三册第三课

Lesson3

Anunknowngoddess

无名女神

Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Howdidthearchaeologistsknowthatthestatuewasagoddess?Sometimeago,

aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.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1

theAegeanislandofKea,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。2

AyiaIrini,阿伊亚·依里尼，意为“圣依里尼”，Irini是希腊文，意为“和平”3

Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,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。4

Romantimes,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。ItsmissingheadHappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.(Bychance)(11.12-13)Ihappenedtofindtheticketinmypocket.(Bychance.)IthappenedthatIfoundtheticketinmypocket.(Bychance.)Icouldn'tfindoutwhathadhappened.(Whathadtakenplace.)B

StoreyandStory.Studytheseexamples:Houses-oftenthreestoreyshigh-werebuiltofstone.(11.5-6)C

WorshipandWarship.Studytheseexamples:Thetemple…wasusedasaplaceofworship(11.9-10)TheArethusausedtobeawarshipExercises练习A

Completethefollowingmakingasentenceoutofeach:1

Shehappened______.2

Ithappened______.3

Tellmewhat______.4

Ifyouhappen______.B

Usethewordsstorey,story,worship,andwarshipinsentencesofyourown.Multiplechoicequestions多项选择题Choosethecorrectanswerstothefollowingquestions.Comprehension理解1

Theinterestingdiscoverymadebythearchaeologistswas______.a．thatthecityhadoncebeenprosperousb．thatthetemplehadbeenusedasaplaceofworshipc．theyfoundthefifteenstatueshadbeenpaintedd．thattheywerenotthefirsttohavefoundtheheadofthegoddess2

Thecity‘enjoyedahighlevelofcivilization’.Thisisconfirmedbythefactthat______.a．someofthehouseswerebuiltonlyonestoreyhighb．agreatnumberoffragmentswerefoundinthetemplec．thecityhadbeenbuiltonclayd．advancedtechniqueshadbeenemployedinbuildinganddecorating3

Inseekingtoestablishtheidentityofthereconstructedstatue,thearchaeologists______.a．triedtodeterminewhichgoddessitrepresentedb．piecedtogetherthefragmentstheyfoundc．discoveredthatitwasmoremodernthananyoftheotherstatuesd．wonderedwhetheritbelongedtothefifthorthefifteenthcenturyStructure结构4

Thecityhadonceknown______.(11.4-5)a．aprosperityb．theprosperousc．theprosperityd．prosperity5

Thetemplea．wasb．hasnotbeenc．hadbeend．wasnot6

Theyfound______thatthegoddessturnedouttobe…(11.14-15)a．surprisinglyb．withsurprisec．totheirsurprised．asurprise7

______beingveryold,

shewasverygraceful.(11.16-17)a．Althoughb．Inspiteofc．Evend．Eventhough8

Sofar,thearchaeologists______todiscoverheridentity.(1.17)a．havebeenimpossibleb．havenotbeenablec．cannothavebeend．couldnotVocabulary词汇9

Inthemost______roomofthetemple…(1.10)a．holyb．religiousc．frighteningd．colourful10

Theheadwascarefullypreserved.Itwas______.(1.13)a．welldoneb．conservedc．maint