新概念第三册第三课笔记

Lesson3Anunknowngoddess无名女神Sometimeago,aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini.Thecityanonetimemasthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.House_oftenthreestoreyshigh_werebuiltofstone.Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls.Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainage,foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets.ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.Inthemostsacredroomofthetemple,clayfragmentsoffifteenstatuewerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,beenpainted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthCenturyB.C,ItsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.ThisheadmusthavebeenfoundinClassicaltimesandcarefullypreserved.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,thewereamazedtofindthatthegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern_lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethighandherhandsrestedonherhips.Shewaswearingafull_lengthskirtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.Todaywe’lllearnastoryisaboutanarchaeologicaldiscoveryinGreece.Inthestorythearchaeologistsfoundclayfragmentsinanancienttemple.Theserepresentedthefifteenthstatuesofgoddesswhichhadoncebeenpainted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.Whichit’sheadwasfoundamongremainsfromthefifthcenturyB.C.Whenthefragmentsmerereconstructed,theyturnedouttobeagoddesswhichstoodthreefeethigh.Herhandsrestedonhipsandshewaswearingafull_lengthskirt.Heridentityisunknown.Nowlistentothestoryfirst,let’slookwhethermecananswerthequestionornot.Howdidthearchaeologistsknowthatthestatuewasagoddess?(Becausethefragment.Wefoundinthemostsacredroomoftemple)Nowlearnthenewwords.(1).goddess.n.女神(2).archaeologistn.考古学家archae=ancientology=tostudy-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).Aegeanadj.爱琴海的(4).explorev.考察，勘探explorer.勘探家exploration探险adventure探险venture探险(5).promontoryn.海角。promontoryofAyiaIrini阿依亚.依里尼海角（6）.prosperousadj.(经济上的）繁荣的，昌盛的。prosperouscountry.prosperousbusiness(7).civilizationn.文明(8).storeyn.楼层storey→storeys楼层story→stories故事Eg:atwostoreyhouseThehouseistwostoreyshigh.英式美式阁楼atticattic顶层thetopfloorthetopfloor...............二层ThefirstfloorThesecondfloor一层ThegroundfloorThefirstfloor地下室basementbasement(9).drainagen.排水Drainagesystem排水系统（10）.worshipn.崇拜aplaceofworship祭祀祷告的场所(11)sacredadj.宗教的，神圣的Eg:Inthemostsacredroomofthetemple.在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里（12）.fragmentn.碎片Clayfragment陶瓷碎片（13）remainsn.遗物，遗迹，废墟theremainsofmealtheremainsofancientRome(14).classicaladj.(希腊和罗马）古文化的classicalstudies古代文学研究/古典研究classicalmusic古典音乐(15).reconstructv.修复，改造，宫廷。buildagainreconstruct=rebuild.(16).rest.V.倚放，放置reston/uponEg:Herhandsrestedonherhips.(17).hipn.屁股，臀部。(18).full-lengthadj.(裙衣）拖地长的。Afull-lengthskirt(19).gracefuladj.优雅的(20).identityn.身份identitycard身份证Afterlearningthenewwords.Nowtrytoanswerthequestion,anddotheaskandanswer.(1).wherewasthisinterestingdiscoverymade?(ontheAegeanislandofKea)(2).Howdoweknowthecitymusthavebeenprosperous?(Becauseitenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.)(3).Howhighweresomeofthehouses?(Threestoreys)(4).whatweretheybuiltof?(Stone)(5).whatwasthecityequippedwith?(Adrainagesystem)(6).Theyfoundfragmentsofstatues.Howmanystatues?(Fifteen)(7).Whatdidthesestatuesrepresent?(Goddess)(8).Whatwasinterestingaboutthebodyandheadofoneofthestatues?(ThebodywasamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyandtheheadamongtheremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C)(9).Whathidthearchaeologistsdotothefragments?(Theyreconstructedthen)(10).Andwhatwastheresult?(Thegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman）Text.课文讲解（1）Sometimeago,aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea..sometime“一段时间”或“较长一段时间”Sometime指某一不确定的时间Sometimes为频率副词，“有时候”SometimesN次.discovery一词常与动词make搭配使用，后面常与about/in/of连用，Eg:Theymadeanewdiscoveryinastronomy他们在天文学上有了新发现(2).AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIriniExplored考察（3）.Thecityanonetimemasthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilizationatonetime曾经，一度，atonetime≠atatimeAtatime是表示“每次”之意Eg:Atonetimememetveryday.我们一度每天见面（4）.Houses_oftenthreestoreyshigh_werebuiltofstone破折号内的oftenthreestoreyshigh是对houses的插入进行说明。(5).Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls房间大，墙面装饰华丽（6）.Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainage,foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets..beequippedwith配备有，装备有，具有（知识能力的）Eg:Thearmywasequippedwithup-to-dateweapons军部配有最新式的武器装备。(7).ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.which定语从句可修饰thetemple.asaplaceofworship在这里为主语补足语，补充说明是“被用来祭祀祈祷的”.除“use”还有其他的词也可这样用。consider.....as.....认为。。。。是。。。。recognize.....as....将。。。视为。。。。regard.....as...认为。。。是。。。see.....as....把。。。。视为。。。。treat....as.....把。。当作。。。对待。describe.....as...把。。。。描述。。。。（4）.from...until从....开始，