1、Lesson 3 An unknown goddess,Vocabulary,goddess女神 -goddess=god女性 -waiterwaitress, actoractress, hosthostess, lionlioness discovery-发现；发觉：发现的行为和事例 to make a discovery 有发现 archaeologist-考古学家 -archaeology n.考古学; archaeological adj.考古学的, 考古学上的 island-岛, 岛屿 explore v. 探险, 探测, 探究 -exploring outer space 太空勘
2、探 -explore every possibility系统研究每一个可能性,temple-圣堂, 神殿, 庙宇, 寺院 ancient-远古的, 旧的 very old promontory-缩写 prom.岬，海角 prosperous-繁荣的; prosperity n.繁荣 -a prosperous business-兴旺的事业 -prosperous leaves-茂盛的树叶 civilization-文明, 文化, 文明社会 -civil-有礼貌的：充分地遵守或符合公认的社会习俗的 civil-ize-ation storey-建 层 the first storey, the
3、first floor decorate-v. 装饰, 为.做室内装修 -decorate a house for New Year装饰房子过新年,equip-v.装备, 配备 -be equipped with装配备; 安装 -equip sb. With 用.装备起来, 使装具备 -equip oneself 整装, 预备行装, 装备自已 drain v.排出 drainage system排水系统 clay-n. 粘土, 泥土 a clay pipe陶制烟斗; 陶管 worship-vi.敬神, 拜神;vt.崇拜, 尊敬 sacred-adj. 神的, 宗教的, 庄严的, 神圣的 -Th
4、e cow is a sacred animal to Hindus. 对印度人来说, 牛是一种神圣的动物。 fragmentn.碎片, 断片, 片段 statue-n.雕像,represent-v.代表：代表；象征： The bald eagle represents the United States. 秃鹰象征了美国 representative-n. 代表 remains-n. 残余, 遗迹, 遗体 preserve-v.保护, 保持, 保存, 保藏 -preserve forests保护森林 preserve order 维护秩序 -preserve eggs in salt 腌蛋
5、-preserves.-n. 常用复蜜饯; 果酱; 罐头水果 precious-adj.宝贵的, 贵重的, 珍爱的 -precious metals 珍贵金属(如 金、银、铂) reconstruct-v.重建, 改造 -reconstruct city after the war 战后重建城市,rest-vi.依靠, 搁在 The ladder rests firmly against the tree. 梯子稳固地靠在树上 -rest with 在于，归属于：作为责任或负担被赋予： The final decision rests with the chairperson.由主席做最后决定
6、 -rests on 依靠或依赖： That argument rests on a false assumption. 那个论点是基于错误的前提 hip-n. 臀部 despite-prep. 不顾, 尽管, 纵使 -He remains modest despite his achievements. 他尽管有成绩仍然保持谦虚 graceful-adj. 优美的 identity-n.身份 ID card（identification card),Questions,Where was the interesting discovery made? What did the America
7、n team explore? Its in a place called Ayia Irini, isnt? How do we know the city must have been prosperous? How high were some of the houses? What were they built of? They werent made of wood, were they? What were these houses like? What was the city equipped with?,How long had the temple they explor
8、ed been used as a place of worship? They found fragments of statues. How many statues? What ws interesting about the body and head of one of the statues? When had the head been found and preserved? What did the archaeologists do to the fragments? And what was the result? What did she look like? What
9、 was she wearing?,Text,An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. explore explore the outer spaceexplore an issue, a questionancient very old,The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. must hav
10、e-I cant find my textbook!-You must have left it in your room. enjoy I enjoy meeting people.enjoy oneselfPeople all enjoy the freedom of speech.,Houses-often three storeys highwere built of stone.be built of sth.The house is built of wood. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a gre
11、at many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. a great many=a great number of -a great deala great many (a great number of ) people a great deal of water Beneath=under,The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteen century B.C. until Roman tim
12、es. be used as Pen is used as a tool for writing. times Roman times, Classical times, ancient times,In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Sacredholy, divineprofane Statue Statue of Libertystature 身高, 身材, (精神、道德等的)高度a singer of great staturestatus身份, 地位
13、social status marital statusstatute法令, 条例 college statute,Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. Paint paint my room pinkpaint the nailspaint a picturepainter,The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. RemainsRemains of the
14、aircraftRemains of a meal date from 源自：有过去特定时间的起源 -This statue dates from 500b.c. 这座雕像可以追溯到公元前 500年 date v.Are you still dating him?,Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. happen to 偶然 I happened to find the ticket in my pocket. It happened that I found the ticket in
15、 my pocket. I couldnt find out what had happened. What happened to him?,They were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. amaze We were amazed at the giant statue in the remains 遗迹中巨大的雕像使我们惊叹佩服。 astonishI was astonished at his rudeness. 他的粗野使 我大吃一惊。 SurpriseWe w
16、ere surprised at finding the house empty. 我们惊讶地发现房子是空的。 be amazed toWe were amazed to find that the house was empty,They were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. turned out to -The weather forecast said that today would be raining, but it turned out to be su
17、nny. -The person I went to meet turned out to be my best friend. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. full-length dress/coat/mirror/photo Sweep-swept sweep the floor,Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologist have been unable to discove
18、r her identity. despite prep.不管, 尽管, 不论 He remains a great leader despite his age. despite = in spite of不管, 不顾 They kept going in spite of their fears. 他们不顾害怕继续前进 so far = until nowSo far so good.,Words for position,a temple which stands in an ancient city She stood three feet high and her hands res
19、ted on her hips The Eiffel Tower stands 300ms high. A bunch of flowers were sitting on my table. The ladder rested against the wall.,Retelling the story,Templearchaeologist exploreda place of worship15th century B.C. to Roman times In most sacred roomfragments fifteen statues found Eacha goddesshad
20、been painted Body of oneremains from 15th century B.C. Missing headremaIns from 5th century B.C.,Retelling the story,Found Classical timescarefully preservedold and precious even then Archaeologists reconstructed fragmentsamazedmodern-looking woman Three feet highhands on hips Full-length skirtswept
21、 the ground Very gracefularchaeologists unablediscover identity,Key to vocabulary,Explored-examined Ancientvery old Prosperouswealthy Storeysfloors Beneathunder Fragmentspieces Remainssurviving pieces,To ones surprise To ones delight Accident If you happen to see a fire, pls. 119. Although she was very old, she was very graceful.,Lay-laid laid laying Lie-lay lain lying Lie-lied lied lying Choose-chosechosen Beat-beat-beaten Bite-bit-bitten Sing-sang-sung Fall-fell-fallen,
