新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第77课(3)

　　Lesson 77 A successful operation 一例成功的手术

　　The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully survived the operation.

　　句子讲解：

　　8、This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy.

　　这种牛头人身的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。

　　语言点 sth, be placed inside somewhere某物被放置在某个地方

　　9、The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died.

　　医生们至今还没能确定这位妇女的死因。

　　10、They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened.

　　他们曾担心在把木乃伊切开后，它会散成碎片，但很幸运，这种情况并未发生。

　　11、The mummy successfully survived the operation.

　　这具木乃伊成功地经受了这次手术。