新概念三无名女神,新概念三：第3课无名女神

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　　Lesson 3 An unknown goddess

　　第3课 无名女神

　　Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists

　　on the Aegean island of Kea.

　　不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。

　　(英文用被动语态，中文用主动语态;尽量符合说话习惯。)

　　An American team explored atemple

　　which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. (定语从句)

　　一个美国考古队在阿伊亚.依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇。

　　The city at one time must have been prosperous,

　　for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.

　　这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，

　　因为它曾享有高度的文明，

　　Houses -- often three storeys high-- were built of stone.

　　(破折号部分为插入语，补充说明，不影响句子其他成分)

　　房子一般有3 层楼高，用石块修建。

　　They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls.

　　里面房间很大，墙壁装饰华丽。

　　The city was equipped with a drainage system,

　　for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

　　城里甚至还配备了排水系统，

　　因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。

　　The temple which the archaeologists explored

　　was used as a place of worship

　　from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times.

　　考古工作者考察的这座庙宇

　　从公元前15 世纪直到罗马时代

　　一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。

　　In the most sacred room of temple,

　　clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.

　　在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15 尊陶雕像的碎片。

　　Each of these represented agoddess and had, at one time, been painted.

　　(划线短语为插入语，不影响句中其他成分)

　　每一尊雕像代表一位女神，

　　而且一度上过色。

　　The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C.

　　其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15 世纪的历史文物(残骸)中发现的，

　　It's missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.

　　而她那身异处的脑袋却碰巧是在公元前5 世纪的文物中找到的。

　　This head must have been found in Classical times and carefullypreserved.

　　她的脑袋一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为人所发现，并受到精心的保护。

　　It was very old and precious even then.

　　即使在当时，它也属历史悠久的珍奇之物。

　　When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments,

　　they were amazed to find

　　that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman(宾语从句).

　　考古工作者把这些碎片重新拼装起来后，

　　惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。

　　She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.

　　她身高3英尺，双手叉腰。

　　She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.

　　身穿一条拖地长裙，

　　Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed,

　　but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

　　尽管上了年纪，但体态确实优美。

　　不过，考古工作者至今未能确定这位女神的身份(ID card 身份证)。

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