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Lesson3 Anunknowngoddess 无名女神

Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Howdidthearchaeologistsknowthatthestatuewasagoddess?

Sometimeago, aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini.Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.

Houses----oftenthreestoreyshigh----werebuiltofstone.Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls.Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainagesystem,foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets.

ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.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)/gdis/n．女神

sacred(1.10)/seikrid/adj．宗教的，神圣的archaeologist(1.1)/?a:kild{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)/rimenz/n．遗物，遗迹，废墟explore(1.2)/ikspl:/v．考察，勘探

classical(1.13)/kl$sik+l/adj．（希腊和罗马）古文化的promontory(1.3)/prm+nt+ri/n．海角

prosperous(1.4)/prsp+r