Lesson 77 A successful operation
Did the doctors find out how the woman died?
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.
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任務(wù)配置：L0+L4
?知識(shí)筆記：
operation?英?/?p?'re??(?)n/ ?n. 操作盟戏；經(jīng)營亥鸠；[外科] 手術(shù)碉怔；[數(shù)][計(jì)] 運(yùn)算
mummy?英?/'m?m?/ ?n. 媽媽；木乃伊；干癟的人
Shepenmut?賽潘姆特
Temple of Thebes?比斯神殿
plate?英?/ple?t/ ?n. 碟；金屬板；金屬牌嫌套；感光底片 vt. 電鍍逆屡；給…裝甲
the X-ray?plate?x射線片
prove?英?/pru?v/ ?vt. 證明圾旨；檢驗(yàn)；顯示 vi. 證明是
resin?英?/'rez?n/ ?n. 樹脂魏蔗；松香 vt. 涂樹脂砍的；用樹脂處理
laboratory?英?/l??b?r?tr?/ ?n. 實(shí)驗(yàn)室，研究室
figure?英?/'f?g?/?n. 數(shù)字莺治；人物廓鞠；圖形；價(jià)格谣旁；（人的）體形床佳；畫像 vi. 計(jì)算；出現(xiàn)榄审；扮演角色 vt. 計(jì)算砌们；認(rèn)為；描繪搁进；象征
?Duamutef?杜米特夫（人名浪感，古埃及神明）
fear?英?/f??/ ?n. 害怕；恐懼饼问；敬畏影兽；擔(dān)心 vt. 害怕；敬畏莱革；為…擔(dān)心 vi. 害怕峻堰；敬畏讹开；為…擔(dān)心
練習(xí)感情：
一直不明白為什么mummy是媽媽，又是木乃衣
都沒搞清楚死因茧妒，還算什么成功的手術(shù)萧吠？
