[Day77 20181223]
练习材料：
Lesson77 A successful operation
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.
[ðə] [ˈmʌmi] [ɒv] [ən] [ɪˈʤɪpʃən] [ˈwʊmən] [huː] [daɪd] [ɪn] 800 [biː].[siː]. [hæz] [ʤʌst] [hæd] [ən] [ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən]. [ðə] [ˈmʌmi] [ɪz] [ðæt] [ɒv] Shepenmut [huː] [wɒz] [wʌns] [ə] [ˈsɪŋər] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈtɛmpl] [ɒv] [θiːbz]. [æz] [ðeə] [wɜː] [streɪnʤ] [mɑːks] [ɒn] [ði] [ˈɛksˈreɪ] [pleɪts] [ˈteɪkən] [ɒv] [ðə] [ˈmʌmi], [ˈdɒktəz] [hæv] [biːn] [ˈtraɪɪŋ] [tuː] [faɪnd] [aʊt] [ˈwɛðə] [ðə] [ˈwʊmən] [daɪd] [ɒv] [ə] [reə] [dɪˈziːz]. [ði] [ˈəʊnli] [weɪ] [tuː] [duː] [ðɪs] [wɒz] [tuː] [ˈɒpəreɪt]. [ði] [ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən], [wɪʧ] [ˈlɑːstɪd] [fɔːr] [ˈəʊvə] [fɔːr] [ˈaʊəz], [pruːvd] [tuː] [biː] [ˈvɛri] [ˈdɪfɪkəlt] [bɪˈkɒz] [ɒv] [ðə] [hɑːd] [ˈrɛzɪn] [wɪʧ] [ˈkʌvəd] [ðə] [skɪn]. [ðə] [ˈdɒktəz] [rɪˈmuːvd] [ə] [ˈsɛkʃən] [ɒv] [ðə] [ˈmʌmi] [ænd] [sɛnt] [ɪt] [tuː] [ə] [ləˈbɒrətəri]. [ðeɪ] [ˈɔːlsəʊ] [faʊnd] [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] [wɪʧ] [ði] [ˈɛksˈreɪ] [pleɪts] [dɪd] [nɒt] [ʃəʊ]: [ə] [smɔːl] [wæks] [ˈfɪgər] [ɒv] [ðə] [gɒd] Duamutef. [ðɪs] [gɒd] [wɪʧ] [hæz] [ðə] [hɛd] [ɒv] [ə] [kaʊ] [wɒz] [ˈnɔːməli] [pleɪst] [ɪnˈsaɪd] [ə] [ˈmʌmi]. [ðə] [ˈdɒktəz] [hæv] [nɒt] [jɛt] [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] [haʊ] [ðə] [ˈwʊmən] [daɪd]. [ðeɪ] [fɪəd] [ðæt] [ðə] [ˈmʌmi] [wʊd] [fɔːl] [tuː] [ˈpiːsɪz] [wɛn] [ðeɪ] [kʌt] [ɪt] [ˈəʊpən], [bʌt] [ˈfɔːʧnɪtli] [ðɪs] [hæz] [nɒt] [ˈhæpənd]. [ðə] [ˈmʌmi] [səkˈsɛsfʊli] [səˈvaɪvd] [ði] [ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən].
任务配置：L0+L1
知识笔记：
1、to operate 运转；操纵
2、laboratory /ləˈbɒrətrɪ/ n. 实验室，研究室
3、resin /'rezɪn/ n. 树脂；松香
4、X-ray plates X光片
5、figure /'fɪgə/ n. 数字；人物；图形；价格；（人的）体形；画像
6、Duamutef 杜米特夫（人名，古埃及神明）
7、fall to pieces 破碎，倒塌
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