新概念第二册Lesson 77 A successful operation 课文详解+重点词汇+语法+语法填空 讲义

Lesson 77 文本  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. 文本解析 一）词汇学习Word study 1. B.C.与A.D. B.C.为Before Christ（公元前）的缩写，A.D.表示anno Domini (=in the year of the Lord或 since Christ was born),即“公元”。A.D.用来与B.C.形成对比，出现在正式的史书中，平时一般不用。B.C.位于年代之后，A.D.在英国英语中位于年代之前： The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。The Romans invaded England in 55 B.C.公元前55年罗马人入侵了英格兰。George I died in A.D. 1727.乔治一世死于公元1727年。 2. skin,leather与complexion skin可用于指人体的“皮肤”，也可以指某人是什么颜色的皮肤。用于表示后一种意义时它与complexion（肤色）可以互换： Hard resin covered the skin.皮肤上覆盖着一层硬硬的树脂。We are wet to the skin.我们全身湿透了。He has a dark skin/complexion.他皮肤黝黑。 leather指“皮革”： Shoes made of real leather have become very expensive.真皮做的鞋子现在非常贵。This sofa is made from real leather.这沙发是真皮的。 3. wax与candle wax指各种“蜡”，为不可数名词；candle指“蜡烛”，为可数名词： Inside every mummy there is a small wax figure.每个木乃伊体内都有一个蜡制的小塑像。All the figures in this shop are made of wax.这个店里所有的塑像都是蜡制的。I keep a candle by my bed in case the lights go out suddenly.我床边总放一枝蜡烛，以防突然停电。 二）课文详注 Further notes on the text 1. The mummy is tha