Lesson 77A Successful Operation
一例成功的手术11 句 · 1:47
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Didthedoctorsfindouthowthewomandied?
医生们弄清那位妇女的死因了吗？
ThemummyofanEgyptianwomanwhodiedin800B.C. hasjusthadanoperation.
一位死于公元前800年的埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。
ThemummyisthatofShepenmutwhowasonceasingerintheTempleofThebes.
这具木乃伊是舍潘姆特的，她曾是底比斯神庙里的一名歌手。
AstherewerestrangemarksontheX-rayplatestakenofthemummy, doctorshavebeentryingtofindoutwhetherthewomandiedofararedisease.
由于给木乃伊拍的X光片上有奇怪的斑点，医生们一直在设法弄清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。
Theonlywaytodothiswastooperate.
要弄清这一点，唯一的办法就是动手术。
Theoperation, whichlastedforoverfourhours, provedtobeverydifficultbecauseofthehardresinwhichcoveredtheskin.
手术持续了4个多小时，由于覆盖在皮肤上的坚硬树脂，手术非常困难。
Thedoctorsremovedasectionofthemummyandsentittoalaboratory.
医生们从木乃伊身上取下一部分，送到了实验室。
TheyalsofoundsomethingwhichtheX-rayplatesdidnotshow: asmallwaxfigureofthegodDuamutef.
他们还发现了X光片上没有显示出来的东西：一个杜阿木忒夫神的小蜡像。
Thisgodwhichhastheheadofacowwasnormallyplacedinsideamummy.
这个长着牛头的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。
Thedoctorshavenotyetdecidedhowthewomandied.
医生们还没有断定这位妇女的死因。
Theyfearedthatthemummywouldfalltopieceswhentheycutitopen, butfortunatelythishasnothappened.
他们曾担心切开木乃伊时它会碎成一片片的，但幸运的是这并没有发生。
Themummysuccessfullysurvivedtheoperation.
木乃伊成功地经受住了这次手术。
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英英解释为课文中的义项。
- mummy/ˈmʌmi/n.
a dead body from long ago, kept by special drying
木乃伊
#1The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.
- operation/ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃn/n.
when a doctor cuts open a body to fix something
手术
#1The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.
- temple/ˈtempl/n.
a building where people go to pray to a god
神庙；寺庙
#2The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes.
- mark/mɑːrk/n.
a spot or line on something that you can see
斑点；痕迹
#3As 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.
- X-ray/ˈeks reɪ/n.
a special photo that shows the bones inside a body
X光；X射线
#3As 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.
- rare/rer/adj.
not seen or found often
罕见的；稀有的
#3As 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.
- disease/dɪˈziːz/n.
an illness that makes people or animals sick
疾病
#3As 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.
- operate/ˈɑːpəreɪt/v.
to cut open a body to fix a problem inside
动手术
#4The only way to do this was to operate.
- resin/ˈrezɪn/n.
sticky stuff from trees that goes hard when dry
树脂
#5The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.
- skin/skɪn/n.
the outside covering of a body
皮肤
#5The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.
- section/ˈsekʃn/n.
a part of something
部分；切片
#6The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory.
- laboratory/ˈlæbrətɔːri/n.
a room where scientists do tests
实验室
#6The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory.
- wax/wæks/n.
a soft material that melts when hot, used for candles
蜡
#7They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef.
- figure/ˈfɪɡjər/n.
a small model of a person or god
塑像；雕像
#7They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef.
- fall to pieces/fɔːl tə ˈpiːsɪz/phr.
to break into many small parts
碎裂；散架
#10They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened.