新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课3

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$课文3  无名女神
36. Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.
        不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。
37. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini.
0 P: l; P0 j0 T' |) x        一个美国考古队在阿伊亚.依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇。
" ]5 b& V, X/ a5 D38. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.
        这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，
; {2 g& u& U4 P0 |$ r8 [39. Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone.
5 j' L6 W7 X4 w1 }, @9 [: k        房子一般有3层楼高，用石块修建。
40. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls.
        里面房间很大，墙壁装饰华丽。
41. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
+ F! F' b2 G2 d" ~- E        城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。
42. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times.
        考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。
2 C! N! z+ |* ~( Y% e( j# N- J+ x43. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.
        在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15尊陶雕像的碎片。
44. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted.
4 |( b! B# f& M  [7 |( u        每一尊雕像代表一位女神，而且一度上过色。
45. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C.
: c7 ?0 J. q( P4 N2 B1 O        其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，
" d; Q* D' Z7 \& b6 O2 D46. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.
; A) D" h8 y5 b, ]8 c6 p2 ]  i8 c        而她那身异处的脑袋却碰巧是在公元前5世纪的文物中找到的。
47. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved.
        她的脑袋一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为人所发现，并受到精心的保护。
- H9 q2 G9 A! u" y) Y5 v0 M" |0 Y48. It was very old and precious even then.
        却使在当时，它也属历史悠久的珍奇之物。考
49. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments,
! t* V+ t. d- q) R$ Y        古工作者把这些碎片重新拼装起来后，
50. they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.
& D1 v4 S) u1 t2 V) W8 R; W' c  O        惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。
51. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.
& k- T( \3 d* v# L# c' w        她身高3英尺，双手叉腰。
52. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.
        身穿一条拖地长裙，
, N1 U5 d, ?% a8 X53. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed,
        尽管上了年纪，但体态确实优美。
54. but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

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