Lesson 3 An unknown goddess无名女神被动语态 文章叙事

Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.

Some time ago, archaeologists made an interesting discovery on the Aegean island of Kea. ^{为什么不这样写？}

开篇如果主语是 “archaeologists”，那么我们后面就要围绕着考古学家去描述：“哪些考古学家做出了发现、如何做出的、做了什么样的发现？”本文中一个考古学家的名字都未出现，所以是谁去考的古一点也不重要。

• A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search. ^NCE3-32

of ^{引出一个地理名词}

• the city of Beijing ^北京市
• the promontory of Ayia Irini ^{阿伊亚伊里尼海角}
• the tiny village of Perachora ^NCE3-16
• the famous monastery of St. Bernard ^NCE3-8
• the Old Town of Lijiang ^丽江古城
• The ancient Town of Ciqikou ^{磁器口古镇}
• the novel of Three Kingdoms × ^{书籍名词不能用of引出(the novel entitled Three Kingdoms)}
• the movie entitled Da Vinci Code ^{电影《达芬奇密码》}
• the man named / called Vincent ^{那个叫文森特的人}

An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini.

An American team = an American team of archaeologists ^{一个美国考古学家小组}

promontory (headland) ^{a long narrow area of high land that sticks out into the sea.}

• cape is a very large piece of land sticking out into the sea.
• the Cape of Good Hope ^好望角

The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. 

The city at one time must have seen / known prosperity. ^写作替换

Houses — often three storeys high — were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls.

with ^{做后置定语表从属关系}

• a girl with blue eyes
• a mug with a broken handle

decorate ^{v.装饰，装点}

• a vastly improved method ^{大大改进的方法}
• a much acclaimed novel ^{一部广受好评的小说}
• beautifully decorated walls ^{装饰精美的墙壁}

The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

equip A with B ^用B装备A

• be equipped with ...^配备…
• The classrooms are equipped with modern multimedia teaching equipment.

a great many (of) ... ^{接可数名词复数}

• a great number of ...^{接可数名词复数}
• a great amount / deal of ...^{接不可数名词（大量的）}

The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times.

in times of ... ^{在…时期；在…时候；在…情况下}

• In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a citystate ... ^{NCE3-14 (in times of peace / war)}

In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.

statue /ˈstætʃuː/  ^n.雕像

Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted.

The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. 

Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.

W: You do look cold. What happened?

M: I've been standing outside in Arctic temperatures for over an hour waiting for a bus.

W: Over an hour, but I thought your apartment was only a ten-minute bus ride to campus.

M: Under normal conditions, but the bus was delayed because of the weather and when I stepped into a drugstore to call home for a ride, the bus went by. As luck would have it, there was no one at home, so l had to wait another forty five minutes for the next bus.

W:That's Murphy's law, isn't it. What was it said "If anything can go wrong, it will." Well, we still get twenty minutes to gather our wits together.

This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved.

It was very old and precious even then.

When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

turn out to be ^{竟然是、原来是}

• Eric's girlfriend turned out to be his half-sister.

adj. + doing ^构词法

She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.

She stood three feet high = She is three feet high. ^主系表

• The tower stands 15 meters (high).
• The boy weighs 50 kilos. ^主系表
• The carpet measures 5 meters long.

rested on ^{依赖于，依靠于}

• Her hands rested on her hips.^叉腰
• Her face rested on her hands. ^托腮
• His head rested on my shoulder.^{他的头靠在我的肩上。}
• He rested on his pickaxe for a while.^{他在他的镐上倚靠了一会儿。}

Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity. ^{尾声，意犹未尽（身份未知）}

副词 → 连接 ^{引导让步状语从句（使用同位语从句解释说明）}

• in spite of the fact that ...
• despite the fact that ...
• Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a thick, grayish substance. ^NCE3-52