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.
ˈlɛsən77 ə səkˈsɛsfəl ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən
ðə ˈmʌmi ʌv ən ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈwʊmən hu daɪd ɪn 800 bi.si. hæz ʤʌst hæd ən ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən. ðə ˈmʌmi ɪz ðæt ʌv Shepenmut hu wʌzwʌns ə ˈsɪŋər ɪn ðə ˈtɛmpəl ʌv θibz. æz ðɛr wɜr streɪnʤ mɑrks ɑn ði ˈɛksˌreɪ pleɪts ˈteɪkən ʌv ðə ˈmʌmi, ˈdɑktərz hæv bɪn ˈtraɪɪŋtu faɪnd aʊt ˈwɛðər ðə ˈwʊmən daɪd ʌv ə rɛr dɪˈziz. ði ˈoʊnli weɪ tu du ðɪs wʌz tu ˈɑpəˌreɪt. ði ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən, wɪʧ ˈlæstəd fɔr ˈoʊvər fɔrˈaʊərz, pruvd tu bi ˈvɛri ˈdɪfəkəlt bɪˈkɔz ʌv ðə hɑrd ˈrɛzən wɪʧ ˈkʌvərd ðə skɪn. ðə ˈdɑktərz riˈmuvd ə ˈsɛkʃən ʌv ðə ˈmʌmi ænd sɛntɪt tu ə ˈlæbrəˌtɔri. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ˈsʌmθɪŋ wɪʧ ði ˈɛksˌreɪ pleɪts dɪd nɑt ʃoʊ: ə smɔl wæks ˈfɪgjər ʌv ðə gɑd Duamutef. ðɪs gɑd wɪʧhæz ðə hɛd ʌv ə kaʊ wʌz ˈnɔrməli pleɪst ɪnˈsaɪd ə ˈmʌmi. ðə ˈdɑktərz hæv nɑt jɛt ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd haʊ ðə ˈwʊmən daɪd. ðeɪ fɪrd ðæt ðəˈmʌmi wʊd fɔl tu ˈpisəz wɛn ðeɪ kʌt ɪt ˈoʊpən, bʌt ˈfɔrʧənətli ðɪs hæz nɑt ˈhæpənd. ðə ˈmʌmi səkˈsɛsfəli sərˈvaɪvd ði ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən.
mummy竟然是木乃伊的意思，不学还真不知道呀。今天没听写，只是朗读。
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