Lesson 77 A successful operation
Did the doctors find out how the woman died?
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.
ˈlɛsn 77 ə səkˈsɛsfʊl ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
dɪd ðə ˈdɒktəz faɪnd aʊt haʊ ðə ˈwʊmən daɪd?
ðə ˈmʌmi ɒv ən ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈwʊmən huː daɪd ɪn 800 biː.siː. hæz ʤʌst hæd ən ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən. ðə ˈmʌmi ɪz ðæt ɒv Shepenmut huː wɒzwʌns ə ˈsɪŋər ɪn ðə ˈtɛmpl ɒv θiːbz. æz ðeə wɜː streɪnʤ mɑːks ɒn ði ˈɛksˈreɪ pleɪts ˈteɪkən ɒv ðə ˈmʌmi, ˈdɒktəz hæv biːn ˈtraɪɪŋtuː faɪnd aʊt ˈwɛðə ðə ˈwʊmən daɪd ɒv ə reə dɪˈziːz. ði ˈəʊnli weɪ tuː duː ðɪs wɒz tuː ˈɒpəreɪt. ði ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən, wɪʧ ˈlɑːstɪd fɔːr ˈəʊvəfɔːr ˈaʊəz, pruːvd tuː biː ˈvɛri ˈdɪfɪkəlt bɪˈkɒz ɒv ðə hɑːd ˈrɛzɪn wɪʧ ˈkʌvəd ðə skɪn. ðə ˈdɒktəz rɪˈmuːvd ə ˈsɛkʃən ɒv ðə ˈmʌmi ændsɛnt ɪt tuː ə ləˈbɒrətəri. ðeɪ ˈɔːlsəʊ faʊnd ˈsʌmθɪŋ wɪʧ ði ˈɛksˈreɪ pleɪts dɪd nɒt ʃəʊ: ə smɔːl wæks ˈfɪgər ɒv ðə gɒd Duamutef. ðɪsgɒd wɪʧ hæz ðə hɛd ɒv ə kaʊ wɒz ˈnɔːməli pleɪst ɪnˈsaɪd ə ˈmʌmi. ðə ˈdɒktəz hæv nɒt jɛt dɪˈsaɪdɪd haʊ ðə ˈwʊmən daɪd. ðeɪ fɪədðæt ðə ˈmʌmi wʊd fɔːl tuː ˈpiːsɪz wɛn ðeɪ kʌt ɪt ˈəʊpən, bʌt ˈfɔːʧnɪtli ðɪs hæz nɒt ˈhæpənd. ðə ˈmʌmi səkˈsɛsfʊli səˈvaɪvd ðiˌɒpəˈreɪʃən.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
operation 英 /ɒpə'reɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 操作；经营；[外科] 手术；[数][计] 运算
mummy 英 /'mʌmɪ/ n. 妈妈；木乃伊；干瘪的人
Shepenmut 赛潘姆特
Temple of Thebes 比斯神殿
plate 英 /pleɪt/ n. 碟；金属板；金属牌；感光底片 vt. 电镀；给…装甲
the X-ray plate x射线片
prove 英 /pruːv/ vt. 证明；检验；显示 vi. 证明是
resin 英 /'rezɪn/ n. 树脂；松香 vt. 涂树脂；用树脂处理
laboratory 英 /ləˈbɒrətrɪ/ n. 实验室，研究室
figure 英 /'fɪgə/ n. 数字；人物；图形；价格；（人的）体形；画像 vi. 计算；出现；扮演角色 vt. 计算；认为；描绘；象征
Duamutef 杜米特夫（人名，古埃及神明）
fear 英 /fɪə/ n. 害怕；恐惧；敬畏；担心 vt. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心 vi. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心
练习感情：
一直不明白为什么mummy是妈妈，又是木乃衣
都没搞清楚死因，还算什么成功的手术？
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