1.chronicles
n.编年史
v.记录，将…载入编年史中
"AERAGRAM",which chronicles the work of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates.
AERAGRAM是一份用来记录古埃及研究协会所做工作的简报。
2.hypothesis
n.假设
he says his hypothesis is that the Egyptians laid out their design on a grid.
他说自己的假设是埃及人把设计图画在坐标网格上。
3.maximum
n.最大值，最大量
they found the east side of the pyramid to be a maximum of 5.5 inches shorter than the west side.
他们发现金字塔东侧的长度最多比西侧的长度短5.5英寸。
4.momentum
n.动力，势头
5.precision
n.精确性，精度
we can only speculate as to how the Egyptians could have laid out those lines with such precision using only the tools they had.
我们只能猜测埃及人在仅使用当时的工具的情况下进行铺线是怎样做到如此精确的。
6.remnants
n.参与部分，残余物
involved finding any surviving remnants of the casing in order to determine where the original edge was.
寻找任何幸存下来的外壳残余物，以确定金字塔最初的边界位置。
7.revelations
n.揭露，透露
8.complete
v.完成
adj.完整的
9.established
v.建立，设立
adj.确立已久的
10.fascinates
v.深深吸引，迷住
the question that most fascinates him.
最吸引他的问题
11.perfect
v.完善
adj.完美的
how they got it so close to perfect.
他们是如何做到如此接近完美的。
12.puzzled
v.使迷惑，使困惑
the pyramid's exact size has puzzled experts for centuries.
数百年来，这座金字塔的实践尺寸一直困扰着学者们。
13.removed
v.移走，去除
originally covered it were removed long ago.
很久以前就被移走了。
14.mysteriously
adv.神秘的
15.slightly
adv.稍微，略微noting that the great pyramid is oriented only slightl away from the cardinal directions.
他特别指出这座大金字塔仅略微偏离主方向。
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