新概念英語第二冊(cè)逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第77課(2)

　　Lesson 77 A successful operation 一例成功的手術(shù)

　　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.

　　句子講解：

　　4、The only way to do this was to operate.

　　搞清的唯一辦法就是手術(shù)。

　　5、The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.

　　這場(chǎng)手術(shù)進(jìn)行了四個(gè)多小時(shí)，非常難做，因?yàn)槠つw上覆蓋著一層堅(jiān)硬的樹脂。

　　語言點(diǎn) 句子真正的謂語動(dòng)詞是proved，which lasted...是非限定性定語從句;which covered...是限 制性定語從句;because of引導(dǎo)原因狀語。

　　6、The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory.

　　醫(yī)生從木乃伊的身上取出一個(gè)切片，送去化驗(yàn)。

　　7、They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef.

　　他們還發(fā)現(xiàn)了 X光片所沒有顯示的東西：一個(gè)蠟制的杜瓦木特夫神小塑像。

　　語言點(diǎn) 冒號(hào)后的內(nèi)容是對(duì)前面內(nèi)容作進(jìn)一步解釋說明。