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不久之前,在愛琴海的基亞島上,考古工作者有一項(xiàng)有趣的發(fā)現(xiàn)。一個(gè)美國(guó)考古隊(duì)在阿伊亞·依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座廟宇。這座古城肯定一度很繁榮,因?yàn)樗碛懈叨鹊奈拿,房子一般?層樓高,用石塊修建。里面房間很大,墻壁裝飾華麗。城里甚至還敷設(shè)了排水系統(tǒng),因?yàn)樵讵M窄的街道底下發(fā)現(xiàn)了許許多多陶土制作的排水管道。
考古工作者考察的這座廟宇從公元前15世紀(jì)直至羅馬時(shí)代一直是祭祀祈禱的場(chǎng)所。在廟中最神圣的一間殿堂里發(fā)現(xiàn)了15尊陶制雕像的碎片。每一尊雕像代表一位女神,而且一度上過色。其中有一尊雕像,她的軀體是在公元前15世紀(jì)的歷史文物中發(fā)現(xiàn)的,而她那身首異處的腦袋卻碰巧是在公元前5世紀(jì)的文物中找到的。她的腦袋一定是在古希臘羅馬時(shí)代就為人所發(fā)現(xiàn),并受到了精心的保護(hù)。即使在當(dāng)時(shí),它也屬歷史悠久的珍奇之物?脊殴ぷ髡甙堰@些碎片重新拼裝起來后,驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)那位女神原來是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。她身高3英尺,雙手叉腰,身穿一條拖地長(zhǎng)裙,盡管上了年紀(jì),但體態(tài)確實(shí)優(yōu)美。不過,考古工作者至今未能確定這位女神的身份。
xercises 練習(xí)
1 Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
(1.1) Write three sentences illustrating the use of so ... that;
such ... that; and such a ... that. (ISD 35) (參見第2冊(cè)第35課難點(diǎn))
2 In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage.
(11.7-8) Which verb could be used in place of wouldhere? Write
two sentences illustrating the use of would and used to. (IKS
55b) (參見第2冊(cè)第55課關(guān)鍵句型b)
3 The noble was expected to read the letter at each performance.
He always insisted that it should be written out infull.
(11.8-9) Join these two sentences, then compare your answer with
the sentence in the passage. (IKS 49) (參見
第2冊(cè)第49課關(guān)鍵句型)
4 He always insisted that it should be written out in full,
(1.9) Write sentences using the following: He suggested that...
He insisted that ... He demanded that ... (IKS 63) (參見第2冊(cè)第63課關(guān)鍵句型)
5 He had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
(1.11) Write two sentences showing how managed tocan be used
……