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　　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.
　　New words and expressions
　　mummy['mmi] n.木乃伊
　　Egyptian[i'dipn] a.埃及的
　　temple['templ] n.庙
　　mark[mɑ:k] n.斑点
　　plate[pleit] n.(照相)底片
　　disease[di'zi:z] n.疾病
　　last[lɑ:st] v.持续
　　prove[pru:v] v.显示出
　　resin['rezin] n.树脂
　　skin[skin] n.皮，皮肤
　　section['sekn]n.切片
　　figure['fig]n.(人的)体形；人像
　　normally['n:mli] ad.通常地
　　survive[s'vaiv] v.幸免于
　　Notes on the text
　　1 800 B.C.，公元前800年。B.C.是Before Christ的缩略语。
　　2. …plates taken of the mummy, taken 是过去分词作定语修饰plates, take the plate of…作“给…拍片子”讲。
　　3 die of…, 因（患）……而死。
　　4 The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult. 手术持续了4个多小时，非常难做。在这句话中which引导的从句是一个定语从句，用来修饰前面的名词operation。但这是一个非限定性定语从句，它与主句用两个逗号隔开，它所提供的仅是补充信息，可以略去而不影响主句所表达的意思。
　　5 fall to pieces, 散掉，成为碎片。
　　参考译文关注新标准英语，免费海量资源。死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。这是曾在底比斯神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有点奇怪的斑点，所以，医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。搞清的**办法就是手术。手术持续了4个多小时，非常难做，因为皮肤上覆盖着一层硬硬的树脂。医生们从木乃伊身上取下一个切片，送去化验。他们还发现了X光片所没有显示的东西：一个蜡制的杜瓦木特夫神小塑像。这种牛头人身的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。医生们至今还未确定这位妇女的死因。他们曾担心在把木乃伊切开后，它会散成碎片，但幸运得很，这种情况并未发生。这具木乃伊成功地经受了这次手术。
　　Comprehension questions:
　　1. When did the Egyptian woman die
　　2. Her body was mummified, wasn’t it
　　3. What’s just happened to the mummy
　　4. What was the woman’s name
　　5. What did she once do
　　6. What showed up on the X-ray plates
　　7. What have doctors been trying to do
　　8. How long did the operation last
　　9. Why did it prove to be so difficult
　　10. What did the doctors remove
　　11. Where did they send it
　　12. What else did they find
　　13. What kind of head does this god have
　　14. Where was it normally placed
　　Fill the blanks
　　The mummy of an Egyptian woman died in 800 B.C. has just had an . The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died a rare disease. The only way to do this was to. The operation, which for over four hours, to be very difficult because of the hard resincovered the skin. The doctors removed a of the mummy and sent it to a . They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was normally inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet how the woman died. They that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not . The mummy successfully the operation.
　　Tell the story
　　1. -mummy ---woman --800 B.C. ---operation.
　　2. ---Shepenmut ---singer ---Thebes.
　　3. ---strange marks--X-ray --, doctors --find out --died of ---.
　　4. -- only way---operate.
　　5. ---four hours,--difficult ---resin --skin.
　　6. --doctors -- section---laboratory.
　　7. -- also ---X-ray--not show: --wax figure ---Duamutef.
　　8. ---head ---placed --mummy.
　　9. ---not --- decided---died.
　　10. --feared ---pieces--open, but --- not happened.
　　11. --survived ---.