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Lesson3Anunknowngoddess无名女神Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答下列问题。Howdidthearchaeologistsknowthatthestatuewasagoddess?Sometimeago,aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini.Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.Houses----oftenthreestoreyshigh----werebuiltofstone.Theyhadlargeroomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls.Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainagesystem,foragreatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets.ThetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.Inthemostsacredroomofthetemple,clayfragmentsoffifteenstatueswerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,beenpainted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.ItsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.ThisheadmusthavebeenfoundinClassicaltimesandcarefullypreserved.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,theywereamazedtofindthatthegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethighandherhandsrestedonherhips.Shewaswearingafull-lengthskirtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语goddess(title)/'g&dis/n．女神sacred(1.10)/'seikrid/adj．宗教的，神圣的archaeologist(1.1)/?a:ki'&ld{ist/n．考古学家fragment(1.10)/'fr$gm+nt/n．碎片Aegean(1.2)/i:'d{i:+n/adj．爱琴海的remains(1.12)/ri'menz/n．遗物，遗迹，废墟explore(1.2)/ik'spl&:/v．考察，勘探classical(1.13)/'kl$sik+l/adj．（希腊和罗马）古文化的promontory(1.3)/'pr&m+nt+ri/n．海角prosperous(1.4)/'pr&sp+r+s/adj．（经济上）繁华reconstruct(1.14)/?r(ikn'strkt/v．修复的，兴盛的rest(1.16)/rest/v．倚放，放置civilization(1.5)/?siv+l-ai'zeiM+n/n．文明hip(1.16)/hip/n．屁股，臀部storey(1.5)/'st&:ri/n．楼层full-length(1.16)/?ful'leRI/adj．（裙衣）拖地长的drainage(1.7)/'dreinid{/n．排水graceful(1.17)/'greisf+l/adj．优雅的worship(1.9)/'w*:Mip/n．祟拜identity(1.17)/ai'dentiti/n．身份Notesonthetext课文注释1theAegeanislandofKea,爱琴海的基亚岛。爱琴海是东地中海的一部分，位于希腊半岛和小亚细亚之间。它涉及希腊半岛以外的许多岛屿。基亚岛位于希腊半岛东南方的海域里。2AyiaIrini,阿伊亚·依里尼，意为“圣依里尼”，Irini是希腊文，意为“和平”3Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.这座古城必定一度很繁华，由于它曾享有高度的文明。musthavebeen是对过去的推测。atonetime,一度。4Romantimes,罗马时代。指古罗马（约公元前200-公元400）时期，那时罗马人在欧洲建立了帝国。5datefrom,追溯到。6Classicaltimes,指古希腊，古罗马时代。7thegoddessturnedouttobe…,那位女神原来是……。参考译文很快之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。一种美国考古队在阿伊亚·依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇。这座古城必定一度很繁华，由于它曾享有高度的文明，房子普通有3层楼高，用石块修建。里面房间很大，墙壁装饰华丽。城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，由于在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。考古工作者考察的这座庙字从公元前15世纪直至罗马时代始终是祭祀祈祷的场合。在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15尊陶制雕像的碎片。每一尊雕像代表一位女神，并且一度上过色。其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，而她那身首异处的脑袋却恰巧是在公元前5世纪...