NCE-III 第3课 -请大家指正

Lesson 3

An unknown goddess


Listen to the tape then answer the question below.


How did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess?
Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses -- often three stories high -- were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

自己听着，就是觉得别扭，可是又不知道到底是什么地方不对，请大家帮我把问题指出来，非常非常感谢！

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• 问个问题 -振一- ♂ (57 bytes) () 12/09/2009 postreply 22:16:22

• 振老弟，不好意思，一直没有看到你的第二课的跟贴。 -blueswan- ♀ (951 bytes) () 12/09/2009 postreply 22:40:19

• 呵呵，有趣。 -振一- ♂ (412 bytes) () 12/09/2009 postreply 22:56:43

• 谢谢，还有趣呢？我自己感觉浪费了太多时间了！ -blueswan- ♀ (458 bytes) () 12/09/2009 postreply 23:17:56

• 只要你还拥有，何以轻言浪费。 -振一- ♂ (46 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 13:32:10

• 谢谢鼓励！以后要多帮助我呀！水平低所以进步明显：） -blueswan- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 20:32:22

• 回复：NCE-III 第3课 -请大家指正 -ntotl- ♂ (366 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 00:01:30

• 谢谢鼓励！你的建议的跟读方法非常有帮助！ -blueswan- ♀ (149 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 20:30:25