Lesson 77 A successful operation
·单词
mummy n. 木乃伊
Egyptian adj. 埃及的；n. 埃及人，埃及语
·Egypt n. 埃及
temple n. 庙
mark n. 斑点，痕迹；标志；符号；分数
·v. 使有斑点，留下痕迹；做标记；打分数
plate n. （照片）底片
disease n. 疾病
·a rare diseas 罕见的疾病
·a family diseasep 家族疾病
·revent and cure a disease 预防和治疗疾病
last v. 持续
·last for + 时间 持续的时间
prove v. 显示出；证明，证实
·The operation proved to be very difficult. = The operation proved very difficult.
·prove + adj. = prove to be + adj. 显示出 ...
·His idea proves (to be) fantastic. 他的想法显示出非常棒的
·The boy proved his courage in the game. 这个男孩子游戏中证明了他的勇气
resin n. 树脂
skin n. 皮，皮肤
section n. 切片
figure n. （人的）体形；人像
normally adv. 通常地
survive v. 幸免于，（经历事故、战争或疾病后）活下来，幸存
·survive from ... 从 ... 幸存下来
·Luckily, the little boy survived from the earthquake.
survivor n. 幸存者
·本课句型
复习：一般过去时（完全发生在过去）/现在完成时（发生在现在的之前，强调结果）/现在完成进行时（发生在现在的之前，强调持续进行）
did / have/has done / have/has been doing
·课文
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.
BC 公元前（Before Christ）
have an operation 做手术
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.
·As 因为，引出原因状语从句
·whether 是否，及物动词 find out 后作宾语从句
·take the plates of ... 给 ... 拍片子
·take 变 taken 过去分词作定语修饰 plates
·try to do 尝试去做
·find out 查明，发现，找出
·die of ... 因（患） ... 而死
The only way to do this was to operate.
·这种方式是
·to do this 非谓语动词，修饰名词 way，作定语，表目的
·to operate 充当名词，作表语
not yet 还没有，常搭配现在完成时
fall to pirces 散掉，成为碎片
·知识拓展
区别：ago/since/for
They won the match three days ago. 三天以前，搭配一边过去时
Since 1992, we have lived in this city. since + 过去的时间，指从那个时间开始，到现在结束，搭配现在完成时
They have been practicing for a year. for + 时间段，持续了 ...，搭配任意事态
练习
He stayed with us____two weeks.
·for，时间段
She arrived two weeks____.
·ago，ago 放在时间之后
I have not seen him____Monday.
·since，since 放在时间之前，且为现在完成时
He left a month____and I have not seen him____then.
·ago
·since
We have been working on this new plane____over a year now.
·for
