Lesson 77 A successful operation 一例成功的手术

　　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.

　　句子讲解：

　　4、The only way to do this was to operate.

　　搞清的唯一办法就是手术。

　　5、The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.

　　这场手术进行了四个多小时，非常难做，因为皮肤上覆盖着一层坚硬的树脂。

　　语言点 句子真正的谓语动词是proved，which lasted...是非限定性定语从句;which covered...是限 制性定语从句;because of引导原因状语。

　　6、The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory.

　　医生从木乃伊的身上取出一个切片，送去化验。

　　7、They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef.

　　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。

　　语言点 冒号后的内容是对前面内容作进一步解释说明。