练习材料：

Lesson 77 A successful operation

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.

ə səkˈsɛsfəl ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən

ðəˈmʌmi ʌv ən ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈwʊmən hu daɪd ɪn 800 bi.si. hæz ʤʌst hæd ən ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən. ðəˈmʌmi ɪz ðæt ʌv Shepenmut hu wʌz wʌns əˈsɪŋər ɪn ðəˈtɛmpəl ʌv θibz. æz ðɛr wɜr streɪnʤ mɑrks ɑn ði ˈɛksˌreɪ pleɪts ˈteɪkən ʌv ðəˈmʌmi, ˈdɑktərz hæv bɪn ˈtraɪɪŋ tu faɪnd aʊt ˈwɛðər ðəˈwʊmən daɪd ʌv ə rɛr dɪˈziz. ði ˈoʊnli weɪ tu du ðɪs wʌz tu ˈɑpəˌreɪt. ði ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən, wɪʧˈlæstɪd fɔr ˈoʊvər fɔr ˈaʊərz, pruvd tu bi ˈvɛri ˈdɪfɪkəlt bɪˈkʌz ʌv ðə hɑrd ˈrɛzən wɪʧˈkʌvərd ðə skɪn. ðəˈdɑktərz riˈmuvd əˈsɛkʃən ʌv ðəˈmʌmi ænd sɛnt ɪt tu əˈlæbrəˌtɔri. ðeɪˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ˈsʌmθɪŋ wɪʧ ði ˈɛksˌreɪ pleɪts dɪd nɑt ʃoʊ: ə smɔl wæks ˈfɪgjər ʌv ðə gɑd Duamutef. ðɪs gɑd wɪʧ hæz ðə hɛd ʌv ə kaʊ wʌz ˈnɔrməli pleɪst ɪnˈsaɪd əˈmʌmi. ðəˈdɑktərz hæv nɑt jɛt ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd haʊ ðəˈwʊmən daɪd. ðeɪ fɪrd ðæt ðəˈmʌmi wʊd fɔl tu ˈpisɪz wɛn ðeɪ kʌt ɪt ˈoʊpən, bʌt ˈfɔrʧənətli ðɪs hæz nɑt ˈhæpənd. ðəˈmʌmi səkˈsɛsfəli sərˈvaɪvd ði ˌɑpəˈreɪʃən.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

mummy 木乃伊

operation 手术；操作

mark 标记；斑点

X-ray plates X光片

last 持续

prove (to be) 证明

resin 树脂

laboratory 实验室；研究室

place 放置

练习感悟：

注意the在元音前的读法，mummy有的发错了，有的单词尾音没有发出来。