NCE3 An unknown goddess

 

• some time
  • 一段时间（some & time 中间正好分开一小段）
• make a discovery (of...)
  • discover
  • n. is more formal than v.
  • make an interesting discovery
  • make the best use of
    • use
    • He made the best use of his talent.
  • describel
    • make a vivid description of...
  • investigate
    • make a through investigation of...
  • summarize
    • make a comprehensive summary of...
  • analyze
    • make a detailed analysis of

• An interesting discovery was made byu crchaeologists...

  • Archaeologists made an interesting discovery...

  • 强调的内容不同，下文展开说明的内容不同

    • discovery

    • archarologists

      • A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give uo the search.

• the Aegean island of Kea

  • of 引出地名

  • the city of Beijing

  • the promontory of Ayia Irini

    • promontor - 海角

  • the tiny vilage of Perachora

  • the famous monastery of St/ Bernard

  • the novel entitled Three Kindoms

  • the movie entitled Da Vinci Code

  • the mand named / called Vincent

• 位于

  • a temple be located / situated / sited

    • 偏平面

  • a temple stand                

    • 偏立体

    • Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops.

    • The Monument to the People's Heroes stands in the center of Tian'anmen Square.

  • sit

    • 偏立体

    • The house sitd on top of a hill overliiking the town.

  • lie

    • 偏平面

    • The famous monasterty of St/ Bernard, which was founded in the 11TH centrury, lies about amile away.

• promontory (headland): a long narrow area of high land that sticks out into the sea

  • 小

• cape

  • a very large poece of land sticking out into the swa

  • the Cape of Good Hope

• at one time = once

• must have done

  • 对过去的肯定推测

• prosperity

  • The city at one time must have seen / konwn prosperity.

  • prosperious

• , for

  • 放在主句后

  • 补充说明

• enjoy

  • 享有

  • 替换have 

Words

• (o)logy = to study
• -ist 人
  • psychology, psychologist
    • 心理学，心理学家
  • physiology, physiologist
    • 生理学，生理学家
• prosperous
  • a prosperous country / businessman
  • prosperity
    • sp - 浊化 - st
    • ity - 浊化 - idy
    • economic prospetiry
    • We'll keep the prosperity and stability of HK at any cost.
    • One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean f material prosperity.
    • prosper
      • v. 繁荣
      • A company cannot prosper without investment.
      • thrive / flourish
        • v. 繁荣，（植物）枝繁叶茂，茁壮成长
        • a thriving / fourishing tourist industry
  • storey / story
    • n. 楼层（强调共有...层）
      • a two-story house
        • 名词作定语习惯用单数
          • 3 year-old boy
    • storeys / stories
    • floor
      • 强调第几层

•  sacred
  • a. 宗教的
  • a sacred holiday
  • sacred music
  • Mecca is a sacred place.
  • holy
    • Holy Bible
    • holy water
    • a holy war
  • blessed
    • the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • It is more blessed to give than to receive.
  • divine
    • To err is human, to forgive divine.
  • classical
    • a. 古代的（希腊和罗马的）文化的
    • classical studies
  • calssic
    • a. 经典的，一流的
  • electric
    • a. 电动的
    • an electric light / razor
  • electrical
    • a. 和电相关的
    • electrical failure
  • historic
    • a. 有历史意义的，在历史上重要的
    • a historic moment
  • historical
    • a. 和历史相关的
      • historical records
  • 'eco'nomic
    • a. 经济的，经济相关的
      • economic policy
  • 'eco'nomi'cal
    • a. 省钱的
      • an economical car
  • 'politic
    • a. 明智的
      • a politic decision
  • po'litical
    • /t/ - /d/
    • a. 政治的
    • political asylum
• rest
  • /r/ 舌头悬空
  • rest on /upon
    • 基于，依赖于，取决于
      • Columbus' decision to sail west rests on his belief that the world is round.
  • be based / founded on / upon
  • depend on / upon
  • rely on /upon