Lesson 77 Asuccessful operation 一例成功的手术

Did the doctors find out how the woman died?

1. 原文

The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. 主语：The mummy、 谓语：is、 表语：that of Shepenmut(潘姆特) 这里的 that 用来指代前面的 the mummy, 把句子恢复一下就是：The mummy is the mummy of Shepenmut. 这样一来句子比较繁琐,所以在习惯上用that 代替后面的 the mummy. 就变成了that of Shepenmut. 这里的 of 是不能省略的, that 也不能省略的, 都是句子的必要成分, 这是一个很特殊的句型, 需要记住.

once adv. 一次， 一回；曾经，一度；任何一次，从来；乘以一

As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy. taken of the mummy 是后置定语, 相当于定语从句 which was taken of the mummy.

The only way to do this was to operate. the only way to do this（主语） was（系动词） to operate（不定式作表语，说明主语的内容. to do this 是不定式，做定语，修饰 way；

The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult. to be + adj 表示一种状态，to be 是不定式

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