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Unit 26(第1页)

Unit26

dintheSea

&hanfouryearsofuersearddiggis(考古学家)todaydisplayedtheremainsofavaiancity。

&istsdiscoveredHerakleion,theprecursor(先驱)totheonce-poitalofAlexahesa10orsoyardsof>

Today,theyshowedoffsomeoftheirmostimpressivefiopofaflatboat,ing20-foot-tallpiatuesrepresentingapharaoh(法老),aqueenandHapi,theNilegoddessofflooding;anda10-tonblaitestela(石碑),ravedstoh“RahiiannameforHerakleiosbottom。

&otallawide,hadbeeniheseabottom,ahelargesteverfouistsalsodisplayedanothersuchslab(匾额),aboutohesize。

“Thiswasaveryiingmission,”saidFrankGoddio,aFrenarchaeologistwhoheadedtheteam。“Wedisanythings。Thissiteisamazinglyrich。”

Usiicwaveteology,thediversfoundthebasinofwhatusedtobethecity’sharboraronicallysurveyeda,findiemples。heharbor,theyfound10antiqueshipwrecks。

A(大剧场),houses,templesaherartifacts(史前古器物)layamazinglyintactatthebottomofthesea,thearchaeologistssaid。TheysaidtheyfouuesousedtobetheGreatTempleofHerakleion。

&istsmayhavealsohelpedsolvethemysteryofhowohrivingcitiesofa—nowinthebayofAbuQirabout3。5milesofftheyptiaofAlexaosimplydisappear。

TheshipwrecksmadethemleantowardtheideathatHerakleionaieswereengulfedbyahuge,suddehquakeandtidalwavesome1,2o。

&ieshadbeenknownhaings,suchastraveloguesailGoddio’steamasdiscoveryabo。Theysaytheydiscoveredtheruinsin1996。

&iailedatofthecity’ssplendoranddece(衰落),aoatemplededicatedtoHeracles—or,inLatihelegendarysonofthesupremegodZeus,fromwhoseyappearstohavetakenitsname。

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&ingsputthefoundiymorethan2,3o,beforeaAlexandriawasfoundedin331B。C。

HerakleionwasatthemouthoftheNile,flforthousandsofyears,fromearlytimesoftheEgyptianpharaohsintotheMiddleAges,agtohistorians。

&iaodescribethecityasthe“outhofthesea”。

Thediscoverieshaveledtoaallydifferentthanaempts。Thefirstonewasdrawnin1866basedowritings,ahersweredrawndurihauries。

Allassumedthatmoststruwasoernpartoddioandhisteamdiscoveredthatthereweresomestruthewesternsideaswell。

&elaaobetakentoalaboratoryfordesalinization(脱盐作用)treatmentbefoionaltourattheendof2003。

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1。vanishv。消失,不见了

Manytypesofanimalshavenowvaheearth。

很多种类的动物现在已经从地球上绝迹了。

Allherimaginaryhappinessvanishedi。

她幻想的一切幸福刹那间破灭了。

2。showoff炫耀,卖弄

&einthatstylejusttoshowoff。

他用这种文体写文章,完全是为了卖弄文采。

Mikehasohepubtoshowoffhisnewcar—heusually>

麦克驾车来到酒店,只是为了向大家炫耀他的那辆新车,他平时总是步行来的!

3。impressv。使……有印象,影响Sheimpressedmeasascholar。

她给我留下了学者的印象。

Myfatherimpressedmewiththeimportanceofhardwork。

我父亲使我明白了努力工作的重要性。

﹡impressiveadj。给人深刻印象的Hisofpaintiimpressive。

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