Lesson 77

The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.
一位死于公元前800年的埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一场手术。
The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes.
这具木乃伊是谢彭穆特的，她曾是底比斯神庙里的一位歌手。
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.
由于在为木乃伊拍摄的X光片上有奇怪的标记，医生们一直在尝试查明这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。
The only way to do this was to operate.
做这件事的唯一方法就是手术。
The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin.
这项持续了四个多小时的手术，由于覆盖在皮肤上的坚硬树脂而显得非常困难。
The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory.
医生们切取了木乃伊的一部分，并将其送往实验室。
They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef.
他们还发现了一些X光片没有显示的东西：一个多姆泰夫神的小蜡像。
This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy.
这位长着牛头的神通常被放置在木乃伊内部。
The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died.
医生们还没有决定这名妇女的死因。
They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened.
他们担心切开木乃伊时它会碎掉，但幸运的是这并没有发生。
The mummy successfully survived the operation.
这个木乃伊成功地挺过了手术。
The operation proved to be very difficult.
这项操作证明是非常困难的。