《新概念英语》(美音)II-77
Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
Didthedoctorsfindouthowthewomandied?
ThemummyofanEgyptianwomanwhodiedin800 B.C. hasjusthadanoperation. ThemummyisthatofShepenmutwhowasonceasingerintheTempleofThebes. AstherewerestrangemarksontheX-rayplatestakenofthemummy, doctorshavebeentryingtofindoutwhetherthewomandiedofararedisease. Theonlywaytodothiswastooperate. Theoperation, whichlastedforoverfourhours, provedtobeverydifficultbecauseofthehardresinwhichcoveredtheskin. Thedoctorsremovedasectionofthemummyandsentittoalaboratory. TheyalsofoundsomethingwhichtheX-rayplatesdidnotshow: asmallwaxfigureofthegodDuamutef. Thisgodwhichhastheheadofacowwasnormallyplacedinsideamummy. Thedoctorshavenotyetdecidedhowthewomandied. Theyfearedthatthemummywouldfalltopieceswhentheycutitopen, butfortunatelythishasnothappened. Themummysuccessfullysurvivedtheoperation.