北师大版高中英语模块6--Unit 16 Stories Lesson1-2

[00:00.00]By 1748,arshaeologists had begun to uncover,
[00:06.19]one of the most important archaeological sites
[00:08.39]in the world.
[00:10.18]They had started to uncover the ancient city
[00:12.78]of Pompeii.
[00:15.47]Pompeii is like a "time capsule"preserving
[00:19.31]a frozen menment in his tory.
[00:22.44]Before the eruption¹,
[00:23.60]it had been a thriving Roman city with temples,
[00:26.99]markets,restaurants and theatres,
[00:30.42]Today you can visit these buildings ,
[00:32.78]by walking along the original streets
[00:34.54]of the city.You can also see works of art,
[00:38.15]such as statues and colourful mosaics² on walls,
[00:42.61]and you can see objects that people used
[00:44.60]in everyday life,
[00:46.22]such as tools and kitchen utensils³.
[00:50.30]But much more than buildings and objects,
[00:53.37]it is the forms of the people
[00:54.89]who were caught in the disaster,
[00:56.72]that have captured the imaginations of
[00:58.54]millions of people across the world.
[01:02.47]The bodies of people who died in Pompeii,
[01:04.95]had decayed many centuries before
[01:07.04]archaelolgists arrived.
[01:09.56]But these bodies had left an impression
[01:11.27]in the ash,that showed their exact shapes.
[01:15.35]We can see people huddled⁴ together
[01:17.37]to comfort each other
[01:18.52]in their last hours of life.
[01:18.52]

1 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

2 mosaics   

n.马赛克( mosaic的名词复数 )；镶嵌；镶嵌工艺；镶嵌图案

参考例句：

• The panel shows marked similarities with mosaics found elsewhere. 这块嵌板和在其他地方找到的镶嵌图案有明显的相似之处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The unsullied and shining floor was paved with white mosaics. 干净明亮的地上镶嵌着白色图案。 来自辞典例句

3 utensils   

器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物

参考例句：

• Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

4 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。