Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L3-(2): An unknown goddess

The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the 15th century B. C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B. C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 遗物、遗迹

date from  追溯到

classical  [ˈklæsɪkl]  古文化的

preserve [prɪˈzɜːrv] 保护;维护;

precious [ˈpreʃəs] 珍奇的;珍稀的

reconstruct [ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt]  修复

rest   放置、倚放

hip  臀部、屁股

full-length  拖地长裙

sweep  扫;打扫;

despite [dɪˈspaɪt] 即使;尽管

graceful  [ˈɡreɪsfl]  优雅的

identity  [aɪˈdentəti]  身份

今天继续有点饶舌，有点难度的第二部分。但是今天再次朗读文章的第一部分，已经明显要比昨天读得好多了，也流畅多了。