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考古人員在埃及發(fā)現(xiàn)了一座建于約 3700 年前的金字塔遺跡。代赫舒爾帝王墓古跡位于開羅南部，考古人員在這里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一件刻有十列古埃及象形文字的石塊，并已挖開金字塔內(nèi)部的一條通道。埃及國家古物部稱，從該遺址出土的文物保存完好，為了考證這座金字塔的實際體積及相關信息，發(fā)掘工作仍在進行中。請聽 Sebastian Usher 的報道。
What's left of this latest pyramid to be uncovered is in good condition. For archaeologists, it's a significant find, potentially giving them further insight into the more than 120 pyramids already discovered.
The excavation is still at an early stage, the part of the inner structures being revealed including a corridor and a room. A little alabaster block holds intriguing hieroglyphic inscriptions. The remains of this little pyramid from the 13th dynasty are dwarfed by the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid nearby, which narrowly predate the Great Pyramids at Giza further up the road to Cairo and clearly contributed vital expertise to their construction.
Egypt launched an ambitious project a year and a half ago dubbed ‘Scan Pyramids’ to try to discover secret chambers in these extraordinary structures that have defined the country's image for millennia, and so shed light on the mysteries that still surround how they were built.
詞匯表
find 被發(fā)現(xiàn)的文物
excavation 挖掘（古跡）
at an early stage 在初期階段
alabaster 雪花石膏，一種礦物材料
hieroglyphic （古埃及）象形文字的
inscriptions 銘文，刻字
remains 遺址，遺跡
narrowly 差一點地，僅僅地
predate 在…前存在，早于…
expertise 專業(yè)知識
chambers （正式）房間
millennia 幾千年，單數(shù)是 millennium
shed light on 為…提供線索
測驗
請聽報道并回答下列問題。
1. How many pyramids have archaeologists discovered up to now?
2. What is engraved on the recently discovered alabaster block?
3. True or false? The Great Pyramids at Giza were built earlier than the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid.
4. Which word in the text means 'to be seen smaller'?
答案
1. How many pyramids have archaeologists discovered up to now?
More than 120 pyramids have been discovered by archaeologists.
2. What is engraved on the recently discovered alabaster block?
The alabaster block is engraved with intriguing hieroglyphic inscriptions.
3. True or false? The Great Pyramids at Giza were built earlier than the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid.
False. The Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid narrowly predate the Great Pyramids at Giza.
4. Which word in the text means 'to be seen smaller'?
Dwarfed.
