词汇表 find 被发现的文物

excavation 挖掘（古迹）

at an early stage 在初期阶段

alabaster 雪花石膏，一种矿物材料

hieroglyphic （古埃及）象形文字的

inscriptions 铭文，刻字

remains 遗址，遗迹

narrowly 差一点地，仅仅地

predate 在…前存在，早于…

expertise 专业知识

chambers （正式）房间

millennia 几千年，单数是 millennium

shed light on 为…提供线索

测验 请听报道并回答下列问题。

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.

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