留美老师带你每日说英文 第1112期:亚马逊女战士
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：留美老师带你每日说英文
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Were Amazons merely figures of myth, or something more? It was long assumed that they were imaginary, like the cyclops and centaurs 1. But curiously 2 enough, stories from ancient Egypt, Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, and China also featured Amazon-like warrior 3 women.
亚马逊人纯粹只是神话里的人物，还是真的存在过呢？长久以来，人们都认为他们就像希腊神话中的独眼巨人和半人马怪兽一样，都是虚构的。但是，神奇地是：古埃及、波斯、中东、中亚、印度及中国都塑造了和亚马逊人很类似的女战士。
学习重点：
1.merely 仅仅，不过
merely (adv.) 仅仅，不过
simply (adv.) 仅仅，只不过；完全地
2.assume 以为；（想当然地）认为
assume (v.) 以为；（想当然地）认为
assumption (n.) 假设；臆断
3.feature 给予某人显著地位；由某人担任主角
feature (v.) 给予某人显著地位；由某人担任主角
feature (n.) 特色，特征，特点
n.（希腊神话中）半人半马怪物( centaur的名词复数 )
- Centaurs – marauders does not have penalty when shooting into support. 半人马掠夺者在支援射击时不受惩罚。 来自互联网
- Centaurs burn this, observing the fumes and flames to refine the results of their stargazing (OP27). 人马用烧鼠尾草产生的火焰和烟雾来提炼他们观星的结果（凤凰社，第27章）。 来自互联网
adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地
- He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
- He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
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