Ancient Egypt
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
目录：引言。
4 Beliefs.
4 信仰论.
5 Pyramids.
五金刚杵.
8 Conclusion.
8 结论。
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
14 Introduction Thousands of years ago, a group of people lived in the African country of Egypt.
导言 几千年前,一群人生活在非洲国家埃及.
They lived on the banks of the Nile River.
他们住在尼罗河畔.
They were farmers and hunters.
他们是农民和猎人。
They used the river for boat travel.
他们用河去旅行
They were ruled by a king called a pharaoh.
他们由一个叫法老的国王统治.
The Nile River brings water to Egypt’s farms and cities.
尼罗河给埃及的农场和城市带来水.
Beliefs The ancient Egyptians believed that after someone died, he or she went to live in another world.
信仰 古埃及人认为有人死后,他或她去到另一个世界生活.
They believed that a person’s next life would be like their present life.
他们认为,一个人的来世将像他们现在的生活。
They thought the dead person would need the same tools and objects in their next life.
他们认为死者在来世需要同样的工具和物品.
So people were buried with many of the things that they owned.
所以人们被埋葬 与他们拥有的许多东西。
Ancient Egyptians believed in a sun god.
古埃及人信仰太阳神.
They believed that the king was related to this god.
他们相信国王与这个神有关.
When the king died, he was given a very fancy burial.
国王去世后,他得到了一个非常花哨的葬礼.
Many riches were buried with him.
许多财富都与他同葬.
Queens were also given fancy burials.
皇后也曾被赐予花哨的入葬.
Paintings in a tomb show scenes of the next life.
墓中绘画出来生的场景.
A mummy's coffin was often painted to look like the person inside.
一个木乃伊的棺材经常被画成像里面的人.
After a king died, his body was preserved so that it would not rot.
一个国王死后,他的身体被保存好,以免腐烂.
The king’s body was treated with spices, oils, and other things to preserve it.
国王的身体被用香料,油等东西来保存.
People believed that this would keep his spirit alive.
人们相信这样会让他的灵魂活下来.
The preserved body was called a mummy.
被保存的遗体被称为"木乃伊".
Pyramids The king was buried inside a huge stone structure called a pyramid.
金字塔 国王被安葬在被称作"金字塔"的巨大石结构中.
The pyramid was shaped to look like the Sun’s rays shining on Earth.
金字塔形状像太阳的光芒照耀了地球。
People believed that the king would go to heaven on the rays of the Sun.
人们相信国王会在太阳的光线上去上天堂.
Mummy of Siptah wrapped in cloth A pyramid’s shape is like the Sun’s rays shining on Earth.
Siptah的妈妈被布裹了金字塔形状,
Pyramids took many years to build.
金字塔用多年时间来建造.
When a king was still alive, people began building his pyramid.
当一个国王还活着时,人们开始建造他的金字塔.
The stones used to make the pyramid were huge.
用来制造金字塔的石头是巨大的.
It took hard work to get the stones out of the ground.
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It took harder work to move the stones to where the pyramid would be built.
将石头移到金字塔会建造的地方 费了很大功夫
Some stones were moved on boats.
一些石头被搬上船。
Other stones were moved over land using big sleds.
其他石头被用大雪橇移到地上。
Inside the pyramid was a tomb.
金字塔里面有个坟墓
This was a special room where the king’s body was placed.
这是专门放置国王尸体的房间。
Many objects were put in the tomb.
许多物品被放入墓中。
There were statues, paintings, and many gold things.
那里有雕像,画作,还有许多金色的东西.
The Egyptians sailed heavy stones down the Nile River.
埃及人将重石划入尼罗河下游.
Many hidden tunnels and rooms were built inside a pyramid.
许多隐藏地道和房间被建在一个金字塔内.
They were built to trick anyone who tried to steal things from the tomb.
他们是为了欺骗试图从坟墓中偷东西的人
Giant stones were put in front of the doorway of the real tomb.
巨石被放入正宗墓道前.
They were used to keep out thieves.
他们用来挡住小偷
Still, almost every king’s tomb has been robbed over the years.
然而,几乎每个国王的坟墓都是多年来被抢劫的.
But the pyramids still stand.
但是金字塔仍然矗立着.
The Great Pyramid at Giza is a famous pyramid.
吉萨的大金字塔是一座著名的金字塔.
It was built for King Khufu.
为克福王所建.
It has more than two million blocks of stone.
它有200多万个石块
Other pyramids near it were built for the king’s relatives.
附近的其他金字塔也为国王的亲属所建.
A statue called the Sphinx guards all of the pyramids.
一座叫斯芬克斯的雕像守卫了所有的金字塔.
The Sphinx has the face of a king and the body of a lion.
狮身人面相有王相有狮子相.
Glossary mummy (n.)
术语表(n.)
a dead body treated in special ways so that it would not rot (p.
死尸受到特殊处理,以免腐烂(p.
7) pharaoh (n.)
7) 法老 (n.
what the ancient Egyptians called their king (p.
古埃及人称之为"他们的国王"(p.
4) preserved (v.)
4) 保留(五.
treated in a special way to prevent spoiling or rotting (p.
治疗方式特殊,可防止被破坏或腐烂(p.
7) tomb (n.)
7) 墓 (n.
a vault, chamber, or grave for a dead person (p.
用于死者的保险库、密室或坟墓(p.
10) Conclusion Studying the ancient Egyptians teaches us a lot about life long ago.
10. 结论 研究古埃及人,早已教导了我们许多生活.
We can learn about the tools these people used and clothes they wore.
我们可以了解这些人使用的工具和他们穿的衣服。
We can learn about the food they ate and the gods they worshipped.
我们可以了解他们吃的食物和所崇拜的神灵.
By studying ancient Egyptians, we know that they had a great culture.
通过研究古埃及人,我们知道他们有伟大的文化.