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}  Some time ago, and interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.

}  must have been:

   这里最重要的是最清楚must 和 have been 之间的关系。must 后面本来就是要跟动词原形，而have been本来就是完成时的原形。

must/should/could/would have done/been

    如果后面跟have done, 它本来也是完成时do 的原形。这些东西被人们讲复杂了。must have been , should have done这些东西理所当然。

    I should’ve  told you.

    我应该已经告诉过你了。这句话随着语境的不同，可能稍微会有些变化。它不见得非要表达责备的意思
I should’ve never gone to London.

    我应该从来没有去过伦敦。有时，只需要理解字面的意思就行了，没有那么复杂。

}  Houses — often three storeys high — were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

}  decorated :

   装修
decorated body

   指的是国外的一门课，属于大众传媒这样的专业。这门课是讲如何装饰自己的身体。比如说纹身，戴耳环，舌头上穿洞，还有一些民族，部落的审美观这样的内容。

}  narrow :
The wedding caterer sent me this list of 12 appetizers. And I have to narrow it down to 6.

   这个 wedding caterer 给了我一张列表，上面有12个appetizer, 但是我要把它缩减到6个。

}  The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.
 

}  Decade: a period of 10 years
Century :a period of 100 years
Millennium: a period of 1000 years

   这几个词说明了时间的长度不同。

}  Archaeologist:

   考古学家，下面是两个比较生僻的词：
anthropologist/paleontologist

      人类学家             古生物学家

}  Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. It’s 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.

}  Represent:
representative

   名词，是指人。假如你是我在这个城市的代表，那么你就是我的 representative。
this is not about the room, this is about what the room represents!

   这句话是有语境的。假如有两个男女朋友在吵架，他们在讨论这间房间该做什么用途，是应该作客厅还是作厨房。说了这样一句话意思是咱们不该争论这房间用来做什么，而是这房间谁说了算！

}  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.

}  turned out to be:

   最后结果怎么样
I was engaged to a guy who turned out to be gay.
我曾今跟一个男的订婚了，但是结果发现他是同性恋。

}  Identity:

   身份。常说的ID 就是从这个词来的。
ID → photo ID → photo ID required

   photo ID 是带有照片的，可以辨认你身份这样的东西。像军官证，护照，身份证都可以算photo ID 。在国外的机场，当你登机的时候，会看到photo ID required,就是说你不但要出示你的登机牌，还要出示带有照片的证件才能上飞机。