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VOA Special English英语辅导杂志

期号:第
2009-017期
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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES Take
This Medicine: The Story of the Sign 'Rx'
词语故事——服用此药:
Rx符号的故事

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第一部分:阅读理解

『学习提示』请先阅读一至两遍英语原文,然后再带着理解上的问题对照中文翻译。


英语原文
中文“直译”
Every week at this time, we tell about popular

每周在这个时候(周日),我们讲述关于

words and expressions used in the United

在美国使用的流行词汇和语句。这些词汇

States. Some of these words and expressions

和语句,有些是老的,有些是新的。他们

are old. Some are new. Together, they form the

一起构成了美国人民的现时语言。

living speech of the American people.

今天我们的故事非常古老,追溯到大约..

Our story today is very old. It goes back about

5000年前。它是关于一个用来象征某些

five-thousand years. It is about a sign that is

语句的符号。

used to represent some words.

在药店和无论何时去求医问药,我们(都

We see this sign on drug stores and whenever

会)看到这个符号。它也出现在药瓶和其

we visit a doctor to get an order for medicine. It

它药品上。

also appears on bottles of pills and other
medicines.

The sign is formed by a line across the right

这个符号是由穿过字母.. R右底部的线条

foot of the letter "R." It represents the word

构成。它代表单词.. “prescription(处方).. ”。

"prescription." It has come to mean "take

它已经变成表示“服用此药”的意思。

this medicine."
The sign has its beginnings five thousand years


这个符号起源于.. 5000年前的埃及。在那

ago in Egypt. At that time, people prayed to

个时候,人们向太阳之神.. Horus祈祷。据

Horus, the god of the Sun. It was said that

说,当.. Horus还是小孩子的时候,曾被邪

when Horus was a child, he was attacked by

恶的魔鬼.. Seth袭击。..

Seth, the demon of evil.

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The evil Seth put out the eye of the young
Horus. The mother of Horus called for help.
Her cry was answered by Thoth, the god of
learning and magic. Thoth, with his wisdom
and special powers, healed the eye of Horus.
And the child was able to see again.

The ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the
eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect
themselves from disease,

suffering and evil.
They cut this sign in the stones they used for
buildings. And it was painted on the papyrus
rolls used for writing about medicine and
doctors.

For thousands of years, the eye of Horus
remained as a sig n of the god's help to the
suffering and sick.

Long after the fall of the ancient Egyptian
civilization, doctors and alchemists in
Europe continued the custom of showing a
sign of the gods' help and protection. But over
the years, the sign changed from the eye of
Horus to the sign for Jupiter, the chief god of
the Romans. Jupiter's sign looked much like
the printed number "four."

That sign changed, also. Today, it is the
easily -recognized capital "R" with a line
across its foot.

The sign no longer offers heavenly assistance
to the sick. It now means "take this medicine."

第二部分:词汇句型

邪恶的
Seth挖出了小
Horus的眼睛。
Horus的母亲(向天神)呼救。她的(呼
救的)哭喊被学习与魔法之神
Thoth响应。
Thoth用他的智慧和超能力治愈了
Horus
的眼睛。然后,这个孩子又能看见了。

古埃及人用
Horus眼睛的图案作为魔符
来保佑他们远离疾病,痛苦和罪恶。他们
在建房用的石头上雕刻这个图案。这个图
案也被绘在莎草纸卷上,用于撰写有关咒
语和巫医(的事情)。

数千年来,
Horus之眼仍然作为天神对苦
难和疾病救助的符号。

在古埃及文化没落之后的很长时间,欧洲
的巫医和炼金术士延续了展示天神救助
与保佑符号的习俗。但这些年,这个符号

Horus之眼变成了罗马神王
Jupiter的符号。
Jupiter的符号
看上去非常像印刷体数字“
4”。
那个符号(本身)也改变了。今天,它变
成易于识别的大写字母
R加上穿过它底
部的线条。


这个符号不再(表示)对疾病提供上天的
援助。它现在表示“服用此药”的意思。

『重要提示』在以下词汇讲解中.. noun表示名词,.. verb 表示动词,.. adj 表示形容词,.. adv表
示副词,.. pron表示代词。.. [C]表示名词是可数的,.. [U]表示名词是不可数的。.. OALD表示引用
自“牛津高阶英语词典.. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary”英语原版的词条解释。.. e.g.
表示例句。..

go back - verb 追溯


OALD> to have existed since a particular time or for a particular period.
e.g.: Their family goes back to the time of the Pilgrim Fathers.他们家族可以追溯到英国


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清教徙时代。


represent - verb. 象征,代表


OALD> to be a symbol of sth.
e.g.: Each colour on the chart represents a different department.在图表上的每一种颜色代
表一个不同的部门。
e.g.: The artist uses doves to rep

resent peace.这位艺术家用鸽子来代表和平。


pill - noun.[C] 药片


OALD> a small flat round piece of medicine that you swallow without chewing it.
e.g.: a vitamin pill. 一片维他命药片
e.g.: Take three pills daily after meals.每天餐后服
3片药。


prescription - noun.[C] (医生)处方


OALD> an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should
have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist’s shop/drugstore.
e.g.:The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.这位医生开给我一个抗生素处方。
e.g.: The drug are not available without a prescription.此药无医生处方不能买到。


demon - noun.[C] 恶魔


OALD> an evil spirit.
e.g.: Demons torturing the sinners in Hell. 恶魔在地狱里折磨罪人。


evil - adj. 邪恶的


OALD> (of people) enjoying harming others; morally bad and cruel:
e.g.: an evil man. 一个邪恶的人


wisdom - noun. 智慧


OALD> the ability to make sensible decisions and give good advice because of the
experience and knowledge that you have.
e.g.: a woman with great wisdom. 一个拥有伟大智慧的女人


heal - verb. 治愈


OALD> (old use or formal) to cure sb who is ill/sick; to make sb feel happy again:
e.g.: the story of Jesus healing ten lepers of their disease. 耶稣治愈
10位麻疯病人的故事


drawing - noun.[C] 图案,图形


papyrus - noun.[C] (植物)纸莎草,用纸莎草制成的纸


civilization - noun.[C] 文明


OALD> a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular


papyrus polls

period of time or in a particular part of the world:
e.g.: the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. 古希腊与古罗马文明。


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alchemist - noun.[C] 炼金术土


OALD> a person who studied alchemy

alchemy - noun. 炼金术


OALD> a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages which involved trying to discover
how to change ordinary metals into gold. 中世纪流行的一种化学研究形式,包含试图找到将
普通金属炼成黄金的方法。


custom - noun. 习俗


OALD> (of doing sth) an accepted way of behaving or of doing things in a society or a
community:
e.g.: an ancient custom . 一个古代习俗。
e.g.: the custom of giving presents at Christmas. 圣诞节送礼的习俗。


capital - noun. 大写字母(也常用
capital letter表示大写字母)


OALD> a letter of the form and size that is used at the beginning of a sentence or a name
(= A,B,C rather than a,b,c):
e.g.: Please write in capitals. 请用大写字母书写。

第二部分:句型讲解


use ... as ...(用
...作为...,把什么作为什么来用)


e.g.: The ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the eye of Horu

s as a magic sign.
古埃及人用
Horus眼睛的图案作为魔符。
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I'm using _______ as ________。


protect sb from sth(保护某人不受某事的伤害)


e.g.: to protect themselves from disease, suffering and evil.保护他们不受疾病,痛苦和罪恶
的伤害。
造句练习:保护青少年不受毒品的侵害。
To protect ________ from ______。


it was said(据说。听别人说的,不一定可靠)


e.g.: It was said that when Horus was a child, he was attacked by the demon of evil.
据说,当
Horus还是小孩子的时候,曾被邪恶的魔鬼袭击。


sth change from ... to ...(某事从什么变成为什么)


e.g.: the sign changed from the eye of Horus to the sign for Jupiter. 这个符号从
Horus之眼
变成了罗马神王
Jupiter的符号。
造句练习:
10年过去了,她已经从“丑小鸭”变成了美丽的“白天鹅”。
Ten years past, __________________________

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be formed by (由什么构成)


e.g. The sign is formed by a line across the right foot of the letter "R."这个符号由穿过字母
R右底部的线条构成。
造句练习:美元符号由穿过字母
S的一条竖线构成。
The sign of U.S. dollar ____________________。
come to mean sth(变成为表示什么的意思)


e.g.: The sign of "Rx" has come to mean "take this medicine." “Rx”符号已经变成表示“服
用此药”的意思。
造句练习:“乌鸦嘴”已经变成为表示“说别人不喜欢听的话”的意思。
The Crow's Words __________________________。

第三部分:听写填空

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Every week at this time, the Voice of America tells about popular words and expressions
used in the United States. Some of these words and expressions are old. Some are new.
Together, they ____ the living speech of the American people.

Our story today is very old. It goes back about five-thousand years. It is about a sign that is
used to ____ some words.

We see this sign on ____ stores and whenever we visit a doctor to get an order for
medicine. It also appears on ____ of ____ and other medicines.

The sign is formed by a line across the right foot of the letter "R." It represents the word
"____." It has come to mean "take this medicine."

The sign has its ____ five thousand years ago in Egypt. At that time, people ____ to
Horus, the god of the Sun. It was said that when Horus was a child, he was ____ by Seth,
the ____ of

evil.

The evil Seth put out the eye of the young Horus. The mother of Horus called for help. Her
cry was answered by Thoth, the god of learning and magic. Thoth, with his ____ and
special powers, ____ the eye of Horus. And the child was able to see again.

The ancient Egyptians used a ____ of the eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect ____
from disease, ____ and evil. They cut this sign in the stones they used for buildings. And it
was painted on the ____ rolls used for writing about medicine and doctors.

For thousands of years, the eye of Horus ____ as a sign of the god's help to the suffering

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and sick.

Long after the fall of the ancient Egyptian ____, doctors and ____ in Europe continued
the custom of showing a sign of the gods' help and protection. But over the years, the sign
changed from the eye of Horus to the sign for Jupiter, the ____ god of the Romans.
Jupiter's sign looked much like the ____ number "four."

That sign changed, also. Today, it is the easily-recognized capital "R" with a line across its
foot.

The sign no longer offers _____ assistance to the sick. It now means "take this medicine."

第四部分:趣味阅读

何露斯(
Horus)之眼——魔力护身符

在古埃及的众多护身符中,被称为“何露斯之眼”的护身符最
常见。“何露斯之眼”在古埃及语言中被称为“乌加特”(Udjat或..
Wedjat),意为“完整的、未损伤的眼睛”。它的来历与何露斯神
为父报仇有关。奥西里斯与伊西丝之子何露斯长大成人后,在与杀
父仇人塞特神的搏斗中,何露斯的左眼被塞特夺走了。他的眼睛可
非同寻常,因为他的左眼代表的是月亮,右眼代表的是太阳。现在


左眼被夺走了,月亮神骚特(.. Thoth)自然要出手相助。在一个月
圆之时,何露斯在月亮神的帮助下,经过殊死搏斗,终于打败了塞特,将左眼夺回。后来,
何露斯之眼就成为辨别善恶、捍卫健康与幸福的护身符。人们也通常用“何露斯的绿眼睛”
和“何露斯的白眼睛”这样的词来描写珍贵的葡萄酒。

古埃及护身符“何露斯之眼”颇引人注目,它是一件镂空成形的釉器,构图复杂,玲珑
剔透,主体纹饰为鹰隼何露斯之眉目,眼下的水滴与卷毛幻化为带利爪的鹰腿与拍动的翅膀。

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