Unit3AmazingpeopleQuestions:Doyouknow
whatarethefourancientcivilizations?2.Canyou
listsomefamousancientsymbolsintheseplaces?Fourancie
ntcivilizations:China:AncientBabylon:Question:ThePyram
idisoneofthe7wondersintheworld.Haveyoueverreadorth
oughtaboutwhatisinsidethePyramids?Predicting:Wheny
oureadthetitle,inyouropinion,whatinformationwillthetex
tcover?Howtopredict:Goodreaderslearntothinkaheadan
dpredictinformationinadvance.Ifyouaretryingtopred
ictthecontentsofapassagebasedonthetitleandyoufindyou
rexpectationstoogeneral,readthefirstparagraphtomakeyour
predictionmorespecific.Thefirstparagraphusuallytellsy
ouwhatthereadingpassagewillbeabout.Lookforkeywordssuc
hasfamous,brave,exploreandamazingwhenyoureadthefirstp
aragraphoftheabovearticle.Thesewordsmayhelpyoupreparef
orandpredictwhatwillcomenext.Questions:Readthefir
stparagraph,andfindsomethingaboutHowardCarterandpredict
somethingfromthat.However,notlongafterthetombhadbeeno
pened,peopleinCarter’steambegantoanddiestran
gely.Withinsevenyears,21peoplewhohadsomethingtodowith
theopeningofthetombdied.Somepeoplesaythedeathswereju
st___________.Othersbelievethattheyweretheresultofthem
ummy’s_____.However,stillothersbelievethatthereisa____
_____explanation,becauseinsidethetombstherearemany_____
__.comeacrossHowdidhedie？Whowashe？CharacterLordCar
narvonPetbirdGeorgeGouldRichardBethelleatenbyasnakeCa
rter’ssecretaryfellillwithafeverhadahighfeverhearttr
oubleTeammemberAuthurMaceNotmentionedCater’spetbird
afriendofCarnarvonthei
nvestor(出资人)ofthediscoveryⅢDifferentbeliefs（Para6---7）
CoincidenceThemummy’scurseAscientificexplanation(viruses)
Themysteryhasneverbeen______________.fullyexplainedCo
nclusion(para8):1.2.3.Howardcarterwastaughtbyhisfat
herwhowasan_________.A.inventorB.artistC.ac
torD.explorerB2.Carter’sluckypet_______,whichhadle
dhimtothetomb,waseatenbyasnake.A.frogB.mouse
C.parrotD.birdD3.WecaninferthatHowardcarterd
iscoveredthetombofkingTutankhamun___________.A.atthe
ageof48B.onhisownexpenseC.andfounditempty
D.andfoundithadbeenbrokeninbeforeA4.Whichisthecorr
ectorderofthedeathsofthefollowingpeopleandanimals?
a.lordCarnarvon’sdogb.carter’sbirdc.Howardcarter
d.GrorgeGouldA.b,a,c,dB.a,b,d,c
C.b,a,d,cD.b,d,a,cC5.Whydidallthosepeopl
ediewithinaquiteshortperiodoftime?A.becausetheyha
dbeencursedB.itwascoincidenceC.becauseofthevir
usesinthetombD.nooneknowsforsureDSummaryHowardc
arterisoneofthemostfamous_______theworldhas
everknown.Hewas_______and_________aboutthe
worldoutsidehishometownwhenhewasveryyoung.Bythe1920s,
hehadbecomeanexplorer,_________forthetombsoftheEgyptia
nkings.In1922,HowardCartermadehismost__________discover
yofall,intheValleyoftheKings,inEgypt,wherehefoundth
etombofKing_______________.explorersbrightcurioussearchin
gamazingTutankhamunfallillcoincidencecursescientificviru
ses高一牛津版模块二ReadingChinaIndiaAncientBabylonEgyptChina
古印度
古巴比伦古埃及
Treasures木乃伊
ThecurseofthemummyThecurseofthemum
my
Thetext:Anexplorer:HowardCarte
HowardCarterexplorerfamous
braveexploreamazingthings“Thecurseofthemummy”Discussion:
Whatisthepassagepossiblyabout？Th
epassageisaboutafamousexplorer--HowardCarterledateamt
oEgyptandmadesomeunexpecteddiscoveriesintombs.→1.Whatw
asHowardCarter’smostamazingdiscovery?2.Whatdidtheyd
owiththetomb?3.Howmanypeoplewhowereconnectedwitht
heopeningofthetombdiedafterthetombwasfound?The
tombofKingTutankhamun.Theyemptiedthetombofeverythingit
contained.21.Listening:KingTutankhamun(图坦卡蒙国王)Itisbelieve
dTutankhamunruledEgyptbetween1334and1325B.C.Hewasproba
blythe12thrulerofEgypt’s18thDynasty.Readingforgist:a.
Thereisascientificreasonwhypeoplediedafterentering
thetomb.b.HowardCarterdidnotgotoschoolandlater
becameanexplorer.LordCarnarvondiedaftervisitingthetomb.
d.HowardCarterdiscoveredthetombofKingTutankhamun
.HowardCarterisaworld-famousexplorer.The‘curseofthemu
mmy''remainsamystery.g.MorepeoplediedafterCarter’sdisc
overy.h.Peoplekeepwonderingwhysomanypeoplediedandhave
suggestedallkindsofexplanations.Para1Para5Para6Para3
Para4Para2Para7Para8Para.1-2Para.3Para.4-5Para.6-8Co
nsequences(后果)ofthediscoveryDifferentexplanationsofthec
onsequences.BriefintroductionaboutHowardHismostamazing
discovery.ⅠHowardCarterandhisDiscoveries(
Para.1-3)DetailedinformationYearofbirth:Yearofdeath:1874Job:Education：1939explorerdidn’tgotoschool,taughttodrawbyhisfatherInterests：WenttoEgypt：Discoveries：Greatestdiscovery:Yearofthediscovery：Where：lovevisitingnewplaces1891manyamazingthingsKingTutankhamun’stomb1922ValleyoftheKings,EgyptⅡStrangedeaths（Para4----5） |
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