unit3 leadin fastreading detailedreading discussion homework readingstrategy contents summary exercises lead in 1 weallknowthategyptisoneofthe4ancientcivilizedcountries doyouknowwhatisegyptfamousfor 2 thepyramidisoneofthe7wondersintheworld haveyoueverreadorthoughtaboutwhatisinsidethepyramids pyramidsandsphinx wallpaintingsinsidepiramids mummy apartfrommummies arethereanytreasuresinsidethetombsofthepyramids havethetombseverbeenrobbedoftreasuresbypeople whathappenedtothesepeopleaftertheyenteredthetombs weretheyrichovernight treasures thecapitalofegyptis cairob alexandria theancientegyptianscreatedthepyramids oneofthewondersoftheworld a thehelpofmanymachinesb byhand allthepyramidsarebuiltonthewestbankof a thelakevictoriab therivernile thepyramidswerebuiltfor kingsandqueensb commonpeople insidethepyramidsthereare a nothingb thetombsofthekingsandthequeens kingtutankhamun tombofkingtutankhamun inthetombsthereare manytreasuresaswellasthepreservedbodiesofkingsandqueensjustthedeadbodiesofkingsandqueens mummies thepreservedbodiesofkingsandqueens whydidtheegyptianswrapdeadbodiestomakemummies because theybelievedintheideaofasecondlifeandbelievedthatmakingmummiescouldprotectthebodiesduringthejourneytothenextlifeitwasasymbolofwealthandstatus canyouguesswhatthemummieswoulddoiftheyweredisturbed wordsbelievedtohavemagical 有魔法的 powersthatcanharmpeople deathshallcomeonswiftwingstohimwhodisturbsthepeaceoftheking 誰(shuí)擾亂了法老的安眠 死神將張開(kāi)翅膀降臨他的頭上 thecurseofthemummy thepyramidsofegyptthemakingsofthemummiestheexplorerswhoenteredthetombthedisastersthathappenedtothoseexplorers predictinginformation1 canyouguesswhatislikelytobetalkedaboutinourtextfromthetitle readingstrategy 2 whydoesthewriterchoose thecurseofthemummy asitstitlehere thetitlecandrawyourattentionandarouseyourinterest 3 fromyourpointofview whatmightbetalkedaboutinthearticle theexplorer shobbies hisexperiencesofadventures hisachievementsandsoon whatcanyouguessthepassagewillpossiblytalkaboutfromparagraph1 howardcarter hisdiscovery readingthefirstparagraph 1 isitthebeginningofastory 2 whatdoesthewritertellusabouttheexplorerinthefirstparagraph 3 whatwordsdoyouthinkareusefulforyoutopredicttheideasincludedinthepassage famousadventurousbraveamazing 4 canyoupredictwhatwillcomeinthenextparagraphswiththeabovekeywords 1 findouthowmanypeoplearementionedinthistext 2 whatwasthenameoftheegyptiankingwhosetombcarterfound 5 thekingtutankhamun kingtutankhamun 3 whathappenedtosomeofcarter steammembersafterthetombwasopened theyfellillanddied 4 whathappenedtosomeofcarter steammembersafterthetombwasopened theyfellillanddied howardcarter 1 howardcarterwasshy 2 hisfathertaughthimtowrite 3 howardcarterworkedinegyptinthe1920s 4 hediscoveredthetomboftutankhamunwhenhewas17 f t f f 5 theexplorersdecidedtoleavethetreasureinthetomb 6 carter spetbirdusuallybroughthimgoodluck 7 howardcarterdiedwhenhewasyoung 8 itisbelievedthatthemummy scursemakesthosewhoenteregyptill f t f f part1 para1 ashortintroductiontohowardcarter part2 paras2 3 whatwashowardcarter smostamazingdiscovery howmanyparts thediscoveryofthetombofkingtutankhamun part3 paras4 5 whathappenedtothecreaturesthathadsomethingtodowiththeopeningofthetomb carter sluckypetbird lordcarnarvon lordcarnarvon sdog georgegould carnarvon sfriend richardbethell carter ssecretary arthurmace anothermemberoftheteam eatenbyasnake diedofafever diedofahighfever diedofhearttrouble diedsoon 1 coincidence 2 theresultofthemummy scurse 3 virus explanations part4 paras6 8 differentexplanations findoutthedifferentexplanationsmentionedinthepassage explorers sail discoveries things strange mysterious puzzling leading received visiting secretary resulted cause 1 howardcarterandhisteamfoundthefollowingthingsexcept inthetombsoftheegyptiankings birdsb goldc jewelsd mummies 2 whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothetext a carter sfatherwasanartteacherandtaughthimtodrawathome b carter sdeathseemedtohavenothingtodowiththeopeningofthetomb c lordcarnarvonandcarterweregoodfriends d bothcarnarvonandhisdogdiedincairo egypt howardcarterisoneofthemostfamouse oftheworld hewasbraveanda andwasc abouttheworldoutsidehishometownwhenhewasveryyoung xplorers dventurous urious bythe1920s hehadbecomeanexplorer s forthetombsoftheegyptiankings in1922 howardcartermadehismosta discoveryofall inthevalleyofthekings inegypt wherehefoundthetombofkingt however notlongafterthetombhadbeenopened peopleincarter steambegantofallillanddies earching mazing utankhamun trangely withinsevenyears 21peoplewhohadsomethingtodowiththeo ofthetombdied somepeoplesaythedeathswerejustc othersbelievethattheyweretheresultofthemummy sc however stillothersbelievethatthereisas explanation becauseinsidethetombstherearemanyv whatiscertainisthatthemysteryoftutankhamun stombhasneverbeenf explained pening oincidence urses cientific iruses ully accordingtothesequencesofthechiefevents retellthestoryinyourownwords by1920s howardcaterhadsearchedtheegyptandfoundvalues in1922 caterandhisteamfoundthetombofkingtutankhamun thelightwentoutincarro afewmonthsafterthen lordcamarvondiedofafever within7years 21peoplewhohadsomethingtodowiththeopeningofthetombdeid cater however livedonanddiedattheageof65 youmayaskhowardcarterabout 1 hispersonalinformation interest education 3 qualitiesofbeingasuccessfulexplorer 2 hisexperiencesofexploring whenhebecameanexplorer howhebecamerichandfamous hismostimportantdiscovery whathappenedafterthediscovery whysomanypeoplediedstrangely howhefeltaboutthedeaths youmaystartlikethis reporter goodmorning mr carter nicetomeetyou howardcarter goodmorning reporter i m yourname fromtheschoolnewspaper i dliketoaskyouafewquestions whatwereyouinterestedinwhenyouwereyoung howardcarter discussingthefollowingquestions 1 doyouthinkhowardcarterisanamazingexplorer why whynot 2 whatkindofpersonalitydoyouthinkanexplorerhastopossess 3 doyouthinkthepersonalityofhowardcarterhashadapositiveeffectonhisdiscoveries 4 asforstudents whatsortsofpersonalitiesdoesastudenthavetopossess thefollowingpassageisfromhowardcarter sdiary fillintheblanksusingwordsfromtheboxbelow preservedscientificbreathingcontentsfortunedisturbwithindeath 26november1922todayisthebestdayofmyl