M6Unit3 Reading

Unit3Amazingpeople,Reading,Questions:,Doyouknowwhatarethefourancientcivilizations?2.Canyoulistsomefamousancientsymbolsintheseplaces?,Fourancientcivilizations:,ChinaIndiaAncientBabylonEgypt,China:,China,古印度,AncientBabylon:,古巴比伦,古埃及,Question:,ThePyramidisoneofthe7wondersintheworld.HaveyoueverreadorthoughtaboutwhatisinsidethePyramids?,Treasures,木乃伊,Thecurseofthemummy,Thecurseofthemummy,Thetext:,Predicting:,Whenyoureadthetitle,inyouropinion,whatinformationwillthetextcover?,Howtopredict:,Goodreaderslearntothinkaheadandpredictinformationinadvance.Ifyouaretryingtopredictthecontentsofapassagebasedonthetitleandyoufindyourexpectationstoogeneral,readthefirstparagraphtomakeyourpredictionmorespecific.,Thefirstparagraphusuallytellsyouwhatthereadingpassagewillbeabout.Lookforkeywordssuchasfamous,brave,exploreandamazingwhenyoureadthefirstparagraphoftheabovearticle.Thesewordsmayhelpyouprepareforandpredictwhatwillcomenext.,Questions:,Readthefirstparagraph,andfindsomethingaboutHowardCarterandpredictsomethingfromthat.,Anexplorer:HowardCarte,HowardCarterexplorerfamousbraveexploreamazingthings,“Thecurseofthemummy”,Discussion:Whatisthepassagepossiblyabout？,Thepassageisaboutafamousexplorer-HowardCarterledateamtoEgyptandmadesomeunexpecteddiscoveriesintombs.,KingTutankhamun(图坦卡蒙国王),ItisbelievedTutankhamunruledEgyptbetween1334and1325B.C.Hewasprobablythe12thrulerofEgypts18thDynasty.,Readingforgist:,HowardCarterandhisDiscoveries(Para.1-3),Detailedinformation,Yearofbirth:,Yearofdeath:,1874,Job:,Education：,1939,explorer,didntgotoschool,taughttodrawbyhisfather,Interests：,WenttoEgypt：,Discoveries：,Greatestdiscovery:,Yearofthediscovery：,Where：,lovevisitingnewplaces,1891,manyamazingthings,KingTutankhamunstomb,1922,ValleyoftheKings,Egypt,Strangedeaths,（Para4-5）,LordCarnarvon,Petbird,GeorgeGould,RichardBethell,eatenbyasnake,Carterssecretary,fellillwithafever,hadahighfever,hearttrouble,Teammember,AuthurMace,Notmentioned,Caterspetbird,afriendofCarnarvon,theinvestor(出资人)ofthediscovery,Differentbeliefs,（Para6-7）,Coincidence,Themummyscurse,Ascientificexplanation(viruses),Themysteryhasneverbeen_.,fullyexplained,Conclusion(para8):,1.,2.,3.,Howardcarterwastaughtbyhisfatherwhowasan_.A.inventorB.artistC.actorD.explorer,B,2.Cartersluckypet_,whichhadledhimtothetomb,waseatenbyasnake.A.frogB.mouseC.parrotD.bird,D,3.WecaninferthatHowardcarterdiscoveredthetombofkingTutankhamun_.A.attheageof48B.onhisownexpenseC.andfounditemptyD.andfoundithadbeenbrokeninbefore,A,4.Whichisthecorrectorderofthedeathsofthefollowingpeopleandanimals?a.LordCarnarvonsdogb.Cartersbirdc.Howardcarterd.GeorgeGouldA.b,a,c,dB.a,b,d,cC.b,a,d,cD.b,d,a,c,C,5.Whydidallthosepeoplediewithinaquiteshortperiodoftime?A.becausetheyhadbeencursedB.itwascoincidenceC.becauseofthevirusesinthetombD.nooneknowsforsure,D,Summary,Howardcarterisoneofthemostfamous_theworldhaseverknown.Hewas_and_abouttheworldoutsidehishometownwhenhewasveryyoung.Bythe1920s,hehadbecomeanexplorer,_forthetombsoftheEgyptiankings.In1922,HowardCartermadehismost_discoveryofall,intheValleyoftheKings,inEgypt,wherehefoundthetombofKing_.,explorers,bright,curious,searching,amazing,Tutankhamun,However,notlongafterthetombhadbeenopened,peopleinCartersteambeganto_anddiestrangely.Withinsevenyears,21peoplewhohadsomethingtodowiththeopeningofthetombdied.Somepeoplesaythedeathswerejust_.Othersbelievethattheyweretheresultofthemummys_.However,stillothersbelievethatthereisa_explanation,becauseinsidethetombstherearemany_.,fallill,coincidence,curse,scientific,viruses,Groupdiscussion,Whatkindofpersonality(个性)shouldanexplorerlikeCarterhastohave?,explorer,bright,adventurous,brave,optimistic,curious,creative,strong-minded,energetic,Groupdiscussion,Furtherthinking:Asforstudents,whatkindsofpersonalitiesshouldwehave?,kindfriendlydiligenthardworkinghonestcuriouspolite,co-operative(合作的)optimistic(乐观的)helpfulcreativepatientmodest(谦虚的).,Discussion:,Whatkindofqualitiesdoyouthinkagreatmanhastoown?,Languagepoints,curiosityn.好奇（心）；珍品Heisfullofcuriosity.,curiousadj.,好奇的；有求知欲的,becuriousaboutsth.对(某事物)感到好奇,对你周围的世界感到新奇是件好事。,Itisgoodtobecuriousabouttheworldaroundyou.,becuriousto(do)sth.很想(做);渴望(做),他充满了好奇心。,becurious,Imcurioushowhelldoit.,我很想知道他将如何处理那件事。,curiouslyadv.,setsailforsp.,启程去某地,一大早,轮船起航去非洲了。,Earlyinthemorning,theshipsetsailforAfrica.,sailvi.乘船,她在没有任何帮助的情况下驾船航行。,Shesailedtheboatwithoutanyhelp.,comeacross,过来；过访Whydontyoucomeacrosstoourhousethisevening?今晚你何不到我们家来坐坐?偶然发现，偶然遇见Icameacrosshiminthestreetyesterday.昨天我在街上无意中碰到了他。,Alightwinddisturbedthesurfaceofthewater.,disturbv.打扰，扰乱,打破清晨的宁静,disturbtheearlymorning,扰乱人心,distur