Unit3 Reading

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Unit3 Reading

• The curse of the mummy

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Discussion This article is about a famous
Explorer who worked in Egypt. Then what might
be the connections between the title the curse
of the mummy and the explorer?
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Mummies
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Fast reading

• Qs
• 1. Look at the title. What is the article
  about?
• 2. What was the name of the Egyptian king
• whose tomb Carter found?
• 3. What happened to some of Carters team
  members after the tomb was opened?

The mummys curse
Tutankhamun
They fell ill and died
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Listening

• Listen to the tape and do T/F questions
• on P44.(C1)

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Matching
Read the text again and tell the main idea , and
then match them with the correct paragraphs. (C2)

• Para.1_____ Para.5_____
• Para.2_____ Para.6_____
• Para.3_____ Para.7_____
• Para.4_____ Para.8_____

E B D C
G H A f
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Gold and jewels
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Detailed reading
Characters Who was he? What did he do? How did he die?
George Gould
Lord Carnarvon
Howard Carter in 1891_______ by the 1920s___ in 1922_______
Richard Bethell
A friend of Carnavon
High fever
Visited the tomb
Fell ill with a fever
Present at the tomb
British man
An explorer
Old age
Carters secretary
Heart trouble
Help open the tomb
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Now that weve got the main idea of the whole
passage, lets focus on the explanations of some
words in the passage. Please find the words which
fit these explanations in Part D.
And then read the article in Part E and fill in
the missing words.
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Discussion

• As you know,
• almost every
• member of
• Carters team died for
• unknown
• reasons, so it is
• dangerous to explore.
• If someday you have
• a chance to do some
• dangerous exploration, would you go for
• that ? Why?

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Homework????U3 Lesson 1-2.