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　　M2Unit3 Amazing people
　　Reading
　　班级_____姓名__________学号_______
　　Learning aims:
　　1.To learn about the text about the curse of the mummy.
　　2.To learn and master the key words and phrases and try to analyse some important sentences in the reading passage
　　Preview:
　　Activity One: Understand the content of the text and master some important details of it in the different forms of exercises.
　　First, skim the text to finish Part A &D of the textbook.
　　Second, scan the text to finish the following exercises: 1）Part C1 &C2 (课本)；
　　2）P65一、二（课课练）。
　　Activity Two: Consolidation,
　　1）Finish P45 PartE (课本)
　　2）Fill in the blanks according to the content of the text(每空一词).
　　Howard Carter, one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known, did discover many amazing things in all his life, but the most important one is the discovery of tann’s. However, the discovery of this tomb 1)___________ to many strange deaths which are believed by many people to be in 2)___________ with the curse of the mummy. 3)____________ after the discovery, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die. Carter’s lucky bird was swallowed by a snake 4)_____________ the tomb was opened. Lord Carnarvon fell ill with a fever and died. George Gould was a friend of Lord Carnarvon. He died of a high fever. Richard Bethel died of heart trouble four months after the tomb was opened. 5)___________ seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died except Howard himself. Some people believe it is just 6)_____________, but others believe they are cursed by the mummy. Still, some say there is a 7)____________ explanation. They say there are viruses in the tomb. If 8)____________ in, they can 9)_____________ illness or even death. It is 10)_______________ that the curse of the mummy remains a riddle to this day.
　　Activity Three: Language Points.
　　Para2: 1. be curious about… 对…感到好奇      2. at the age of 17 在17岁
　　3. set sail for… 起航去…               4. be known as…作为…出名 
　　be known for… 因为…出名         …be known to sb.  …为…sb所熟知
　　5. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings.
　　到二十世纪二十年代, 他已成为一名著名的探险家，寻找古代埃及国王的坟墓。
　　【句法分析】
　　searching for the tombs of the Egyptian Kings是现在分词作状语，表示他具体在做什么
　　by  prep. 用法指南
　　在……之前,到……时间为止（常与完成形式连用）即①By+短语/句子（表示过去时间概念），句子（过去完成时had done）；②By+短语/句子（表示将来时间概念），句子（将来完成时will have done）。
　　Eg.  By the end of last term, we had learned 2,000 words.
　　到上学期末，我们已学了2000个单词。
　　By the time he got to the airport, the plane had taken off.
　　到他到达机场的时候，飞机已经起飞了。
　　We’ll have finished the whole book by the end of this term.
　　到学期结束为止，我们将学完整本书。
　　Para3: 1. make one’s most amazing discovery  做出了某人的惊人的发现
　　2. receive money from sb. 得到某人的资助  3. come across （偶然）遇见，发现
　　4. look into the tomb 探查坟墓
　　5. It was the most important tomb that had ever been found. 这是有史以来所发现的最重要的陵墓。
　　【句法分析】 本句中包含一个定语从句(that had ever been found)修饰the most important tomb,当先行词被最高级所修饰时，从句的引导词用that.
　　Eg. This is the most interesting book that I have ever read.
　　这是我读过的最有趣的一本书。
　　Para4: 1.fall ill with a fever 因发高烧生病      2. go out （灯、火等）熄灭