高一英语下学期第三单元.pptVIP

Welcome to the unit Mother Teresa Mother Teresa won a Nobel Prize for her work among the poor of India Bill Gates Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of all time Tombs of Beethoven The viennese concert Zhang Heng invented the first tool in history for reporting earthquakes Mummies Fast reading for general ideas: 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 article is about a mummyscurse. The name of the Egyptain King was Tutankhamun. They fell ill and died. Detailed reading for important information Howard Carter was shy. His father taught him to write. Howard Carter worked in Eygpt in the 1920s. He discovered the tomb of Tutankhamum when he was 17. Check these notes about Howard Carter . Circle T for true statements and F for false ones. F F F T Check these notes about Howard Carter .Circle T for true statements and F for false ones. Carters pet bird usually brought him good luck. The explorers decided to leave the treasure in the tomb. Howard Carter died when he was yong . It is believed that the mummys curse makes those who enter Egypt ill. F F F T While reading please identify the relationship between these characters and try to retell the passage according to the following diagram. charcter Who is he? what did he do? how did he die? George Gould a friend of Carnarvon visited the tomb a high fever Lord Carnarvon a British man interested in Egypt offered Carter money to explore the mysterious; be present at the opened tomb a fever Howard Carter a famous explorer especially for the discovery of King in 1891 set sail for Alexandria, Egypt the 1920s searched for the tombs of the Egyptian seemed nothing to do with the tomb Howard Carter Tutankhamuns tomb kingsin 1922 found the tomb of King Tutankhamun Richard Bethell Carters secretary entered the tomb