1. 李 晨 欢 迎 你
田中的英语老师和同学们

5. Leading-in
1. Do you know anything about Egypt?
2. What is inside the pyramids?
3. Are there any dead people in them?
4.What do people nowadays call them?
5. Are there any treasures(jewels) inside the pyramids?

6. 6.Have the pyramids ever been robbed of treasures by people?
7. What happened to these people after they entered the pyramids?
8. Did they fall ill and die?
9. Why did they die? What are the possible reasons?

7. Unit3 Amazing people
The curse of the mummy

8. Reading strategy :
Predicting information
1) by reading the title
The article is about a famous explorer who worked in Egypt. What might be the connections between ‘The curse of the mummy’ and the famous explorer?

9. 2. Why does the writer choose ‘The curse of the mummy’ as its title here?
The title can draw your attention and arouse your interest.
3. From your point of view, what might be talked about in the article?
The explorer’s hobbies, his experiences of adventures, his achievements and so on.

10. Predicting information 2) by reading the first paragraph
Reading strategy :
Predicting information
2) by reading the first paragraph
What’s the first paragraph about?
An introduction to Howard Carter
and his amazing discoveries.
2. What words do you think are useful for you to predict the ideas included in the passage?
Famous , brave, adventurous and amazing.

11. Let’s review the skills of how to predict information on P43.
3. Will they be some examples to support the general description of Howard Carter?
Let’s review the skills of how to predict information on P43.
Predicting information
by reading the title—too general
by reading the first paragraph —more specific

12. I. Scan the passage and complete the three questions in Part A.
The article is about a mummy’s curse.
His name was Tutankhamun.
They fell ill and died.
II. Please reread the passage and then complete:
1. Part C1 on P44;
2. Part C2 on P44

13. Characters
Who was he?
What did he do?
How did he die?
George Gould
a high fever
Lord Carnarvon
a British man interested in Egypt
Howard Carter
a famous explorer especially for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb
seemed nothing to do with the tomb
Richard Bethell
entered the tomb
a friend of Carnarvon
visited the tomb
offered Carter money to explore the mysterious;
be present at the opened tomb
a fever
in 1891
set sail for Alexandria, Egypt
by the 1920s
searched for the tombs of the Egyptian kings
in 1922
found the tomb of King Tutankhamun
Carter’s secretary
heart trouble

14. How many parts ? Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 (Para1)
(4)
Part1
Part2
Part3
Part4
(Para1)
A short introduction to Howard Carter.
(Paras2-3)
More information about Carter
Some people died after the tomb was opened
(Paras4-5)
(Paras6-8)
Different explanations, but no conclusion.

15. Part2(Paras2-3)
What was Howard Carter’s most amazing discovery?
The discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

16. Part 3 (Paras4-5).
What happened to the creatures that had something to do with the opening of the tomb.
Carter’s lucky pet bird
Eaten by a snake
Lord Carnarvon
Died of a fever
Lord Carnarvon’s dog
Died
George Gould, Carnarvon’s friend
Died of a high fever
Richard Bethell, Carter’s secretary
Died of heart trouble
Arthur Mace, another member of the team
Died soon

17. Part4 (Paras6-8) Different explanations
Find out the different explanations mentioned in the passage.
explanations
1. coincidence
2. The result of the mummy’s curse
3. virus

18. Step 5: Fill in the blanks with the following words: mummies famous curse preserved lucky snake amazing entering searching Egypt Since I arrived in_____ in the early 1920s,I have spent most of my time _ ______for lost treasures. In ancient Egyptian tombs,I have found gold,jewels and the ________ dead bodies of former kings. These bodies are called ___ ____.Actually, my_____pet bird found the place.Words can’t express how excited I was! It was_______. In it we found the mummy of Tutankhamun, gold and jewels. We decided to empty the tomb .I’m sure we’ll soon be rich and ______!The only sad thing about today is that my bird died. A ______ ate him just upon our_______the tomb. I hope there isn’t a ______.
Egypt
searching
preserved
mummies
lucky
amazing
famous
entering
snake
curse

19. Post-reading activities ---interview
A---the spokesman of Howard Carter
B---a journalist
B will ask A the following questions:
1) What kind of person do you think Howard Carter is? Why?
2) To be a qualified explorer, what kind of personality do you think he/she should have?
3) Do you think the personality of Howard Carter has had a positive effect on his discoveries?
4) As for students, what sorts of personalities does a student have to possess?
5) Do you think the mummy’s curse really exists? Why?

20. Homework 1. Finish off parts D & E on P44 & P45.
2. Write a summary about Howard Carter in a few sentences.
3. Underline useful expressions in the
passage.

21. Thank you very much