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treasures
mummy
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Mummy
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Mummy
Mummy
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Prediction
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The connections between the
title and the famous explorer.
What might be dealt with in the
following article?
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Prediction
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Can you predict what the following
paragraphs will tell us？
Carter’s hobbies
Carter made some
unexpected discoveries
Carter’s family
Carter’s school life
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Skim the passage and complete the three questions.
1. Look at the title. What is the article about?
The article is about a mummy’s curse.
2. What was the name of the Egyptian King whose tomb
Carter’s found?
The name of the Egyptian King was Tutankhamun.
3. What happened to some of Carter’s team members after
the tomb was opened?
They fell ill and died.
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Read this magazine article about famous explorer who
worked in Egypt.
The curse of the mummy
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Check these notes about Howard Carter
F 1. Howard Carter was shy.
F 2. His father taught him to write.
T 3. Howard Carter worked in Egypt in the 1920s.
F 4. He discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun when he was 17.
F 5. The explorers decided to leave the treasure in the tomb.
T 6. Carter’s pet bird usually brought him good luck.
F 7. Howard Carter died when he was young.
F 8. It is believed that the mummy’s curse makes those who
enter Egypt ill.
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Howard Carter is a famous explorer and
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Listen to paragraghs2-3 and summarize
the main idea.
• What does this part mainly tell us?
Howard Carter’s discovery
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Carter (____________)
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Education：didn’t go to school, was taught
to draw by his father
Interest：loved visiting new places
Went to Egypt：1891
Job: explorer (by the 1920s)
Discoveries：many amazing things
Greatest discovery: King Tutankhamun’s tomb
Year of the discovery：1922
Valley of the Kings, Egypt
Where：
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Summary
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The curse of the mummy
Part 1:
Para1--3
Howard Carter’s experience
_________
and his discovery
_______
Strange deaths
the discovery
Part 2: _____________after
Para4--5
Different explanations about
Part 3: ____________________
the deaths
Para6--8
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Match them with the correct paragraphs
Para 7
Para 2
Para 4
Para 3
Para 1
Para 8
Para 5
Para 6
a.There is a scientific reason why people died after entering the
tomb.
b.Howard Carter did not go to school and later became an explorer.
c. Lord Carnarvon died after Carter had opened the tomb.
d. Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
e. A short introduction of Howard Carter’s life story.
f. The mystery of Tutankhamun’s tomb has never been fully
explained.
g. More people died after Carter’s discovery.
h. People keep wondering why so many people died and have
suggested all kinds of explanations.
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Choose the correct meanings for the words below.
Write the letters in the blanks.
f
1 curse
________
a being in a place
c
2 mummy ________
b not afraid
b
3 brave ________
c dead body specially treated to be kept a long time
d d interested in something and wishing to know more about it
4 curious ____
a
5 present ______
e look at somebody or something very closely
e words believed to have magical powers that can harm people
6 examine_____f
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1. A scientific reason why people died after entering the tomb is that______.
A the deaths were just coincidence
B many viruses resulted in illness or even death
C the were the result of the mummy’s curse
D the mystery has never been fully explained
2. The sentence “Upon entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet, which had led
him to the place, was eaten by a snake.” implies that ______.
A the snake was very lucky
B something mysterious and terrible proved to take effect
C the lucky pet bird was actually unlucky
D something that had nothing to do with the opening of the tomb also
died
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3.People believe that the deaths were the result of the mummy’s _______.
A curse
B fright
C heat
D death
4.This passage mainly talks about_____.
A the famous explorer, Howard Carter
B the preserved mummies in the tombs
C the full explanation of the curse of the mummies
D the terrible results of opening King Tutankhamun’s tomb
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