Unit 3 Amazing People
I Pre-reading discussion
Talk about some amazing people
1. Who are they?
2. What do you know about them?
3. What useful changes have they made to the way we live today?
4. Do you have a hero? Who and why?
II Presentation of the reading passage with the picture of Howard Carter (see ppt)
III Reading strategy ---Prediction
Predict information in advance with the help of the title
1. What might be the connection between the title ‘The curse of the mummy’ and Howard Carter?
2. What might be dealt with in the passage?
3. Read the first paragraph and make the prediction more specific
1). Read the first paragraph and see if it agrees with their anticipation.
2).Predict what the following paragraphs are likely to discuss with the help of the information in the first paragraph.
IV Reading
1. Read the rest of the passage and check their anticipation.
2. Read and find the main idea of each paragraph
. Match the summaries with the right paragraphs (see ppt)
1).There is a scientific reason why people died after entering the tomb.
2). Howard Carter did not go to school and later became an explorer.
3). Lord Carnarvon died after Carter had opened the tomb.
4). Harward Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
5). A short introduction of Howard Carter’s life story.
6).The mystery of Tutankhamun’s tomb has never been fully explained.
7). More people died after Carter’s discovery.
8). People keep wondering why so many people died and have suggested all sorts of possibilities.
3. Read and divide the passage
How many parts can this passage be divided into according to the content? What’s the main idea of each part?
--Four
1) Brief introduction about Howard
2) His most amazing discovery.
3) Consequences of the discovery.
4) Different explanations of the consequences.
4. Reading for details about each part
1) The first part
Howard Carter’s personality
His schooling
His discovery
2) Detailed reading about his greatest discovery
Finish the following diagram (see ppt)
Characters Who was he? How did he die? When did he die?
Lord Carnarvon
George Gould
Arthur Mace
Richard Bethell
3) What other coincidences happened?
The pet bird eaten by a snake
Lights in Cairo went out
The dog died at the same time
4) Reading for different explanations
a. Coincidence
b. The result of the mummy’s curse
c. Viruses breathed in
d. A mystery
V Follow-up discussion
1. What do you suppose led to the deaths of so many people?
2. To be a successful explorer, personality is very important.
What personality do you think you should have if you want to explore space alone like Yang Liwei?
Language points
1. Set sail (from/for) : to begin a trip by sea
Columbus set sail from Barcelona for India in 1492.
Zheng He set sail for the west seven times between 1405 and 1433..
go for a sail
It’s real fun to go for a sail in the Mediterranean.
Go sailing
2. The tomb contained more riches, gold and jewels…
riches: wealth
Which do you think is more valuable, health or riches?
So riches mean nothing to you when you are ill.
Jewel: often used in its plural form-- jewels
She is too poor to buy jewels/jewellery.
People usually buy jewels at the jeweller’s.
jewellery: u.n
Gold jewllery is no longer in fashion now.
3. We emptied the tomb of everything.
Empty: (v) to remove everything that is in a container
Don’t forget to empty the waste paper basket classroom after cleaning the classroom every day.
Empty sth. of sth.
I emptied my handbag of everything, but still couldn’t find my key
4. Upon entering the tomb,
Upon= On (doing sth/sth)
Rewrite the following sentences
1) When he arrived at the platform, he found the train had just started.
Upon/ On arriving
Upon /On his arrival
2) She was full of joy when she saw her son take his first step.
Upon/On see her son take his first step,…
5. If breathed in, they can result in illness or even death.
If breathed in=If the viruses are breathed in
Rewrite the following sentences
1)You are dead if you are caught cheating in exams.
If caught cheating in exams, …
2)If it is possible, will you evade school on Saturday.
If possible,…
6. They can result in illness or even death.
result in: make something happen; cause; lead to;
Heavy rains may result in flooding
The earthquake in Tangshan in 1976 resulted in more than 240,000 deaths and 160,000 injuries.
Translation exercise
1．豪华客轮(the luxury liner)泰坦尼克号在一片欢呼声中起航, 驶向大洋彼岸，最后却长眠于洋底。(set sail for)
The luxury liner Titanic set sail for the west coast of the Atlantic in cheers, but eventually ended up on the bottom of the ocean.
2．一辆名牌汽车，一栋大房子常常使人们梦寐以求的所有财富。(riches)
A car of a big brand and a big house are often all the riches that people would die for.
3. 我们家要重行装修，所有的房间都要腾空。(empty)
We are going to have our house/apartment refurnished, so we’ll have to empty every room (of every article).
4.污染已引起了灾难性的生态变化。(result in)
Pollution has resulted in disastrous ecological changes.