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Unit 3 Amazing People 一：根据课文内容和首字母填空 Howard Carter is one of the most famous e_____ _ of all time. As a small boy, he was very c___ ___ about the outside world. He left home at the age of 17 to search for the Kings’ t______ in Egypt. He found jewels, gold and p__ ____ bodies of dead kings known as mummies. Howard made his most a__ _____ discovery in 1922 in the King’s Valley. He became rich and famous overnight, but misfortune fell on many of his team members after his successful exploration. U__ ____ entering the tomb, his lucky bird was eaten by a snake. His financial supporter Lord Carnarvon fell i__ ___ with a fever and died in Egypt. Arthur Mace, a member died s____ __ after the discovery. Some people say all their deaths were the result of the mummy’s c____ ___. But other people think there should be a s____ __ explanation for what had happened in the King’s resting places. 二：阅读reading 部分课文，完成表格 Characters Who was he? What did he do? How did he die? George Gould Visited the tomb Lord Carnarvon Offered Carter money to explorer the mysterious; Be present at the opened tomb Howard Carter A famous explorer especially for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb In 1891： By the 1920s： In 1922： Seemed nothing to do with the tomb Richard Bethell entered the tomb 三：课文解析 1. curious adj. Curiosity. n ①好奇的，求知欲强的 be curious about sth , be curious to do, be curious that 小孩子会自然地对周围每一件事感到好奇。 Children are naturally _______________________________________. 我很想知道他们在谈论什么。I’m curious to know _____________________________________. ②奇特的，难以解释的 It is/ was curious that 真奇怪，他不辞而别。It is curious that he left without saying goodbye. 2. set sail for sp. 启程去某地 轮船启程去非洲________________________________ 3.preserve v. ①保护，维护 preserve … from …保护…以免… ②保持，维持原状 Eg: We must preserve our eyesight. 我们必须保护视力。 Salt food decay. 盐能防止食物腐烂。 4.? be known as/ for/ by/ to 可用well-known , famous 替换known Eg: Is he k