牛津版英语必修2 Unit3 Amazing people--Reading(ppt).ppt

2. Complete the chart below entered the tomb Richard Bethell In 1891 By the 1920s In 1922 A famous explorer especially for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb Howard Carter Offered Carter money to explorer the mysterious; Be present at the opened tomb Lord Carnarvon Visited the tomb George Gould How did he die? What did he do? Who was he? Characters a friend of Carnarvon A high fever A British man interested in Egypt A fever set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. searched For tombs of the Egyptian Kings found the tomb of King Tuntankhamun Seemed nothing to do with the tomb Carter’s secretary Heart trouble Fill in the blanks according to the article: Howard carter is one of the most famous the world has ever known. He was and about the world outside his hometown when he was very young. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. In 1922,Howard Carter made his most discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt, where he found the tomb of King . However, not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to and die strangely. Within seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died. Some people say the deaths were just .Others believe that they were the result of the mummy’s . However, still others believe that there is a explanation, because inside the tombs there are many . explorers bright curious Searching amazing Tutankhamun fall ill coincidence curse scientific viruses Post- reading Retell the passage according to the chart above (1) n. ①诅咒（祈天惩罚，伤害或毁灭某物或某人） be under a ~因被诅咒而受灾祸 Our tribe is under a curse. 我们的部族正遭天谴。 lay a curse upon