选修八第五单元reading in workbook

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Tutankhamun

the most

famous

Egyptian

Pharaoh

Reading in the workbook of unit 5

A Great Archaeological

Discovery in the 20th Century

Skimming (5 min.)

1.Who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb?

2.When was it discovered?

3. How did he feel at the treasures?

4. What did the four jars in a smaller box

beside the Pharaoh’s body contain?

5. How many objects in all were found

in the tomb?

Howard Carter

1923

astonished, amazed, shocked, surprised

Over 6000 objects

The liver, lungs, stomach & intestines

Fast reading

2 minutes

Read and find the objects that were found apart from the Pharaoh's coffins.

Goods that Carter described.

Two statues

/

Black

Wearing gold shoes and carrying royal insignia

Chairs

Gold

Golden

Decorated with heads of animals and gods

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Flowers

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Vases

/

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With beautiful flower designs

Boxes

/

Black

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Chests

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White

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Seat

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Golden

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Cart

Gold

Golden

/

1. How did they know whose tomb it was?

2. Why do you think they thought these things came from another civilization?

Discussion

3. Why did Carter get excited when he

noticed the door to the tomb was still

fastened?

1. How did they know whose tomb it was?

They read his name on a black box.

2. Why do you think they thought these things came from another civilization?

Because they were strange, different and wonderful -- more wonderful than

anyone could imagine.

3. Why did Carter get excited when he noticed the door to the tomb was still fastened?

Because it meant that the tomb had not been opened by thieves.

Terracotta warriors

Found in 1947 in the caves near the dead sea by two sheepherders, it is a manuscript of Bible's Old Testament written on parchment in Hebrew, which is the oldest up to now.

dead sea scrolls

A great deal of information about Mayan civilization between 200 AD and 1500

Mayan pictograph

dead sea scrolls

Found in 1947, a manuscript of Bible

written on parchment in Hebrew.[全文已结束，注意以上仅为全文的文字预览，不包含图片和表格以及排版]

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