Q2: What did they find?

2、Ask Ss to read para.3 first, and say something about Carter's most amazing discovery.

Q3: When, where, and how did they find the tomb?

Q4: What did Carter say when they found the tomb?

3、Ss listen to para.1&2 together, and find out the main idea of each paragraph.

Q5: What are the key words used to describe him? (para.1)

Q6: What specific information can you find about Howard Carter? (para.2 His birthday, death, his education experience and so on).

Howard Carter (1874-1939)Education：didn't go to school, taught to draw by his father; Interests：loved visiting new places; Went to Egypt：1891; Discoveries：many amazing things; Job : explorer (by the 1920s); Greatest discovery: King Tutankhamun's tomb

Year of the discovery：1922; Where：Valley of the Kings, Egypt

4、Ss predict what would happen after Carter entered the tomb.

5、Help Ss analyze para4-5 for detailed reading, talking about those strange deaths.

6、Ask Ss to read para.6-8 by themselves and ask them to tell the main idea of this part.

Different beliefs/explanations of strange deaths.

1. Coincidence

2. The mummy's curse: Those who disturb the king's rest would receive death in return

3. A scientific explanation: The viruses caused the illness and death