Unit3AmazingpeopleLiuWei，apianistwholostbothhisarmsaged10whenhewaselectrocuted(触电)duringagameofhideandseek，touchedmanyChinesepeoplein2011.LiuWeiwasforcedtogiveupplayingsoccer(hisfavoritesport)andbegantochallengehimselftolearnswimming.Aftertwoyears，LiuhadwontwogoldmedalsandonesilverattheNationalSwimmingChampionshipforthedisabledin2002.Bytheageof19，Liuhadtaughthimselfhowtoplaythepianowithhisfeet，realizingachildhooddreamofproducingmusic.Hesaidwithabigsmile，“Givenenoughtime，Icouldbejustassameasanyone.”Hehasbeenpracticingplayingthepianoveryhard.“Icanreadmusicandhavefiguredoutthe‘toeing’bymyself，”hesaid.AccordingtoLiu，thebigtoeisthemostflexible(灵活的)when“toeing”，buthecanonlyreachfivekeysatthesametime.“ItmeansIhavetotrainmytoestomovemorerapidly，”hesaid.Thepianist，fromBeijing，whotaughthimselftoplaythepianoattheageof18，impressedtheaudiencewithhisperformanceoftheJamesBluntsongYou’reBeautiful，singingandusinghisfeettoplaythepiano.“We’veallfoughtforourdreamswhenwewereyoung，butnoonehasfoughtashardasyou，”commented(评价)GaoXiaosong，afamousmusicianinChina.根据上文完成下列各题1．Accordingtothispassage，whendidLiuWeilosehisarms?Helosthisarmsattheageoften.2．WhatkindofpersonisLiuWeiaccordingtothepassage?Heisstrongmindedandhardworking.PeriodOneWelcometotheunit&ReadingⅠ.重点单词1.curiousadj.好奇的，求知欲强的curiouslyadv.好奇地2．fortunen．大笔的钱，财富；运气3．preservevt.保存，保护，保持4．entrancen．入口enterv．进入5．contentn．内容；adj.满意的；vt.使满足6．swallowvt.&vi.吞下，吞咽7．deathn．死亡deadadj.死的8．shortlyadv.不久，很快9．withinprep.在……之内，不超过10．coincidencen．巧合；碰巧11．connectionn．联系，连接connectv．连接12．punishmentn．惩罚punishv．惩罚13．scientificadj.科学的sciencen．科学scientistn．科学家14．disturbvt.打扰，扰乱15．breathevi.&vt.呼吸Ⅱ.重点短语1．setsail启航2．comeacross(偶然)遇见；发现3．fallill生病4．havesomethingtodowith与……有关5．inconnectionwith关于，与……有关6．breathein吸入7．resultin导致，结果是……8．payoff还清(债务)；回报Ⅲ.重点句式1．not...but...不是……而是……HowardCarterdidnotgotoschool，butlearnttodrawfromhisfather，whowasanartist.霍华德·卡特没有上过学，但是他从身为艺术家的父亲那里学会了画画。2．on/upondoing...一……就……Upontheirenteringthetomb，Carter’sluckypetbird，whichhehadleftinCairo，wasswallowedbyasnake.在他们进入陵墓的那一刻，卡特的那只被他留在开罗的幸运爱鸟被一条蛇吞食了。3．onlytodosth.结果……Hetoovisitedthetomb，onlytocatchahighfeverthenextday.他也去了陵墓，结果第二天就发高烧了。4．whichever引导让步状语从句Withinthetomb，whicheverwaywelookedtherewasafortuneingoldandtreasure.在陵墓里，不管我们怎么看，都有大量金银珠宝。Ⅰ.根据课文内容判断正(T)误(F)1．HowardCarteristhemostfamousexplorertheworldhaseverknown.(F)2．HowardCarterwaswelleducatedatschool.(F)3．HowardCartersetsailforEgyptin1891，attheageof17.(T)4．Theexplorersdecidedtoleavethetreasureinthetomb.(F)5．Itisbelievedthatthemummy’scursemakesthosewhoenterEgyptillorevendead.(F)Ⅱ.课文阅读理解1．WhatdoweknowaboutHowardCarter?A．Helearnedtodrawatschoolasachild.B．Hisfatherwantedhimtobeanartist.C．HebegantoexplorethetombsoftheEgyptiankingsbythe1920s.D．Hebegantosearchformummiesin1891.答案C2．WhydidHowardCartercallthediscoveryofthetombofKingTutankhamunthemostimportantone?A．BecauseTutankhamunwasanimportantkinginEgyptianhistory.B．Becauseittook...
