Unit3Period2readingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod:Inthispart,wearegoingtoreadapassageaboutthecurseofmummy.Inthepassage,itintroducesafamousexplorerwhoworkedinEgyptandsomestrangethingshappenedafterhisfindingthetombofKingTutankhamun.Differenttensesareusedinthepassage,whicharedifficultforthestudentstounderstand.Andtherearesomemanylanguagepoints.Soweaimatimprovingthestudents'readingabilityandmasterthetensesusedinpassage.Weshouldtryourbesttodevelopthestudents'creative,comprehensiveandconsolidatingabilitiesaswell.Askthestudentstoreadthetextandfindthemeaningofnewwordsinthetextusingthereadingstrategies.TeachingAims:I.Trainthestudents'readingability.2.Helpthestudentslearnhowtopredicttheinformationandhowtoanalyzethewaytheauthordescribesanexplorer.3.Learnandmastersomeusefulwordsandphrases.TeachingImportantPoints:1.Improvethestudents'readingability.2.Enablethestudentsunderstandthetextbetter.3.Getthestudentstomasterthetensesusedinthepassage.4.Developthestudents'creative,comprehensiveandconsolidatingabilities.TeachingDifficultPoint:1.Howtoimprovethestudents'readingability.2.Theuseofsomeusefulexpressions.TeachingMethods.1.Discussionbeforereadingtomakethestudentsbeinterestedinwhattheylearninclass.2.Fastreadingtogetthegeneralideaofthetext.3.Carefulreadingtoanswersomedetailedquestions.4.Individual,pairorgroupworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass.TeachingAids:1.themultimedia2.theblackboardStep1GreetingsGreetthewholeclassasusual.CheckthehomeworkStep2Lead-inT:WearegoingtoreadanarticleaboutanotheramazingpersonHowardCarter,afamousexplorer.First,lookatthetitle"Thecurseofthemummy".Whydoesthewriterchoose"Thecurseofthemummy"astitlehere?Canyouguesswhatwewilllearninthetext?(givethemseveralminutestoreadthepassagesilentlytochecktheirprediction)S1:Letmetry.Maybethetextisaboutastoryinwhichhetriedtoprovethecursewaswrong,sothewriterchoosesthistitle.S2:Judgingfromthetitle,Ithinkthetextdescribeshishobbyofstudyingthecurseofthemummyandhediscoversthesecret.S3:Sinceheisanexplorer,thecurseofthemummymusthavesomethingtodowithhisdiscovery.用心爱心专心116号编辑T:Welldone!Youhavepredictedthemaincontentofthetext.That'sgreat!ThetextisaboutThefamousexplorerandsomeofhisunexpecteddiscoveriesinthetomb.Nowlet'spredicthowthewriterwillwritethearticle"Thecurseofthemummy"?Workingroupsoffourtowriteanoutlineforthearticle.(Afewminuteslater,asksomeofthestudentstoreadtheiroutlineout)Asampleoutline:S4:Ithinkthearticlecanbedividedintofourparts.Part1:IntroductionofHowardCarter'slife.Part2:Hishobbiesandachievements.Part3:Hismostimportantdiscovery.Part4:Theresultofhisdiscoveryandthecurseofthemummy.T:Good.Nextpleasereadthetextquicklytoseewhetheryourpredictionisright.(Ssreadthetextquicklytochecktheirprediction)Step3Skimming:Thestudentshavegotageneralideaofthetext,soit'sagoodchancetoleadthestudentstomakeasummaryoftheparagraphs.Getthemtoreadthetextagainandmatchthegivensummarieswiththecorrectparagraphs.T:Afterreading,youmusthavehadaclearunderstandingofthetext.Whocantellmewhatthetextismainlyabout?S:Thepassageisaboutafamousexplorerwho,withtheassistanceofLordCarnarvon,ledateamtoEgyptandmadesomeunexpecteddiscoveriesintombs.T:Nowpleaseturntopage44,C2.Therearesummariesoftheparagraphs.Readthetextagainandmatchwiththecorrectparagraphs.(Threeorfourminuteslater,asksomestudentstoshowtheiranswers.)Sampleanswers:Paragraph1:eParagraph2:bParagraph3:dParagraph4:cPara...
