M2U3languagepoints.doc

3rd period
language focus of the curse of the mummy

Teaching Aims:
1. Revise the reading passage by retelling it.
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2. Get the students to grasp the usage of some important words and expressions.
3. Get the students to practice two important drills.
Teaching Aids:
1. The multimedia
2. The blackboard
Teaching Procedures;
Step 1 Revision
1. Question:
What’s the relationship between the explorer and the title “ The curse of mummies”?
1. Ask the students to retell the story of Howard Carter.
Step 2. Language focus
1. Learn and master the following words and phrases.
be curious about, during one’s life time, right away, set sail (for) as well as, search for, by the 1920s, by the time, be known as have something to do with, fall ill with a fever, go out， hereof, the following, the dead, result in, breathe in, die of
2. Understand the following sentences patterns.
1. In 1891, at the age of 17, he_____________
Alexandria, Egypt. (travel to somewhere by boat)
Eg. The sun was sinking as we set sail for home.
Next week they will set sail for Europe.
2. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. ( by: no later than or before;
search for: look for)
Eg. By the time (conj.) doctor arrived, the woman had given birth.
Mike must have made some friends in his school by now.
By the time (conj.) you get there, it will be dark.
3. “The tomb contained more riches, gold and jewels than any of us had ever seen before, as well as the mummy of the king,” said Carter. (riches: wealth “财富”; jewels: “珠宝饰品”; as well as: “除了…之外(也),和”
Eg. All his riches are no good to him if he is ill
She was too poor to buy jewels, so she borrowed some from her friend.
Last month I visited Qingdao as well as Tianjin.
4. When a tomb is opened, fresh air _________the viruses. (change the usual or natural condition of…)
Eg. A light wind disturbed the surface of the water.
She has disturbed all his plans for going abroad.
He was disturbed to hear her illness. (make someone worry)
Don’t disturb the papers on my desk. (move something or
change its position
5. If breathed in, they can result in illness or even death.
=If (the viruses are) breathed in, they can cause illness …
Eg. He will come if (he is) asked.
The illness will result in total blindness if (it is) left untreated.
If (it is) taken correctly, the medicine should work.
The accident resulted in the death of two passengers.
6. Within seven years, 21 people who ________the opening of the tomb died. (“与……有关”, “与……有联系”)
have something/nothing/much/little/a lot to do with
Eg. The suspect insisted that he had nothing to do with the murder. He said he was at home the whole night watching TV.
Step3.Workbook
Do Exercises A1 and A2.
Homework
Do Period 3 Language focus of Exercise Book