• First, please watch a slide show of Howard Carter’s discovery on Discovery Website.

You need to install either the software “Real Player” or “Windows Media” to play the slide show.

•http://dsc.discovery.com/anthology/unsolvedhistory/kingtut/carter/carter.html

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Windows Media Version

• Activity One:A Wonderful Discovery

• Activity Two:Mummy Maker

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A Wonderful Discovery

This is a review game on the storywe’ve learned in Unit 6.

Instructions• There are different types of questions with

different points in the competition.– 10 points: Translate phrases into English.– 20 points: Sentence-making exercises.– 30 points: Sentence-pattern exercises.– 40 points: Translation.– 50 points: Role Play.

• When you answer a question right, you get the points. Winners are those who have the highest score!

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A A 與 與 B B 相關相關

A be linked to B

Phrases 1

帶著敬畏的表情站著帶著敬畏的表情站著

stand in awed silence

Phrases 2

驚訝地說不出話來驚訝地說不出話來

be struck dumb with amazement

Phrases 3

來世來世

the afterlife

Phrases 4

塞滿了塞滿了

be crammed with

Phrases 5

太隱密而未被發現太隱密而未被發現

too well-covered to be noticed

Phrases 6

壽終正寢壽終正寢

die of natural courses

Phrases 7

完好無缺的完好無缺的

be left untouched

Phrases 8

登基 登基

come to the throne

Phrases 9

法老王的詛咒法老王的詛咒

The Curse of the Pharaoh

Phrases 10

dig out

發現，找出My room is in such a mess

that it is difficult for me to dig out the book I need.

Sentence-making 1

run the risk ofrun the risk of

冒險

He ran the risk of getting drowned to save the little boy in the river.

Sentence-making 2

break intobreak into

闖入A burglar broke into my house d

uring the Chinese New Year.

Sentence-making 3

get accustomed toget accustomed to

適應I cannot get accustomed to the cold w

eather in North America.

Sentence-making 4

be crammed withbe crammed with

擠滿了

His room is crammed with toys.

Sentence-making 5

hold someone in awehold someone in awe

敬畏某人As a child, I always held my grandfather in awe. I didn’t talk to hi

m or even look at his eyes.

Sentence-making 6

be on displaybe on display

展示中

The contents of the tomb are now on display in the museum.

Sentence-making 7

be covered withbe covered with

覆蓋著His face was covered with a g

olden mask.

Sentence-making 8

將下面的句子的動詞改成 take

He spent 15 years searching for the tomb of King Tut.

It took him 15 years to search for the tomb of King Tut.

Sentence patterns 1

將下面的句子改成以 So 為首The curse was so powerful that there were deaths and suicides

among people linked to the tomb.

So powerful was the curse that there were deaths and suicides

among people linked to the tomb.

Sentence patterns 2

將下面劃線的部分改成分詞片語

There he found a gold coffinwhich weighed 2,000 pounds.

There he found a gold coffinweighing 2,000 pounds.

Sentence patterns 3

將下面句子的動詞改為 spend

It took me two days to finish the assignment.

I spent two days finishing the assignment.

Sentence patterns 4

Trouble shooting 挑錯So mysterious the inscriptions were that people thought there might be

some kind of curse.

So mysterious were the inscriptions that people thought there might be

some kind of curse.

Sentence patterns 5

Sentence CombiningSentence Combining

•The workers found something.

•The workers had begun digging earlier that morning.

Sentence patterns 6

The workers, who had begun digging earlier that morning, found something.

令我驚訝的是，令我驚訝的是，他竟然嚇得目瞪口呆。他竟然嚇得目瞪口呆。

To my amazement, he was struck dumb.

Translations 1

忍著興奮之情，他悄悄地打開門。忍著興奮之情，他悄悄地打開門。

(Fighting to…, he….)(Fighting to…, he….)

Fighting to control his excitement, he opened the door quietly.

Translations 2

The seals on the door proved The seals on the door proved that it was a royal tomb.that it was a royal tomb.

門上的封印證實它是一座皇室陵墓。門上的封印證實它是一座皇室陵墓。

Translations 3

As was the custom in his day, the As was the custom in his day, the king had been buried with king had been buried with

everything he might need to make everything he might need to make him happy in the afterlife.him happy in the afterlife.

依當時的風俗，國王和他來世幸福所需的各種物品合葬在一起 .

Translations 4

Mini Role Play

Mini role play 1

• Pretend that you are Howard Howard CarterCarter. It is the day before the big discovery and you are with your best your best friendfriend. You feel depressed and are telling how you feel to your friend. Act out the scene.

Mini Role Play

• You are thethe workerworker who found something unusual while digging. You get very excited and run to tell HowardHoward CarterCarter. What would you say and how would Carter react?

Mini role play 2

Mini Role playMini role play 3

• A reportA report is interviewing HowardHoward CaCarterrter. The topic, of course, is on the discovery of the tomb of King Tut. Reporter, please come up with three questions to interview Carter.

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Mummy Maker

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• In ancient Egypt, when people died, it was believed that their souls went on a journey to the underworld. A person’s soul and body would reunite and live in paradise for eternity if he or she was judged to be a good person by the Lord of the Underworld.

• A dead person had to look as he or she had done in life so that the soul could recognize it after returning from the underworld. Ancient Egyptians preserved the bodies as perfectly as possible. Those preserved bodies are known today as…

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Instructions 1/4

• You are an assistant of a mummy creator master. Your job is to help prepare the body of King Tut for the funeral. If you succeed, you will not only help the king reach paradise but also be offered rewards.

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• If you fail, you will be punished because the king’s body will rot away and the soul will be homeless.

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• To complete the task successfully, you have to follow the steps of the preservative process. Now, here is a game to remind you of the procedures.

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• The game is easy to play. All you have to do is to arrange the procedures in the following page in a correct order. Once you are done, your master will evaluate your answer.

H. Wash and shave the body.

G. Remove the brain.

I. Remove, preserve and store the organs.

C. Remove the fluids in the body.D. Beautify the body with wig and make-

up.

F. Use oil to seal and perfume the body.

A. Brush melted resin onto the body.

B. Wrap the body with linen.

J. Make a label for identification.

E. Put the body in the casket and seal it.

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H. Wash and shave the body.

G. Remove the brain.

I. Remove, preserve and store the organs.

C. Remove the fluids in the body.

D. Beautify the body with wig and make-up.

F. Use oil to seal and perfume the body.

A. Brush melted resin onto the body.

B. Wrap the body with linen.

J. Make a label for identification.

E. Put the body in the casket and seal it.

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More Secrets

• Probably you are smart enough to get the order correct, but there are some secrets you don’t know the process. Now, get ready to take more challenges.

Secret One

• Where was the dead body washed?– In the house? – Next to the pyramid? – Or in the waters of the Nile?

The answer is:

the Nile

Secret Two

• What tool was used to remove the brain?

The answer is:

Secret Three

• The hook was pushed up into the brain through __________.A) eye B) nose C) ear

The answer is:Through the nose

Secret Four

• Which of the following organs was left in the body instead of being removed?

The answer is:

liverlungs stomachheart intestines

heart

Secret Five

• What did people do with the removed organs?

– They put them in different jars.

– They fed them to the animals.

– They cooked and ate them.

– They threw them into the Nile.

The answer is: In the jars.

Secret Six

• After the fluids were removed, in what way was the body preserved?

– Dry the body in a furnace?

– Use the wind and sun?

– Cover the body in salt?

The answer is: Salt was used.

Secret SevenHow many days was

completely buried in salt?30, 40 or 50 days?

The answer is:

Secret Eight• Egyptians believed they must look

their best in their desire to reach the afterlife. Who would do the job to make the dead look good?

The answer is:

a tailora make-up artist

Mummy Maker Game on Discovery

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