M2U3课文全解zhao.ppt

M2U3 Reading Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers / the world has ever known. 霍华德卡特是有史以来世界上最出名的探险家之一。 He was brave / and loved to visit / and explore new places. 他勇敢无畏，爱好去从未去过的地方探险。 During his life, he discovered many amazing things. 其一生中他发现了许多令人惊奇的东西。 Howard Carter did not go to school, but learnt to draw / from his father, who was an artist. 霍华德卡特没有上过学，但是他从画家父亲那里学会了画画。 He was bright / and curious about the world / outside his home town. 他天资聪颖，对家乡之外的世界充满了好奇心。 In 1891, at the age of 17, he set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. 1891 年，在17岁的时候，他扬帆远航到了埃及的亚历山大。 By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs / of the Egyptian Kings. 到了20世界20年代，他已成为一名探险家，致力于寻找古埃及国王的陵墓。 He found several important ones. 他找到了不少重要的陵墓。 Inside the tombs, he discovered a great fortune / in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies / of dead kings. 在这些陵墓中，他发现了大量的珠宝和黄金，同时还有已故国王保存完好的遗体。 These preserved bodies / are known as mummies. 这些保存完好的遗体就是为人所知的木乃伊。 In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egyptian. 1922年，在埃及的国王谷，霍华德卡特做出了他最惊人的发现。 He had received money / from Lord Carnarvon, a British man who was very interested in Egypt. 此次探险之前，他得到了卡那封勋爵的资助。卡那封是个对埃及非常感兴趣的英国人。 Carter’s team was working at a place / near the city of Luxor. 卡特的探险队当时在卢克索附近的地方进行工作。 There, they came across the tomb / of King Tutanhamun. 在这个地方，他们发现了图坦卡蒙的陵墓。 It was the most important tomb / that had ever been found. 这是有史以来所发现的最重要的陵墓。 148 The tomb contained more treasure / than any of us / had ever seen before, as well as the mummy / of the king,’ said Carter. “除了国王的木乃伊之外，这座陵墓还藏有大量的珍宝，比我们任何人先前所见过的都要多。”卡特说。 “After we looked into the tomb, we closed it / and hid its entrance. We wanted to study the tomb later / when we had more time. Afterwards, all of its contents / would go into a museum.” “在探查过这座陵墓之后，我们将其封起来。并掩藏了其入口，以后我们要有更多的时间来研究这座陵墓。此后，其所有的东西都要收进博物馆。 However, not long