1、Can you tell me something about Howard Carter?NotlongafterthetombofKingTutankhamen had been opened,peoplein Carters team began to fall ill and diestrangely.What verb tenses are used in thesentence?Past Perfect Tense How can we form the past perfect?had+v-edThe usage of the past perfectUpon their ent
2、ering the tomb,Carters luckypet bird,which he had left in Cairo,wasswallowed by a snake.Carter left his lucky pet birdin Cairo.Carters lucky pet bird wasswallowed by a snake.PastPresent过去完成时表示过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成的动作。它表示动作发生的时间为“过去的过去”。“We hid the entrance to the tomb,”said Carter.Carter said that they
3、 had hidden the entrance to the tomb.PastPresentThey hid the entrance to the tomb.Carter said.过去完成时常用在主句是一般过去时的间接引语中。I had done my homework this morning before I went to the museum.PastPresentI had done my homework this morning.I went to the museum.过去完成时表示在过去的两个动作或事件中，一个先于另一个发生，当相隔时间不久。过去完成时常与by,for
4、,before,since等介词短语或由after,before,since,when,by the time,until等引导的时间状语从句连用。An amazing person -Amelia Earhart What happened to her?Read the notes about Amelia Earhart on page 49.Complete the story on page 49.Amelia Earhart was born on 24th July 1897.She had an exciting childhood.Before she movedto Des
5、 Moines,she had already seen her firstairplane.She_homeagain,backtoChicago,six years later.She worked as a nurse in the First World Warand became interested in flying.She _already _ flying lessons before she boughther first plane.Then her interest in flying really began to grow.In 1929,she organized
6、 an air race for women.Ayear earlier,she _the firstwoman air passenger to fly across the Atlantic.movedhadtakenhad becomeShe married George Putnam in 1931.They_threeyearsbeforewhenheinterviewed her in New York.In 1932,shebecame the first woman to fly alone across theAtlantic.On 1 June 1937,she _ her
7、round-the-world flight.The flight went well inJune.She reached New Guinea on the 29th.She _ flying nearly a monthearlier.When the base tried to get in touch withAmelia at 9.30 p.m.0n 2nd July 1937,she _ already _ missing.had metstartedhad startedhadgonethe simple past tense or the past perfect tense
8、 When the Titanic was built,people thought it wouldneversink.However,thispassengership_(surprise)everyone when it sank on itsfirst journey.The Titanic was built in Belfast,Ireland.Its makers _(spend)a great deal of money buildingthe ship.When it was finished,it was the largest andmost comfortable sh
9、ip ever built.TheTitanicsetsailon10thApril1921.I_(want)to set foot on the Titanic eversince it was built,said Molly Brown,a Titanic survivor.I never thought it would sink.On 13th April,the Titanic was sailing at full speedtowards New York.surprisedspenthad wantedThecaptain_(receive)warningsabout ice
10、bergs all day,but had paid little attention to thewarnings as they _(arrive).At 2.20 a.m.,the Titanic sank into the sea.It _(hit)an iceberg just over two hours before.Ofthe2,200peopleontheship,only705_(survive).Explorer Robert Ballard _(search)forthe Titanic for more than 20 year before he found it.
11、Whennewtechnologywasdeveloped,we_(use)it to send cameras down into sea.Finally,we found the ship.With his cameras,he was able to findtheholealongthesideoftheshipwhich(10)_(cause)it to fill with water and sink.had receivedarrivedhad hithad searchedusedhad causedsurvivedSummary:Whether the simple past
12、 tense or the past perfect tense is used depends on the sequence of the events.Another amazing person -Cai Lun What did he say?And what did he do?Read the sentences on page 51 and then complete the article.The present perfect or the past perfectThe inventor of paperCai Lun is a famous Chinese invent
13、or,known forinventing paper.Cai invented paper in AD 105,but _ many other times.Before his inventionworked,Cai _ using many different partsof trees and plants,and old fishing nets to make paper!After Cai invented paper,people all over Asia used it.At that time in the West,no one _ of Caior paper.The
14、y did not learn how to make paper untilAD751.Westernerswho_severalChinese paper makers during a war told people in theWest about Cais invention.Once the paper makers _ people how to make paper,it was used allover the world.had failedhad triedhad heardhad caughthad shownPart C1 and C2 on page 104 in Workbook.
