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2. Don’ t d__________ her。 Teaching aims: After learning the text, the students will be able to grasp the key words and expressions required in the passage, for example, curious, discovery, riches, empty, present, coincidence, disturb, result。 Step 2 Explanation for language points 1. He was bright and curious about the world outside his hometown. (Page 42, Lines 56) (PPT6) ● In the sentence “ curious” means “ eager to learn / know” , its mon usages are listed below. be curious about sth. 對 ?? 好奇 be curious to do sth. 好奇地做某事 Curiously enough ? 奇怪的是, ?? (口語,常放句首) . They were very curious about the people who lived in the island. He is always curious to find out how everything works. Curiously enough, a year later exactly the same thing happened to me again. 2. In 1891, at the age of 17, he set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. (Page 42, Lines 67) (PPT7) ● The phrase “ set sail for” means “ to travel to somewhere by boat” . In the phrase, the word “ sail” means “ a short trip usually fro pleasure or in a boat with sails” . . We set sail from Dover for Ostend. We went for a sail around the island. ● The preposition “ for” here refers to the destination. . The sun was sinking as we set out for home. We left our bags in the station and made straight for the shipyard. 3. By the 1920s, he had bee an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian Kings. (Page 42, Lines 78) (PPT89) ● In this sentence the preposition “by” means “ not later than” or “ before” , and is often followed by a phrase indicating a point of time. . By the time the doctor arrived, the woman had given birth. Mike must have made some friends in his new school by now. ● The phrase “ searching for the tombs” works as an adverbial of manner. Here “ search for ” means “ to look for” . . Scientists are still searching for a cure for the mon cold. The police didn’ t give up searching for the missing boy. ● There are some other expressions for “search”. search sp./ sb. for sth. 搜索(某地 /某人) 。