法老墓穴的密室

Tutankhamun（图坦卡蒙）was a king in Egypt. He lived 3，300 years ago. There are a lot of treasures in his tomb. Some scientists believe（相信）there are two secret rooms（密室）in his tomb. One may hold a queen. Who is the queen？

图坦卡蒙是埃及的一位法老，他生活在3300年前。在他的墓穴里有许多的宝藏。一些科学家相信在他的墓穴里有两个密室。其中一个可能是皇后的，谁是那个皇后呢？

Wild guess科学家的猜测

It could be Queen Nefertiti（纳芙缇缇王后）. She was an Egyptian（埃及的）queen. She might be（可能是）King Tuts stepmother（继母）. She died about 10 years before King Tut. She might be the most beautiful queen in Egypt.

这极有可能是纳芙缇缇王后。她是埃及的一位皇后。也有可能是图坦卡蒙的继母，她比图坦卡蒙去世早十年。她或许是埃及最漂亮的一位皇后。

Famous tomb著名的墓穴

Tutankhamun became king when he was about 9 years old. He ruled（统治）for 10 years. He died at the age of 19.

图坦卡蒙9岁就当法老。他统治埃及10年，19岁就去世了。

Howard Carter is a British explorer（探险家）. In 1922， he discovered（发现）King Tuts tomb. His tomb is one of the worlds most famous tombs.

霍华德·卡特是英国的一位探险家，他在1922年发现了图坦卡蒙的墓穴。图坦卡蒙的墓穴是世界上最著名的墓穴之一。

Broke the beard胡子掉了

King Tutankhamun has a gold mask（面罩）. Scientists found it in his tomb. Now it is in a museum in Egypt.

图坦卡蒙有一个黄金面具，是科学家在他的墓穴里发现的。如今它放在埃及的一个博物馆里。

The mask looks beautiful， but it is not perfect. One day， a museum worker broke the beard. He was afraid. He glued（粘）the beard back on the mask.

黄金面具看起来很漂亮，但它并不完美。因为有一天，博物馆的一位工作人员不小心弄断了面具的胡子，他非常害怕，就用胶水把它粘了回去。

Ancient Egypt古埃及

Egypt was once（曾经）rich. The Nile（尼罗河）goes through Egypt. Every year the Nile flooded （暴发洪水）. Villages and cities were safe on hills.

埃及曾经很富饶，尼罗河贯穿整个埃及，每一年尼罗河都会暴发洪水，村庄和城市在山丘上是安全的。

When the floodwaters went down， they left behind fertile（肥沃的）mud on the banks（河床）. People grew crops（种庄稼）there.

当洪水退去，在河床上留下了肥沃的泥土，人们就在上面种植庄稼。

People gave their good fortune（财富）to the gods. They worshipped（崇拜）their kings as gods. Kings had many wives and a lot of children.

人们把自己最好的财富敬献给神。人们像崇拜神一样崇拜他们的法老。埃及的法老有很多妻子和很多孩子。

Grammar语法

may表示可能，它的否定形式是may not，过去式是might be。比如：

He may be very busy today.（他今天可能很忙。）

She may not be at home.（她可能不在家。）