法老墓穴的密室

Tutankhamun（圖坦卡蒙）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？

圖坦卡蒙是埃及的一位法老，他生活在3300年前。在他的墓穴里有許多的寶藏。一些科學家相信在他的墓穴里有兩個密室。其中一個可能是皇后的，誰是那個皇后呢？

Wild guess科學家的猜測

It could be Queen Nefertiti（納芙緹緹王后）. She was an Egyptian（埃及的）queen. She might be（可能是）King Tuts stepmother（繼母）. She died about 10 years before King Tut. She might be the most beautiful queen in Egypt.

這極有可能是納芙緹緹王后。她是埃及的一位皇后。也有可能是圖坦卡蒙的繼母，她比圖坦卡蒙去世早十年。她或許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（統治）for 10 years. He died at the age of 19.

圖坦卡蒙9歲就當法老。他統治埃及10年，19歲就去世了。

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

霍華德·卡特是英國的一位探險家，他在1922年發現了圖坦卡蒙的墓穴。圖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.

圖坦卡蒙有一個黃金面具，是科學家在他的墓穴里發現的。如今它放在埃及的一個博物館里。

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.

黃金面具看起來很漂亮，但它并不完美。因為有一天，博物館的一位工作人員不小心弄斷了面具的胡子，他非常害怕，就用膠水把它粘了回去。

Ancient Egypt古埃及

Egypt was once（曾經）rich. The Nile（尼羅河）goes through Egypt. Every year the Nile flooded （暴發洪水）. Villages and cities were safe on hills.

埃及曾經很富饒，尼羅河貫穿整個埃及，每一年尼羅河都會暴發洪水，村莊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（種莊稼）there.

當洪水退去，在河床上留下了肥沃的泥土，人們就在上面種植莊稼。

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

人們把自己最好的財富敬獻給神。人們像崇拜神一樣崇拜他們的法老。埃及的法老有很多妻子和很多孩子。

Grammar語法

may表示可能，它的否定形式是may not，過去式是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。）