BOOK READING

WEEK: 2
Book title: …………………………………………………………………………………
Name of the author:……………………………………………………………………….

I. Summary

II. Reflection.

- King Tut’s tomb, discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter, contained a wealth of
gold and other precious items.

- New X-ray technology helped debunk the theory that King Tut was murdered, but the exact
cause of his death still remains a mystery.

- New DNA analysis revealed that King Tut’s parents were siblings, which may have made
him vulnerable to disease.
III. Vocabulary

No Lexical item Word Pronunciation Meaning Example

form
1 Tomb (n) /tuːm/ A large stone The tomb was
structure or honeycombed with
underground room passages and chambers
where someone,
especially an
important person, is
buried.
2 Murder (n)  /ˈmɜː.dər/ The crime of There were three
intentionally killing murders in the town last
a person year
3 Clue (n) /kluː/ A sign or some The police found a vital
information that clue to the girl’s
helps you to find the disappearance in a
answer to a wooded area near her
problem, question, home.
or mystery
4 Archeologist (n) /ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ Someone who The site of the temple
studies the was discovered by a
buildings, graves, group of amateur
tools, and other archaeologists.
objects of people
who lived in the
past.

5 Conduct (v) /kənˈdʌkt/ To organize and The experiments were

perform a particular conducted by scientists
activity in New York
6 Infection (v) /ɪnˈfekt/ To pass a disease to The ward was full of
a person, animal, or children infected with
plant TB
7 Embalmer (n)  /ɪmˈbɑː.mər/ A person whose job She is a licensed funeral
is to use chemicals director and embalmer
to prevent a dead
body from decaying
8 Vulnerable (a) /ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl/ Able to be easily I felt very vulnerable,
physically or standing there without
mentally hurt, any clothes on.
influenced, or
attacked