1、Unit 5Meeting your ancestorsWarming up and readingIn pairs,try to identify these objects.Discuss what they were made of and explain their use.Who do you think used them?Can you think of the alternatives we would use today?Warming up A household object from GreeceThis is an oil lamp that was used to
2、give light at night.It was possibly used for parties,housework or study.Olive oil was placed in the body of the lamp to make the light.There was a thread that went from inside the lamp,and when it was lit it provided light.Its nameWhat it was made of Its useTodays alternative clay lampclay/pottery t
3、o light the houseelectric lightA musical instrument This is a musical instrument which was played when a person hit the bronze or brass bells.Different notes cold be made by making the bells larger or smaller.People composed music to be played in a large house,temple or palace.Its nameWhat it was ma
4、de of Its useTodays alternativeChinese chimesmetal,possibly bronze or brassto provide musicxylophoneA stone tool This tool is made of jade stone which is hard and very beautiful.It had a sharp edge so it could be used to break other pieces of stone.The hole on the top of the tool shows where it was
5、joined to a wooden handle,so it could be used like an axe today.Its nameWhat it was made of Its useTodays alternativestone/jade axestone/jadeto chop woodchain saw A face of an Egyptian Pharaoh This is a mask which was placed over the Pharaohs face after he died.Sometimes they were also buried with t
6、he dead pharaoh.They were made of gold and decorated in beautiful colours.It shows that the Pharaoh expected his objects to have the best of material and workmanship.Its nameWhat it was made of Its useTodays alternative death mask goldto cover the face of the pharaoh after his death noneReading A Vi
7、sit to the Zhoukoudian CavesWhat do you think the reading is about?Where is Zhoukoudian?What is it famous for?Stage 1:Stage 2:Stage 3:Skim the passage and write down the three stages of the archaeologists part of the dialogue.Life in the caveWhat can we learn from the needleWhat can we learn from th
8、e necklaceFast reading Careful readingRelicsDescriptions of the relicsConclusionsCavesHuman and animal bones,tools and ornaments in those caves.Early people lived in the caves.They used fire to keep warm,cook food and _ wild animals away.They might have kept the fire _ all winter.scareburningRelicsD
9、escriptions of the relicsConclusionsCavesFireplaces inthe centre of the caves_ of ash almost six metres thickNo doorsThey might have hung animal _ at the cave mouth to keep out the cold.Tigers and bears might have been their most dangerous enemies.LayersskinsRelicsDescriptions of the relicsConclusio
10、nsA needle At most three centimetres longMade of _.Perhaps they cut animal skins and sewed the pieces together to make _.A necklace Made of animal bones and shells There was _ between them or they travelled to the _ on their journeys.boneclothestradeseasideHomes:caves,perhaps with skins to keep out
11、the cold.Tools:scrapers,sharpened stone tools,bone needlesClothes:animal skins sewn together with needles and thread,necklaces.Write down three ways in which the life of early people differs from your own.Use the information from the reading passage to help you with each category.Post-readingHomework1.Review the text and pick out the difficult language points.2.Preview Learning about Language.
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