1、人教课标高二 选修 8Unit 5In 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?Its nameWhat it wasmade ofIts useTodays alternatives1.2.clay lampChinese chimesclay/potteryto light the houseel
2、ectric lightmetal,possibly bronze or brassto provide musicxylophoneWhen you have come to a conclusion,fill in the chart below.Then report to the class.Its nameWhat it wasmade ofIts useTodays alternatives3.stone/jade axe stone/jade to chop woodchain sawIts nameWhat it wasmade ofIts useTodays alternat
3、ives4.death maskgoldto cover the face of the pharaoh after his death noneWho are they?Zhoukoudian is a relic of primitive culture,48 kilometers southwest of downtown Beijing,where Longgushan(dragon skeleton mountain)is standing.Severaldecades ago,local farmers Tell what you have known about Zhoukoud
4、ian Caves.mined lime-stone in Zhoukoudian,came upon some bone fossils and called them“the Dragon Bones”.Zhoukoudian became known as“Dragon Bone Mountain”.Drugstores purchased the bones as a medical ingredient.The news about the“magic bones”drew attention of scientists.In 1929 these lime-stone caves
5、became world famous with the discovery of a skull and two teeth dating back 200,000 to 500,000 years.They were named Peking Man.But the fossils were lost during World War II.Many of the implements used by those early humans,and bones of animals they hunted are on display at a museum near the site of
6、 the discovery.With the steadily increased number of visitors from all over the world,Zhoukoudian has become a scenic spot of Beijing.Skimming The text is about a group of students from _ paid a visit to the Zhoukoudian caves,from which they learned a lot about the _ of the early people living there
7、.EnglandlifeRead the text quickly and complete its main idea.Tell the 3 topics that the archaeologist talked about.Topic 1Topic 2Topic 3Life in the caveWhat we can learn from a needleWhat we can learn from a necklace Read the text again and get the main idea of the dialogue and then write down the t
8、hree ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones.ScanningHomesToolsDresscaves,perhaps with skins to keep out the coldscrapers,axe-heads,bone needlesanimal skins sewn together with needles and thread,necklacesRelicsDescriptions of the relicsConclusionsCavesHuman and animal bones,t
9、ools 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.scareburningCareful readingI.Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.RelicsDescriptions of the relicsConclusionsCavesFirep
10、laces 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 relicsConclusionsA needle At most three centimetreslongMade o
11、f _.Perhaps they cut animal skins andsewed 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.boneclothestradeseaside1.Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves?The students want to find out
12、 about how early people lived.There are no such sites in England while the Zhoukoudian caves provide an excellent example of a site where early people lived.II.Answer the following questions after a careful reading.3.How did early people keep warm?They used fur from animals for clothes and had fires
13、 burning all winter.2.Where did early people live?Early people lived in caves.4.What did they use for doors?The archaeologist thinks they may have used animal skins.5.What did they eat?They ate animal meat,such as tigers and bears,and fish from the lake nearby.They also picked fruit when it was ripe
14、.6.What animals were their most dangerous enemies?Tigers and bears were their most dangerous enemies.7.How did they make clothes?Their clothes were made from animal skins.They used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin.Then smaller scrapers were used to clean the fat and
15、meat from them.They had to rub an ample amount of salt inside the skin to make it soft enough.Finally,they would have cut it and sewn the pieces together with needles made of animal bones.Some of the necklace beads were made of animal bones but some were made of shells,which tell us that all the fie
16、lds around here used to be part of a large shallow lake.Perhaps there was trade between early people or they traveled to the seaside on their journeys.8.What can we learn from the necklace they wore?9.What did the earliest people use fire for?They used fire to keep them warm,cook the food and scare
17、the animals.10.Whats the main idea of the text?A brief introduction of the life and habits of the earliest people in Zhoukoudian.Work in groups of four.Imagine one of you is an archaeologist who is having a press conference(记者招待会),and the others are journalists.You can ask the archaeologist any ques
18、tion about early people(Peking Man).An archaeologist is showing a group of students from England around _,where some of the _ people lived.the Zhoukoudian cavesearliestPost readingFirst the archaeologist describes how early people lived in the caves.They made _ to keep them warm,cook the food and _
19、wild beasts away as well.They might have kept the fire burning all winter and hung _ at the cave mouth to keep out the cold during the freezing winter._ were their most dangerous enemies.firesscareanimal skinsTigers and bearsThen the archaeologist shows the students a picture of a sewing needle.The
20、needle which seems to be made of _ is at most three centimetres long.Early people could cut animal skins and sew the pieces together to make their own _.boneclothesLast of all the archaeologist shows them a primitive _.It is made of animal bones and _.At that time early people cared about their _ an
21、d perhaps there was _ between early peoples or they travelled to the seaside on their journeys.necklaceshells/seashellsappearancetradeBeing polite:You must be aware thatIm sorry to interrupt you but.Ways to explain things:We think it is reasonable to assumeWe think they mightWe have been excavating We have been finding It seems Our evidence suggests As the botanical analyses have been specially showing us Perhaps 1)Go over the text.2)Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Caves.3)Preview“the present perfect continuous tense”.
