1、Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsEmperor Qin ShihuangsTerracotta warriorsListeningPage 78How to preserve the Terracotta Warriors?The main idea of the dialogue:The main idea is that there are two problems that archaeologists are trying to solve in order to preserve terracotta warriors.One is how to prote
2、ct the colours and the other is how to protect the statues against moulds.Listen to the tape and write down Listen to the tape and write down the main idea of their dialogue.the main idea of their dialogue.Suggested answers to Exercise 2:Suggested answers to Exercise 2:The first problem is how to pr
3、otect the colours originally painted on the terraottawarriors.This problem is easier to solve because the scientists have discovered a new chemical protection which will keep the colours shining brightly.1.What is the first problem?Why is it easier to solve?Each terracotta warrior was a copy of a re
4、al soldier in Qins ary.It must have needed a tremendous amount of organization to produce the number,the size of the statues and all this shows the Emperors power.2.How does the terraotta army show the power of Emperor Qin Shihuang?The change in temperature and the sunlight when the warriors were ex
5、cavated made them lose their colours.The forty kinds of mould are difficult to treat because they all need different kinds of treatment.3.What caused the terracotta warriors to lose their colour?4.Why is it not easy to solve the problem of forty kinds of mould?Terracotta Terracotta WarriorsWarriorsF
6、eaturesFeaturesProblemsProblemsSolutionsSolutionsCause:Cause:11Cause:Cause:22ColourfadedGrowth of 40 kinds of mouldChemical protectionnew treatments being developedIndividual faces1.96 metrestallAge:Material:Number:2,200+years oldclay8,000Suggested answers to Exercise 3:Suggested answers to Exercise
7、 3:Using words and expressionsBCdivisionskilfullooked aheadspearsystematicwrinkledhammerdizzyAnswer key for exercise 1 on page 79Answer key for exercise 1 on page 79Answer key for exercise 2 on page 79Answer key for exercise 2 on page 791.scratches2.gay3.alternative4.arrested5.howl6.spatAnswer key f
8、or exercise 3 on page 79Answer key for exercise 3 on page 791.I love to mix my yoghurt with strawberries,melon and other fruit to make it taste more delicious.2.Scientists did not recognize the significanceof radioactivity until Madam Curie used it to develop X-rays.3.Harrys pulse raced when he saw
9、the huge beast and immediately he accelerated his car out of the jungle.4.The first few photos in my family album were taken when I was in kindergarten.5.I always knew that she was fed up withbeing a receptionist.6.The audience applauded the performance of the skillful skateboarding athletes for a c
10、ouple of minutes.7.The expert said the use of tobacco dated back to 1000BC.8.I think you need to delete unnecessary repetition from your article and check your punctuation before you hand it in.Using structuresAnswer key for Exercise Answer key for Exercise 1:1:1.What have you been doing lately?2.Oh
11、,really?Did you find it valuable?3.Will you continue it for a second year then?4.Dont they offer some scholarships if youre a good student?Answer key for Exercise Answer key for Exercise 2:2:has increased,were discovered,would be,had been put/placed,became,comes,puts,wassurprising,were taken,were,se
12、ems,will remainListening taskI think the ancient Egyptians believed:the spirit of ones body went on the journey to the afterlife.They believed everyone must be tested to see if they had led a good life.Page 81Answer key for Exercise 2:1.F2.T3.T 4.T5.F6.TWhy did one person take so many artifacts and
13、the other so few?What kind of life did the rich person want in the afterlife?Because a rich person had many more goods to take with him/her than a poor person.The same as in his lifetime.Suggested answers to Exercise 3:Suggested answers to Exercise 3:SimilaritiesSimilaritiesDifferencesDifferences1.T
14、hey both believed They both believed in life after death.in life after death.2.They both had their They both had their bodies preserved.bodies preserved.3.They both had They both had goods in the grave goods in the grave for the journey to for the journey to the afterlife.the afterlife.1.There were
15、many more goods There were many more goods in the rich persons grave than in the rich persons grave than in the poor persons.in the poor persons.2.The rich person was buried in The rich person was buried in a special building,but the a special building,but the poor person was not.poor person was not
16、.3.The rich person had The rich person had guidebooks for the journey to guidebooks for the journey to the afterlife,but the poor the afterlife,but the poor person did not.person did not.Pharaoh Tutankhamun was the most famous of all pharaohs but very unimportant as a ruler as his rule was so short.
17、He ruled for about 8 or 9 years from 1334 to 1325 BC.So we know more about him after his death than we do Reading Task(P82)NOTE:Pharaoh Tutankhamunabout his rule when he was alive.The Egyptians believed in life after death.So they got all the goods they wanted to have with them in the next life buri
18、ed in their tomb.The richer the person,the greater the number of goods.As Tutankhamun was a pharaoh,his tomb was filled with many wonderful treasures.It also contained statues of gods that would protect his tomb from evil spirits or thieves who might steal his treasures.The walls of the tomb,too,wer
19、e covered with spells to preserve the pharaoh till he got safely to the Hall of Judgement.In the same way his body inside its three coffins was protected by four goddesses of the dead.By the tomb was a box containing four jars.They held the internal organs of the dead pharaoh,which were removed when
20、 he was turned into a mummy.First his brain was taken out of his head through his nose.Then his organs were removed and put into the jars.Only his heart was left inside the body.Finally his body was covered in a special salt and left for forty days to“dry”.After this time the body was a mummy and wa
21、s ready to be wrapped up and buried.As well as the body there were instructions in the coffin on how to make the journey to the afterlife.Answer key for Answer key for Exercise 1 on Page 83Exercise 1 on Page 83Object Material ColourDecorationBoxesPossibly woodBeautifully paintedTwostatues/BlackWeari
22、ng gold shoes and carrying royal insigniaChairsGoldGoldenWith heads of animals and gods/ObjectMaterial Colour DecorationFlowers/Vases/With beautiful flower designsBoxes/Black/Chests/White/Seat/Golden/CartGoldGolden/1.How did they know whose tomb it was?They read his name on a black box.2.Why do you
23、think they thought these things came from another civilization?Because they were so strange and wonderful-more wonderful than anyone could imagine.Answer key for Exercise 23.Why did Carter get excited when he noticed the door to the tomb was still fastened?Because it meant that the tomb had not been
24、 opened by thieves.1.I would have to lock the tomb securely so that thieves could not steal the finds.2.I would have to lock the tomb securely so that the sunlight and temperature would not affect the finds in the tomb.Otherwise the finds may be spoiled.Suggested answers to Exercise 33.I would have
25、to lock the tomb securely so that I could record all the finds carefully,and I would not want any of the finds to be moved.wall paintingSpeaking Task on P84These wall paintings are from the tomb of a nobleman named Nebamun.Nebamunstomb was built around 1400 B.C.near the town of Thebes(底比斯,埃及的古都).In
26、pairs,discuss what you can find from In pairs,discuss what you can find from thethe wall painting and fill in the chart below.wall painting and fill in the chart below.Evidence from the wall painting FoodArrangements for the mealFish,meat,vegetables and fruitChairs but no tables;food is served;enter
27、tainment at the same time as the mealEvidence from the wall painting ClothesHygieneGuests wear long floating dresses with large decorated collars;servants and dancers wear very littleServants wash hands of the guests before serving the food Evidence from the wall paintingEntertainmentPeopleDancersGu
28、ests:womenServants:menDancers:girlsPyramidsLook at the pictures on P85 and discuss the questions below them.The order should be BAC.The earliest pyramid is B,which is called step pyramid.It was built during the Third Dynasty(2800 BC).Step pyramid is generally considered theWritingfirst tomb in Egypt
29、 to be built entirely of stone anywhere in the world.The second is A.It was built in about 2,550 B.C.,King Khufu,the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty,commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza.According to archaeologists,the top of the Khufu pyramid is in a way ripped off,which is in common w
30、ith the first picture.Then the third one is the third picture.It iscalled bent pyramid,which was built for Khafre,the fourth pharaoh of the fourth dynasty.The bent pyramid at Dahshur shows us that the ancient Egyptians experimented a lot with the slope of the pyramids.In the middle of constructionth
31、e builders must have decided that the slope of the building was too steep to continue.Thus,the top half of the pyramid has a different slope.The pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could climb to the sky and live forever.The pyramid represented the rays of the sun.A sample version:I t
32、hink the chronological order of bulling the pyramids is B-A-C.The earliest pyramid is B,which is called step pyramid.It was built during the Third Dynasty (2800 B.C.).Step pyramid is generally considered the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely of stone.The second is A.It was built about 2,550 B
33、C,King Khufu,the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty,commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza.Then the third one is C.It is called bent pyramid,which was built for Khafre,the fourth pharaoh of the fourth dynasty.The bent pyramid atDahshur shows us that the ancient Egyptians experimented a lot
34、with the slope of the pyramids.In the middle of construction the builders must have decided that the slope of the building was too steep to continue.Thus,the top half of the pyramid has a different slope.All the three pyramids come to a point at the top.As its name suggests,step pyramid is a series
35、of six levels of stone decreasing in size as they ascend to about 200 feet(60 meters)in height.Egyptologists have developed many theories about why the tombs of the early pharaohs were built in the pyramidshape.Variable reasons are possible:the pyramid represented the first land to appear at the beginning of time-a hill called Ben-Ben,the pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could symbolically climb to the sky and live forever and the pyramid represented the rays of the sunHomeworkFinish the Exs.In Best English on page 78-79.
