选修八unit-5-meeting-your-ancestors-reading说课讲解

1、选修八选修八Unit-5-Meeting-your-ancestors-Readingv What is the object?v What is it made of?v What was it used for?v What are the modern alternatives?1 Antiques identification 鉴宝鉴宝Today we will see some antiques, which are unique and valuable. Please think about the questions below. 5Its nameWhat it was ma

2、de of Its useTodays alternative1A household object from Greececlay lampclay/potteryto light the houseelectric lightIts nameWhat it was made of Its useTodays alternative2 A musical instrumentChinese chimesmetal, possibly bronze or brassto provide musicxylophone(木琴木琴)Its name What it was made of Its u

3、seTodays alternative3 A stone toolstone/ jade axestone/jadeto chop woodchain saw (链锯链锯)Its nameWhat it was made of Its useTodays alternative4A face of an Egyptian Pharaoh 法老法老death maskgoldto cover the face of the pharaoh after his death none2. The antiques are very attractive. But do you know the f

4、ollowing antiques? Where are they from? 北京人头盖骨化石北京人头盖骨化石What do you know about Zhoukou Dian? Where is it? What is it famous for?It is on the Longgu Mountain, Fangshan District, Beijing. It is famous for Peking Man, a complete skull (头盖骨头盖骨) of an ape-man(猿人猿人) dating back to 600,000 years ago.Lets p

5、ay a visit to Zhoukoudian Cave!Do you want to know more? Main idea: (Read together) 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.1. Listening 5Englandlife2. Scanning: 5 1) How many topic

6、s are there in the passage? Match the main ideas for each topic.Topic 1Topic 2Topic 3Life in the caveWhat we can learn from a needleWhat we can learn from a necklace 2). Through the conversation, everything about our earliest people is mentioned EXCEPT _ . A. homesB. tools C. dress D. entertainment3

7、). Our earliest people in the Zhoukoudian Caves kept themselves warm by _. A. working B. fighting C. making fires D. huntingD C Choose the best answer4). Evidence has showed that the earliest people in the Caves used _ to make clothes according to the conversation. A. leaves B. tree skins C. animal

8、skins D. cotton5). From the conversation we can infer that the earliest people in the Caves were very _. A. busy and rich B. idle and lazy C. clever and hard working D. stupid and cruelC C RelicsHow could early people live? CavesYoure _ _ observer. We _ _ (find) human and animal bones, _ 以及以及tools a

9、nd other objects. They lived in the caves, _ 不顾不顾the cold. an3. Careful reading 10I. Read Part1 carefully and fill in the blanks.acutehavefoundas well asregardless ofRelicsHow did the early people keep warm? CavesWeve discovered _ in the centre of the caves _ they made fires to scare wild beasts _.

10、They might _ (keep) the fire _(burn) all winter because we _ (excavate) layers of ash almost _ metres thick.They might _ animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold._ and _ might have been their most dangerous enemies.fireplaceswhere awayhave keptburninghave been excavatingsixhave hungTigers

11、bearsII. Part 2 , about needle What can be discovered from the needle?1. Needles were used for _ things, which _ (至多）至多）3 centimetres long and seemed to _ bone.2. Our evidence suggests that they _ wear clothes _ _ animal skins and we continue _ (discover) tools that were sharpeners for other tools.

12、They used the _ stone tools to _ animals and _ their skin and smaller _ to remove fat and meat from the skin. After that they would _ an ample amount of salt _ the skin to make it soft. repairing/ sewing at mostbe made of didmade fromdiscovering sharpenedcut upremovescapersrubontoIII. Part 3 , about

13、 necklace What can be discovered from the necklace?1. They cared about their _.2. Some of the beads were made of _ but others were made of _.3. Perhaps there was _ between early peoples or they travelled to the _ on their journeys. They moved _ , following the _ of animals. They didnt grow their own

14、 crops, but _ fruit when it _ and hunted animals. Thats _ they are called _ and _.appearanceanimal bonesshellstradeseasidearoundherdspickedripenedwhyhuntersgatherers1. Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves? Because they are interested in archaeology and the Zhoukoudian caves ar

15、e famous for Peking Man.4. Exercises 5: After the visit, can you answer the following questions?2. Where did early people live? Early people lived in caves.3. How did early people keep warm? Keep fires burning all winter and make clothes with animal skins.4. What did they use for doors? They might h

16、ave used animal skins to hang at the cave mouth.5. What did they eat? Meat and fruit6. What animals were their most dangerous enemies? Tigers and bears7. What did the earliest people use fire for? They used fire to keep them warm, cook the food and scare wild beasts away.8. How did the early people

17、get the seashells? They traded with other peoples, or travelled to the seaside, or moved around. A group of students from England have come to the Zhoukoudian Caves _ a visit. An archaeologist is showing them around. The archaeologist _ here for many years. V. Retelling and exercises 5 Then please r

18、ead, fill and do a summary about this lesson. 根据课文内容语法填空根据课文内容语法填空forhas been excavating After finding human and animal bones _ those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and other objects, they think _ reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold. They discovered fireplaces in the center of the caves _ they m