A visit to zhoukoudian caves专题培训课件

1、A visit to zhoukoudian caves周口店北京人遗址位于北京市房山区周口店龙骨山，距北京城约50公里。1929年中国古生物学家裴文中在此发现原始人类牙齿、骨骼和一块完整的头盖骨。并找到了“北京人”生活、狩猎及使用火的遗迹，证实50万年以前北京地区已有人类活动。考古学家开始在这里发掘，发现了距今约60万年前的一个完整的猿人头盖骨，定名为北京猿人。以后陆续在龙骨山上发现一些猿人使用的石器和用火遗址。这一发现和研究，奠定了这一遗址在全世界古人类学研究中特殊的不可替代的地位。周口店遗址是世界上迄今为止人类化石材料最丰富、最生动、植物化石门类最齐全、而又研究最深入的古人类遗址。 sh

2、ow sb. aroundIt is a great pleasure to domust be aware thatan acute observercaves higher up the hillregardless ofscare wild beasts awayexcavate layers of ashkeep the fire burning all winterthe cave mouthkeep out the coldthe freezing winter带某人参观做对于某人来说是巨大的荣幸肯定察觉到一个敏锐的观察者高山上的洞穴不管/不顾把野兽吓跑挖掘数层的积灰整个冬天都在烧

3、火洞口防寒冰冷的冬天a sewing needleat mostthe sharpened stone toolscut up animalsremove their skinsrub ontoan ample amount of saltsew the pieces togetherquite a difficult and messy taska primitive necklace缝纫针至多磨尖的石器工具切碎动物除去他们的皮把擦到大量的盐把几块缝在一起的确既难又脏的活一条原始的项链be well preservedas the botanical analyses have shown

4、us,a large shallow lakelook very much likethe herds of animals被很好的保存正如植物学分析告诉我们25.一个很大的浅水湖26.看起来很像27.兽群As the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake.植物学分析结果告诉我们，这儿四周曾经是一个大浅水湖的一部分。(as)Sentence-comprehension(语句理解)1. Which sentence in the te

5、xt can be replaced by the following one? You are certain to understand there are some proofs here about early people living in this part. You must be aware that its here that we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world. (Chinese translation) 你们想必都很清楚，正是在这个地方，

6、我们找到了居住在世界上这个部分最早人类的证据。2. So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold. 本句的主语是we think, 从句是省略了that的_ 从句，从句中的it为_, 真正的主语是_.从句中they lived in these caves是省略了引导词that的宾语从句，作动词_ 的宾语。宾语形式主语to assumecoldassume3. Our evidence suggests that they did wear clothes mad

7、e from animal skins.(译成汉语)我们有证据表明，他们的确穿的是用兽皮制作的衣服。【分析】本句包含一个由that引导的_ 从句。在从句中，助动词do表示_。made from animal skins为过去分词短语作_，修饰_, 表示被动。【仿写】他的回答表明他对我们提出的计划真的没有兴趣。His answer suggested that he did have no interest in the plan put forward by us.宾语强调后置定语clothes3组2号 Writing1.我们非常有幸到周口店洞穴参观。1组2. 从中我们知道了最早人类的生活环境

8、。2组3. 除了在寒冬里御寒的方法之外，我们还了解到早期人类是怎样做成兽皮衣服的。3组4. 从所戴的项链来判断，他们的确很在乎外貌。4组5.周口店一行，让我们进一步接触了民族和文化遗产(heritage)。 5组 Improvement(能力提高) It was a great pleasure for us students to go to Zhoukoudian caves for a visit, from which we were aware of the living conditions about early people. As well as the approaches

9、 to keeping out the cold during the freezing winter, we learned about how early people prepared their clothes made of animal skins. Judging from the necklace they wore, they did care about their appearance. In short, the visit made us get further close to our natural and cultural heritage. To be a c

10、ountry lover Read the passage and answer the questions.1. Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves?2. Where did early people live?3. How did they keep warm?4. What did they use for doors?5. What did they eat?Careful -reading 1. Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian

11、 caves? The students want to find out 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. 3. How did they keep warm? They constructed the fires in the center of the caves to keep them warm. They

12、 might have kept fires burning all winter. They hung animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold. 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, s

13、uch as tigers and bears, and fish from the lake nearby. They also picked fruit when it was ripe.Caves, perhaps with skins to keep out the coldScrapers, axe-heads, bone needlesAnimal skins sewn together with needles and thread, necklaces 1) Go over the text. 2) Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Caves. HomeworkLearning about languageEx1: excavation, identify, aware, ample, regardless of, primitive, sharpened