人教课标版高中英语选修8Unit5-Reading(共18张)课件

1、Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsUnit 5 Meeting your ancestorsReadingA VISIT TO THE ZHOUKOUDIAN CAVESReadingA VISIT TO THE ZHOUKOUDTo develop the ability of scanning and skimming 2. To learn more knowledge about Peking Man.3. To compare ways in which the life of early people differs from your own.Learni

2、ng aims:To develop the ability of scanTask1: Cooperative Learning -to study the new words in 5mins. Task1: Cooperative Learningbeastcentimetresharpensharpenerscrapescraperamplemessyn. 野兽n. 厘米(centimeter)vi. & vt. (使)锋利; 尖锐; 清晰n. 磨具; 削具vt. 擦净; 削平; 磨光n. 刮刀; 刮削器adj. 足够的; 充足的; 富裕的adj. 凌乱的; 脏的beastn. 野兽p

3、rimitivebeadbotanybotanicalanalysisseashellripenadj. 原始的; 远古的; 简陋的n. 小珠子; 滴n. 植物学adj. 植物学的; 与植物学有关的n. (pl analyses)分析n. 海贝壳vt. & vi. 使成熟; 成熟primitiveadj. 原始的; 远古的; 简陋的Skimming for general ideaSkimming for general idea The reading is written in the form of _ and answers. It is similar to an interview

4、 except that the _ is behaving more like a teacher guiding the students learning.archaeologistquestionsSkimming The reading is written in Task2: Skimming -Choose the best answer in 2mins.The main idea of the text is about the_ of our earliest people in the Zhoukoudian Caves. A. life and habits B. fo

5、od and clothing C. homes and fishing D. farming and huntingATask2: SkimmingThe main idea oScanning for specific informationScanning for specific informat1. Our earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves kept themselves warm by _.2. Evidence has showed that the earliest people in the Caves used _ to ma

6、ke clothes according to the conversation.3. From the conversation we can infer that the earliest people in the Caves were very _. 4. Through the conversation, everything about our earliest people is mentioned EXCEPT _ . A. homesB. tools C. dress D. entertainmentTask3:Scanning -Choose the best answer

7、 in 5mins.1. Our earliest people in the 1. Our earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves kept themselves warm by _. A. working B. fighting C. making fires D. hunting2. Evidence has showed that the earliest people in the Caves used _ to make clothes according to the conversation. A. animal skins B. tr

8、ee skins C. leaves D. cottonScanning: Choose the best answer.CA1. Our earliest people in the 3. 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 cruel4. Through the conversation, everythin

9、g about our earliest people is mentioned EXCEPT _. A. homesB. entertainment C. dress D. toolsScanning: Choose the best answer.CB3. From the conversation we caWrite down three ways in which the life of early people differs from your own.Homes: _Tools: _Clothes: _Task4: Discuss -the question in groups

10、 in 3mins.Write down three ways in whichHomes ToolsClothescaves, perhaps with skins to keep out the coldscrapers, axe-heads, boneneedles animal skins sewn together with needles and thread, necklaces caves, perhaps with skins to The earliest humans lived in the caves. They didnt grow (1) _but picked

11、fruit and killed (2)_. There lived animals such as (3) _ and bears. There used to be a large shallow (4) _. People constructed Fireplaces to cook food, keep themselves warm in the winter and even (5) _ away wild animals. People used(6)_such as sharpened stones and (7)_to remove animal (8)_and sew th

12、e skins into clothes. (9)_shows that people then cared about their_. animalscropstigerslakescareneedlesNecklaceSummary:toolsskinsappearance The earliest humans lived iHomework1. Read the passage again and review the new words and expressions. 2. To finish a passage about 100words with the following words and phrases: interrupt, acute, regardless of,analysis, cut up, ample, messy,sharpen, assume, at most. 1. Read the passage again and review the new words and expressions. 2. To finish a passage a