Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors

课件27张PPT。Warming up and ReadingUnit5 Meeting your
ancestorsWhat is it?
What is it made of?
What was it used for?
What are the modern alternative?Look at the pictures and answer the questionsA household object from GreeceA musical instrumentIn pairs, try to identify these objects. Discuss what they may have been made of and explain their use. Can you think of the alternative we would use todayA stone stool A face of an Egyptian PharaohA household object from Greece
This is an oil lamp that was used to give light at night. It was possibly used for parties, housework or study. Olive oil was placed in the body of the lamp to make the light. There was a thread that went from inside the lamp, and when it was lit it provided light. A musical instrument
This is a musical instrument which was play when a person hit the bronze or brass bells. Different notes could be made by making the bells larger or smaller. People composed music to be played in a large house, temple or palace.A stone stool
This tool is made of jade stone which is hard and very beautiful. It had a sharp edge so it could be used to break other pieces of stone. The hole on the top of the tool shows where it was joined to a wooden handle, so it could be used like an axe today.
A face of an Egyptian Pharaoh
This is a mask which was place over the pharaoh’s face after he died. Sometimes they were also buried with the dead pharaoh. They were made of gold and decorated in beautiful colours. It shows that the pharaoh expected his objects to have the best of material and workmanship.When you have come to a conclusion, fill in the chart below.1.Oil lamp2.Bianzhong3.Stone axe4.Pharaoh maskBronzeBronze
StoneGoldGet lightPlay musicScrape and cut up thingTo cover the face of the pharaoh after his deathElectric light Piano, violin ,guitarChain saw,
Steel axenone Tell what you have known about Zhoukoudian Caves. Tell the 3 stages of the archaeologist’s part of the dialogue.SkimmingLife 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 three ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones.ScanningPeking man lived in Zhoukoudian Caves of rocks and trees, perhaps with skins to keep out the coldThey used needle that was made of bone, sharpened stone tools and scraper made by stones.They wore clothes from animal skins and they also wore necklace made from seashells or animal teeth. 1. How did they keep warm?
2. What animals were their most dangerous enemies?
3. How did they make clothes?
4. What can we learn from the necklace they wore?Careful reading Answer the following questions after a careful reading. 1. They constructed the fires in the center of the caves to keep them warm. They might have kept fires burning all winter. They hung animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold.
2. Tigers and bears were their most dangerous enemies.Possible answers: 3. 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 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.
4. Some of the necklace beads were made of animal bones but some were made of shells, which tell us that all the fields 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. Compare modern people and Peking man, and finish the following form.Stone, wooden or brick house. CaveVery accurateBeautiful furniture with lots of ornaments mostly made of wood or other special materials.Natural furniture made of stone or wood. AccurateWatching TV, surfing the Internet and traveling. Enjoy the nature or family get-together. InaccurateFruit, vegetables, meat and fish, etc. Natural food, such as nuts and fruits. AccurateNatural and man-made fibres. Clothes made from animal skins, leaves Accurate Do you think it is important for us to know about them? Why?
Zhoukoudian Caves were formally inscribed (记入) on the “World Heritage List” in December 1987 at the eleventh session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The inscriptionSummary of the Peking Man Site on the World Heritage List confirms the exceptional and universal value of the cultural site, which requires protection for the benefit of all humanity. The site is therefore not only of China, but also of the world as a whole. 1) Go over the text.
2) Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Caves.
3) Preview “the present perfect continuous tense”.Homework