unit5 Meeting your ancestors Reading[下学期]

课件25张PPT。.Unit 5 Meeting Your Ancestors北京人头盖骨化石北京猿人复原图
Zhoukoudian CavesDo you know about Zhoukou Dian?
Where is it? What is famous for?It is on the Longgu Mountain, Fangshan District, Beijing. It is famous for Peking Man, a complete skull (头盖骨)of an ape-man(猿人) dating back 600,000 years..A Visit to the Zhoukoudian Caves.Word GuessingGuess the meanings of the new words.1.Don’t interrupt him while he is giving a speech.
2. I didn’t see your car, so I assumed that you had gone out.
3. Higgins kept talking about Eliza, regardless of her feelings.
4. You had better sharpen the knife before cutting the meat with it.
5.We get ample food and clothing by working hard with our own hands.
6.Primitive men lived in caves.
7. We should preserve our eyesight. (stop sb. speaking)
(think something is true)(pay no attention to)
(make sth. sharp)
( more than enough)(at the early stage)(protect)Task 1Glance through the text and answer these questions.Skimming 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? 1. How did they keep warm?
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. What animals were their most dangerous enemies?
Tigers and bears were their most dangerous enemies.3. How did they make clothes?Their clothes were made from animal _______.
They used __________stone tools to____ ___
the animals and_______ their skin. Then smaller
________ were used to clean the fat and meat
from them. They had to ____an ample amount
of salt inside the skin to make it _____enough.
Finally, they would have cut it and ______the
pieces together with _______ made of animal
bones.skinssharpenedscrapersrubcut upremovesoftsewnneedles4.What can we learn about the necklace
they wore?Some of the necklace beads were made of animal
_______ but some were made of ______, which
tell us that all the fields around here used to
be part of a large shallow lake. Perhaps there
was _____ between early people or they traveled
to the seaside on their journeys.
bonesshellstradePeking man lived in Zhoukoudian Caves, perhaps with animal skins to keep out the coldThey used needles, sharpened stone tools and small scraper.They wore clothes from animal skins and they also wore the necklace of animal teeth or shells.Task 2Listen to the tape and fill in the chart
Life in the caveWhat we can learn from a needleWhat we can learn from a necklace Task 3Scanning Tell the 3 stages of the archaeologist’s part of the dialogue.Go back and fill in the chart on the life and habits of Peking Man again. Compare it with the list you made for the Pre-reading. What differences are there?Task 4Stone, 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 Zhoukoudian caves? 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 Task 5 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) Find out the useful words and expressions in the dialogue.Homework