课件38张PPT。Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors A visit to the Zhoukoudian CavesReading 教材:人民教育出版社 选修八Pre-testImportant words Important phrasesComprehendingⅠ.Important words(1)_____ ______(n.)可能的选择(adj.)供选择的;其他的
(2)________(adj.)有观察力的;敏锐的;严重的;深刻的
(3)________ (n.)被子;棉被
(4)________ (adj.)足够的;充足的;富裕的
(5)________ (adj.)原始的;远古的;简陋的
(6)starvation (n.)挨饿;饿死→________ (v.) (使)挨饿
(7) accuracy (n.) 精确;准确→________ (adj.) 精确的
(8)________ (vt. & vi.) 打断……讲话;打岔;暂时中断或中止→interruption (n.) 打断
(9)________ (vt.) 假定;设想→assumption (n.) 假设
(10)________ (vi. & vt.)(使)锋利;尖锐;清晰→sharpener (n.)磨具;削具→________ (adj.)锋利的alternativeacutequiltampleprimitivestarveaccurateinterruptassumesharpen sharpⅡ.Important phrases1.带领某人参观______________
2.把……和……比较__________________
3.生火_____________________
4.至多;最多______________________
5.由……制成_______________
6.scare away______________________
7.keep out__________________
8.cut up______________________show sb. aroundcompare withmake firesat mostbe made of/from吓跑关在门外;不准进入切碎III. Comprehending1.The main idea of the text is about the ________ of the earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves.
life and habits
B. food and clothing
C. homes and fishing
D. farming and huntingIII. Comprehending2.The earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves kept them-selves warm by ________.
working
B. fighting
C. making fires
D. huntingIII. Comprehending3.Evidence has shown that the earliest people in the cave used ________ to make clothes according to the conversation.
leaves
B. tree skins
C. animal skins
D. cottonReadingA visit to the Zhoukoudian cavesImagine how the ancient people made a living.ClothingFoodShelterTransportationDiscussionWho are they?Peking MenPre-readingWhat are they?SkullsLet us learn more about the first skull of the Peking Man .When did it find ?Who found it ?What does it
stand for?Where is it now?Tell what you have known about Zhoukoudian Caves.
While-readingA visit to the Zhoukoudian cavesCan you predict what the text talk about according to the pictures? 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.EnglandlifeRead the text quickly and complete its main idea.Step1 SkimmingTell the 3 topics that the archaeologist talked about.Life in the 1)___________ cavesneedlenecklaceRead the text again and write down the three
ways in which the life of early people differs
from modern ones.Step 2 ScanningCavesneedlesskinsnecklaces1. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.Step 3 Careful readingcenterashdoorsskinsbearsthreeboneclothesshellstradeseasideWhy have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves?
2. Where did early people live?
3. How did early people keep warm?
4. What did they use for doors?
5. What did they eat?2. Answer the following questions after a careful reading.1. Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian 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. 2. Answer the following questions after a careful reading.3. How did early people keep warm?
They used fur from animals for clothes and had fires burning all winter.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, such as tigers and bears, and fish from the lake nearby. They also picked fruit when it was ripe.3. True (T) or False (F)1) The archaeologists have only found human and animal bones.
2) The archaeologists have been finding the bones of tigers and bears in the caves.
3) The layers of ash almost six meters thick.
4) The earliest people might have kept the fire burning all the year round.
5) The needle the earliest peoples used is more than six centimeters long.
6) Earliest people really cared about their appearance.
7) The necklace is completely made of animal teeth. FTTFFTFWhile-testComprehending121. Read the text carefully again and choose the best answers. 1) Where do the caves lie?
A. In the forest
B. On the seaside
C. At the foot of the hill
D. High up the hill 1. Read the text carefully again and choose the best answers. 2) Which of the following material wasn’t mentioned when talking about the necklace?
animal bones
B. gold
C. animal teeth
D. shells 1. Read the text carefully again and choose the best answers. 3) Which of the following shows us the earliest people and the modern people have something in common?
A. People hung animal skins to keep out the cold
B. People never grew their own crops
C. People use science
D. People care about their appearance. 1. Read the text carefully again and choose the best answers. 4) Through the conversation, everything about our earliest people is mentioned EXCEPT ___.
A. homes
B. tools
C. dress
D. entertainment 1. Read the text carefully again and choose the best answers. 5) From the conversation we can infer that the earliest people were very __________.
A. busy and rich
B. idle and lazy
C. clever and hardworking
D. stupid and cruel 2. Reorder the following jumbled actions to show how the earliest people made clothes.A. clean the fat and meat from the skin
B. cut up the animals
C. rub salt inside the skin
D. remove the skin
E. sew the pieces together.
F. cut the skin up B-D-A-C-F-E visitA group of students came to Zhoukoudian for a 1)________. An archaeologist showed them 2)_________. He told them it was there that they found 3)__________ of the earliest people who lived there and it was reasonable to 4)_______ they had lived in these caves 5)________ up the hill regardless of the 6)_________. aroundevidenceassumehighcoldPost-reading In the center of the caves were 7)_________, which the earliest people used to keep 8)__________. They also used needles that were made of 9)________ to make clothes. Just like modern people, they also care much about their 10)__________. The made necklace by using animal teeth, fish bone and 11)_________ to make themselves beautiful.fireplaceswarmboneappearanceshellsConclusion (Tips for reading):
1. Read the title and the headings first.
2. Try to find related words in the question and then read the relevant part.
3. If you can’t tell which part to focus on from the question, read the choices and find related words (in multiple choice).Part Ⅰ L24-37
Needle and thread
Part Ⅱ L38-52
A necklace of animal teeth and shellsNeedles and threadA necklace of animal teeth and shells1) Go over the text.
2) Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Caves.Homework