Unit 5Reading 課件-高中英語(yǔ)人教版選修八

Unit5Meetingyourancestors

ReadingWhatcanyouseefromthepicture?Trytomaketentativeguessesaboutthetopic.

peopleinancienttimes

doingchores

wearingclothesmadeofanimalskinancestors'lifeMaybe/PerhapsitisaboutZhoukoudiancaves.ThetextislikelytotalkaboutSanxingduiruins.

preparingmealsWho?How?Where?archaeologist

makearchaeolo-gicaldiscoveriesbyexcavatinganalyzingheritagesites_________yourancestorsMeetingWhodoyouexpecttohelpusunderstandourancestors?archaeologists'wayofstudyexcavatecollectidentifyandanalyzeZhoukoudianCavesSanxingduiMuseumARCHAEOLOGYThestudyofancientcivilizationsbyscientificanalysisofphysicalremains

(有形遺物)foundintheground.

ArchaeologyisascientificstudywhichshowsustheroutetothepastandItexamineswhatisleftoverfromancienttimes,intheformofartifacts(人工制品).

anarchaeologicalsitePekingManSiteatZhoukoudianPekingManSiteatZhoukoudianisoneofthemostsignificantarchaeologicalfindsin20thcentury.Itisarelicofprimitiveculture.AssumingthatagroupofstudentsfromEnglandcometovisittheZhoukoudiancaves,youarethearchaeologisttowelcomethem.Pleaseprepareasmallspeech.

WelcometotheZhoukoudiancaveshereinChina.ItisagreatpleasuretomeetyoustudentsfromEngland,whoareinterestedinarchaeology.Youmustbeawarethatit'sherethatwefoundevidenceofsomeoftheearliestpeoplewholivedinthispartoftheworld.We'vebeenexcavatinghereformanyyearsand...

Assumingthatyouareoneofthestudents,whatquestionswouldyouliketoaskthearchaeologistaboutPekingMan’slife?Assumingthatyouareanarchaeologist,wouldyoupleasemakeatentativeanalysisaboutwhatthefollowingprimitiveitemsmighthavebeenusedfor?andwhatelsecanyouinferfromthem?Itmighthavebeenusedfor…Itmusthavebeenmadeof...Ithinkthattheprimitivepeoplemusthave…IdentificationofarchaeologicalobjectsCheckthequestionsHowcouldtheylivehere?Howdidtheykeepwarm?Whatwildanimalswerethereallthattimeago?That'saneedle.Goodness,doesthatmeantheyrepairedthings?Doyoumeanthattheymadetheirownclothes?Wheredidtheygetthematerial?Why,it'saprimitivenecklace.Didearlypeoplereallycareabouttheirappearancelikewedo?Thisonelooksverymuchlikeafishbone.Isthatreasonable?Wearemilesfromthesea,sohowdidtheseashellsgethere?SummarizethetopicslivekeepwarmWhatwildanimalswerethereLifeinthecaveinferencesfromanecklaceanalysesfromaneedleReadingandcheckingPart1:fromline1toline____ Topic1:Part2:fromline____toline____ Topic2:Part3:fromline_____toline52 Topic3:

Lifeinthecave

Whatwecanlearnfromaneedle

WhatwecanlearnfromanecklaceDividethedialogueintothreepartsaccordingtothethreetopics

ofthedialogue.

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1.WhydoarchaeologistsassumePekingmanlivedinthecaveshigherupthehill?2.Whatdoesthelayersofashsuggest?

Topic1:Lifeinthecavekeepthemwarmcookfoodscarewildbeastaway1FirecanbeusedtoscThinkingFromthetext,canyouguesshowPekingmanmadefire,fromnatureorontheirown?Why?

Innature,thereareplentyofoccasionsofnaturalfire:volcanicfiremaycatchupthesurrou--ndingplants,thunderandlightningmaycausefireinforests.Earlypeoplecouldobtainkindling(引火物)materialfromabushfirebymeansofusingaburningbranchofatreeandbringthekindlingtothecave.Keepingthefireburningwasimportant.Onewaytokeepthefireistoaddfirewoodandtoblowairunderneath.MakingfireTopictwo:Theneedle PleaseretelltheprocessofPekingmanmakingclothesbythefollowinghints(提示).

step1:sharpen step2:cutup step3:remove step4:remove step5:rub…onto… step6:cutandsew

Cutupanimals12345RemovetheskinRemovethefatandmeatRubsaltontotheskinCuttheskinandsewthepiecestogetherThinking:Whatamazesyoumostinthisprocess?Makingandusingtoolsareofgreatimportanceinthedevelopmentofhuman,becauseitimproveshumanintelligenceandlivingconditions.sharpenedstonetools(sharpener)makefinetoolsbyrubbing/scraping(scraper)thearchaeologists'answerstothequestionsObjectsanalyseswouldhavekeptthemwarm,cookedthefoodandscaredwildbeastsawaymighthavekeptthefireburningallwintermighthavehunganimalskinsatthecavemouthtokeepoutthecold_______________mostdangerousenemiesmighthavebeenmighthavebeenusedforsewingclothessharpenersscrapersfireplaceslayersofashnodoorsbonesoftigerneedleandthreadmighthavebeenusedtocutupanimalsandremoveskinsObjectWhatcanbededucedfromit?NECKLACe1.Theycaredabouttheir____________.2.Someofthebeadsweremadeof___________.Guess:Soearlypeoplekilled,_______andmostprobablyateanimals3.Someofthebeadweremadeof__________.Guess:Soearlypeople________andprobably_____fishinthe_______shallowlake.4.Someofthebeadsweremadeof_________.Guess:Sotherewas_____betweenearlypeoplesorthey________totheseaside.appearanceanimal

bonescut

upfish

bonescaughtseashellstravelled

atenearbytradeTopicthree:anecklaceWhatabilitiesdidPekingManhaveinordertodobusinesswithotherpeoples?Languageresultedfromhumanlabor.Whenthoseearlypeopleswerelaboring,theyhadtocommunicatewitheachother,thuslanguagecameintobeing.

WhyarePekingmancalledhuntersandgatherers?Thinking

Thethreeimportantfactorsthatpromotethedevelopmentofhuman:

makingfire makingandusingtools usinglanguageThesignificanceofarchaeology?Itarousespeople'sawarenessoftheconservationoftheworld'sculturalheritageagainstlootingandcarelessharm.

Itfuelsoureagernessforknowledgeaboutourselvesandourpast.Tolearnaboutthepastenablesusbetterseethedevelopmentofhumanbeings.

Thediscoveryofanancientsitescanbecomeascenicspot,whichcanboostthelocaleconomy.Theworld‘sculturalheritageisadiminishing（衰減）

resourcewhichholdsdifferentmeaningsfordifferentpeople.

AgroupofEnglishstudentscametoZhoukoudianfora____.An____________showedthemaround.Hetoldthemitwasherethattheyfound________oftheearliestpeoplewholivedinthispartoftheworld,anditwasreasonableto_______theyhadlivedinthese_____,___________thecold._________hadbeendiscoveredinthecenterwherethey_________.Itseemedthattheymighthaveused_________stonetoolstocut___animalsand______theirskintomaketheirownclothes.Maybetherewas_____betweenearlypeoples.Theydidn’tgrowtheirowncrops,but______fruitandhuntedanimals.visitevidenceassumeFireplacessharpenedupremovetradepickedSummaryarchaeologistregardless

ofcavesmadefires Supposingyouwereanarchaeologist,pleaseintroducePekingmaninfivesentences.(Thegivenbeginningisnotincluded.) Goodmorning,distinguishedguests!IamanarchaeologistintroducingPekingmantoyoutoday.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________假如你是周口店博物館的導(dǎo)游李華，5月15日來自美國(guó)某中學(xué)的學(xué)生訪問團(tuán)將來參加“看文物，學(xué)歷史”活動(dòng)，請(qǐng)你從以下文物中選擇一項(xiàng)做詳細(xì)介紹。學(xué)生作品1

WelcometotheZhoukoudiancaves!I'mLihua,yourguideforthevisit.ThearchaeologicalexcavationherehasyieldedthelargestknowncollectionoffossilsoftheextinctPekingman.Now,turnyourattentiontothissetting.Itcanbededucedthattheylivedingroupsandhuntedtogether.Theymighthavelearnedtousetools,likethestonesorbranchesoftreestofightagainstwildanimals.Probablystonescrapershavebeenusedtocutupanimalsandremoves