Unit5Meetingyourancestors 人教课标高二选修8Unit5 Reading Inpairs trytoidentifytheseobjects Discusswhattheyweremadeofandexplaintheiruse Whodoyouthinkusedthem Canyouthinkofthealternativeswewouldusetoday claylamp Chinesechimes clay pottery tolightthehouse electriclight metal possiblybronzeorbrass toprovidemusic xylophone Whenyouhavecometoaconclusion fillinthechartbelow Thenreporttotheclass stone jadeaxe stone jade tochopwood chainsaw deathmask gold tocoverthefaceofthepharaohafterhisdeath none Whoarethey Zhoukoudianisarelicofprimitiveculture 48kilometerssouthwestofdowntownBeijing whereLonggushan dragonskeletonmountain isstanding Severaldecadesago localfarmers TellwhatyouhaveknownaboutZhoukoudianCaves minedlime stoneinZhoukoudian cameuponsomebonefossilsandcalledthem theDragonBones Zhoukoudianbecameknownas DragonBoneMountain Drugstorespurchasedthebonesasamedicalingredient Thenewsaboutthe magicbones drewattentionofscientists In1929theselime stonecavesbecameworldfamouswiththediscoveryofaskullandtwoteethdatingback200 000to500 000years TheywerenamedPekingMan ButthefossilswerelostduringWorldWarII Manyoftheimplementsusedbythoseearly humans andbonesofanimalstheyhuntedareondisplayatamuseumnearthesiteofthediscovery Withthesteadilyincreasednumberofvisitorsfromallovertheworld ZhoukoudianhasbecomeascenicspotofBeijing Skimming AvisittotheZhoukoudiancaves Thetextisaboutagroupofstudentsfrom paidavisittotheZhoukoudiancaves fromwhichtheylearnedalotaboutthe oftheearlypeoplelivingthere England life Readthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea Tellthe3topicsthatthearchaeologisttalkedabout Lifeinthecave Whatwecanlearnfromaneedle Whatwecanlearnfromanecklace Readthetextagainandgetthemainideaofthedialogueandthenwritedownthethreewaysinwhichthelifeofearlypeoplediffersfrommodernones Scanning caves perhapswithskinstokeepoutthecold scrapers axe heads boneneedles animalskinssewntogetherwithneedlesandthread necklaces scare burning Carefulreading I Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks Layers skins bone clothes trade seaside 1 WhyhavetheEnglishstudentscometotheZhoukoudiancaves Thestudentswanttofindoutabouthowearlypeoplelived TherearenosuchsitesinEnglandwhiletheZhoukoudiancavesprovideanexcellentexampleofasitewhereearlypeoplelived II Answerthefollowingquestionsafteracarefulreading 3 Howdidearlypeoplekeepwarm Theyusedfurfromanimalsforclothesandhadfiresburningallwinter 2 Wheredidearlypeoplelive Earlypeoplelivedincaves 4 Whatdidtheyusefordoors Thearchaeologistthinkstheymayhaveusedanimalskins 5 Whatdidtheyeat Theyateanimalmeat suchastigersandbears andfishfromthelakenearby Theyalsopickedfruitwhenitwasripe 6 Whatanimalsweretheirmostdangerousenemies Tigersandbearsweretheirmostdangerousenemies 7 Howdidtheymakeclothes Theirclothesweremadefromanimalskins Theyusedsharpenedstonetoolstocutuptheanimalsandremovetheirskin Thensmallerscraperswereusedtocleanthefatandmeatfromthem Theyhadtorubanampleamountofsaltinsidetheskintomakeitsoftenough Finally theywouldhavecutitandsewnthepiecestogetherwithneedlesmadeofanimalbones Someofthenecklacebeadsweremadeofanimalbonesbutsomeweremadeofshells whichtellusthatallthefieldsaroundhereusedtobepartofalargeshallowlake Perhapstherewastradebetweenearlypeopleortheytraveledtotheseasideontheirjourneys 8 Whatcanwelearnfromthenecklacetheywore 9 Whatdidtheearliestpeopleusefirefor Theyusedfiretokeepthemwarm cookthefoodandscaretheanimals 10 What sthemainideaofthetext AbriefintroductionofthelifeandhabitsoftheearliestpeopleinZhoukoudian Workingroupsoffour Imagineoneofyouisanarchaeologistwhoishavingapressconference 记者招待会 andtheothersarejournalists Youcanaskthearchaeologistanyquestionaboutearlypeople PekingMan Role play AnarchaeologistisshowingagroupofstudentsfromEnglandaround wheresomeofthe peoplelived theZhoukoudiancaves earliest Postreading Firstthearchaeologistdescribeshowearlypeoplelivedinthecaves Theymade tokeepthemwarm cookthefoodand wildbeastsawayaswell Theymighthavekeptthefireburningallwinterandhung atthecavemouthtokeepoutthecoldduringthefreezingwinter weretheirmostdangerousenemies fires scare animalskins Tigersandbears Thenthearchaeologistshowsthestudentsapictureofasewingneedle Theneedlewhichseemstobemadeof isatmostthreecentimetreslong Earlypeoplecouldcutanimalskinsandsewthepiecestogethertomaketheirown bone clothes Lastofallthearchaeologistshowsthemaprimitive Itismadeofanimalbonesand Atthattimeearlypeoplecaredabouttheir andperhapstherewas betweenearlypeoplesortheytravelledtotheseasideontheirjourneys necklace shells seashells appearance trade Beingpolite Youmustbeawarethat I msorrytointerruptyoubut Usefulsentencepattern Waystoexplainthings Wethinkitisreasonabletoassume Wethinktheymight Wehavebeenexcavating Wehavebeenfinding Itseems Ourevidencesuggests Asthebotanicalanalyseshavebeenspeciallyshowingus Perhaps 1 Gooverthetext 2 WriteabriefintroductiontotheZhoukoudianCaves 3 Preview thepresentperfectcontinuoustense Homework