外研版高中英语选修七教案：Module 6 教案 The Second Period Reading.doc

the second period readingteaching goals教学目标itarget language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语bone, danger, discover, encourage, evidence, pollution, species, tool, evolution, sharpen, warmth b. 重点句子it has not only given us important information about prehistoric asia societies, but also has provided amazing evidence about the process of evolution. they have suggested that the general public be encouraged to help with the problem.2. ability goals能力目标enable students to talk about chinas world cultural heritage and its contribution to protecting them. 3. learning ability goals 学能目标help the students learn how to talk about chinas world cultural heritage and its contribution to protecting them. teaching important points教学重点how to talk about chinas world cultural heritage and its contribution to protecting them. teaching difficult points教学难点 learn the importance of the protection of worlds cultural heritage.teaching methods教学方法reading and discussion.teaching aids教具准备a tape recorder, a projector and a computer. teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式step i revision and lead-inask the students to show their work. t: in the last period, we mainly learned about a famous city suzhou, also one of the worlds cultural heritage. and you were asked to write a short passage introducing the city. now whod like to show your work to us?a sample version:suzhou, a city in eastern chinas jiangsu province, is considered as beautiful as the paradise. a major tourist city, it features classic gardens and elegant natural scenery. location: it is situated by the taihu lake in the southern part of jiangsu province, in the yangtze river delta. with shanghai to its east and zhejiang province to its south, suzhou has a well-developed communication network and can be easily reached from all parts of china.geographic features: of the 8,488 square kilometers of territory under the citys jurisdiction, about 10 percent is cultivated farmland; 30 percent is hilly land, and the rest is covered by waters or low terrains. its average altitude is 4 meters above sea level. the city is famed as the oriental venice because it is a water city with numerous rivers, lakes and canals, such as the yangtze river, yangcheng lake, chenghu lake and the grand canal. major hills in the area include lingyan, tianping, tiger (huqiu) and yushan.population: it has a population of 5.71 million, including the various ethnic groups of han, hui, and manchu, 1.05 million of the people living in urban areas. history: it was established as a settlement in 514 b.c., known as gusu; in 581 during the sui dynasty, it was renamed suzhou. climate: on the north edge of the subtropical zone, suzhou has monsoon maritime climate, with mildly cold winter and humid summer. its annual average temperature is 15.7c.local highlights: besides classic gardens, suzhou is also famous for kunqu opera and pingtan (ballad-singing in suzhou dialect). among the local products, there are silk; handicrafts such as embroidery, fans, traditional chinese musical instruments, lanterns, furniture, jade carving, silk tapestry, traditional painting pigments, new year pictures of wood-block prints, etc; and big-gate crabs from yangcheng lake. t: as a world-renowned country with an ancient civilization, china boasts a wealth of cultural relics and historical sites, such as the ten thousand-li great wall, the imperial palace in beijing, the dunhuang grottoes, and the potala palace in lhasa. last period, you were asked to prepare a talk about your regions cultural heritage. now whod like to give a talk to us?a sample talk:shanxi is one of the birth places of chinese civilizations with a long history and traditional culture. as early as one hundred million years ago, the ancesotrs of the chinese lived in this region. legend tells us that the yellow emperor, founder of the chinese nation, once lived in shanxi for a certain period. today, many neolithic sites from that period can still be seen across the province. most of the ancient structures in shanxi were built before the liao and song dynasties. so it is the reason why shanxi is often called the “chinese ancient architecture museum”, including the buddhist wonder of the yungang grottoes in datong city, the ancient city of pingyao which was listed as a world cultural heritage site by unesco in 1997, the oldest and tallest ancient wooden pagoda in china, the wooden pagoda of yingxian county and the remote shuanglin and jinci temples, which are well worth the protection. of course, there are a number of natural magnificent and beautiful places that can also be seen in shanxi. the most famous of them include wutai mountain with the longest and most prestigious history in the four most well-known buddhist holy lands of china, the whistling rage of the yellow rivers kettle spout waterfalls (hukou waterfalls) and one of the five sacred mountains in china mt hengshan. t: excellent. today we are going to learn about another chinese cultural heritage zhoukoudian caves.step ii reading skimmingask the students to read the passage and do activities 1 and 2.t: in december 1929, a chinese paleanthropologist named pei wenzhong discovered a complete skull of “peking man” on dragon bone hill northwest of zhoukoudian, in the southwest suburbs of beijing. later, archaeologists unearthed 40-odd individually fossilized skeletons of “peking man”, male, female, old and young, all at the same site. zhoukoudian, therefore, became the most common site for human remains with the most abundant fossils in the world from the same period. the discovery pushed the history of beijings civilization back to some 600,000 years. these fossilized remains prove that “peking man” was primitive man in an evolutionary process from ancient ape to modern man, and is the ancestor of the chinese nation. now please read the first part of the article and try to finish activity 1. after a few minutes, ask some students to answer the questions orally.t: what was the first thing that was found at zhoukoudian?s1: some prehistoric human bones.t: what was the number of items that were eventually found?s2: almost 200 items, including six skulls and more than 150 teeth. t: what was the number of places where beijing man lived?s3: four. t: what was the percentage of people who lived to the age of 50?s4: fewer than 5% lived to the age of 50. t: what was the reason why work on the site stopped?s5: because of the japanese invasion. t: when did the site become a world heritage site？s6: in december 1987. t: the zhoukoudian caves were one of the first batches of sites listed in the world cultural heritage list of the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organizagtion (unesco). however, if nothing is done to maintain the site, it may be taken off the list. the chinese academy of science is attempting to raise awareness of the damage, in the hope that the general public will lend a hand to protect the site. now please read the second part of the article and try to finish activity 2.after a few minutes.t: today, zhoukoudian is in serious danger. it is under destruction. what are the two natural causes of the destruction of the caves?s1: rain and exposure to the air. t: what is the origin of pollution that is affecting the caves?s2: the origin of pollution is from nearby cement factories. t: what are the two demands from the unesco?s3: if the site is endangered, the unesco recommended the site be closed and repaired. t: what are the two possible groups of people who can help to repair the caves?s4: the general public and the government. scanning ask the students to read the passage again and get the main idea of the passage. t: next please read the passage again and try to get the main idea of each part of the passage. show the following. part 1 a general introduction of zhoukoudian para 1 the location of zhoukoudian and the reason why it became famous para 2 further discoveries in zhoukoudian para 3 where beijing man lived para 4 evidence found: life span; fire using; excavations para 5 the importance of the relicspart 2 an endangered beijing man heritage site para 1 the importance of zhoukoudian para 2 causes of the destrucion para 3 un demands para 4 how to protect the siteask the students to finish the following form. show the form. 1920 prehistoric human bones discovered 1929 a complete skull was discovered 1937 japan invaded china and excavations at the site stopped 1949 the work started again and zhoukoudian became an important tourist attraction 1987 zhoukoudian was listed as a world heritage sitestep iii post-reading ask the students to finish activities 3 to 5. then check the answers.ask the students to finish activity 6 and answer the questions. t: how can the general public give their assistance?s1: the general public can give their assistance by contributing to the cost of repairing the caves. t: apart from providing warmth, what was fire used for?s2: it was used for providing lights, protection from wild animals and cooking food. t: is there any way that we can avoid the catastrophe of the closing of the site?s3: we can keep repairing the caves and prevent the site from pollution.t: did beijing man sharpen stones and bones to make tools?s4: yes. t: what do the remains tell us about the evolution of the human race?s5: from the sharpened tools and ashes, we know that beijing man used tools and fire, which helped them evolute greatly. t: what else do you know about primitive societies like beijing man?s6: in the primitive societies, there were no classes. men and women worked cooperatively. they wore clothes made by tree barks or leaves and ate animal meat. t: would you recommend that tourists visit the site? why?s7: yes. by allowing tourists visit the site, they can learn more about the ancient civilization, and on the hand, they can also learn to evaluate and protect the heritage. ask the students to answer the questions in activity 7. sample answers:1. we have learned about the location of the caves, the human remains, and estimated time they lived, problems at the site, etc. 2. because they have changed chinas knowledge of its history and were the first evidence of primitive human life in china thousands of yeas ago. 3. zhoukoudian is the place where beijing man lived thousands of years ago. 4. parts of the cave have been badly affected by rain and exposure to the air.