高中英语Unit20Archaeology1人教版第二册(下)

Unit20Archaeology

PeriodOneListeningandspeaking

I.Teachingaims

1.Encouragestudentstoexpresscuriosity.

2.Helpdevelopthestudents’imagination.

3.Arousestudents’interestinthelifeofancientpeople

4.Enablethestudentstotalkaboutarchaeologicaldiscoveries.

Keywords

1decoration;artefacts;archaeological;archaeologist;curiosity;spear

and

2.asitwas;findout

phrases

Useful

(Expressingcuriosity)

expressions

1.Iwonderwhat/who

2.Ireallywanttoknow

3.I’mcuriousto

4.I’dlovetoknow

5.Iwonderif/whether

6.WhatI’dreallyliketofindoutis

7.I’mcuriousabout

8.I’dliketoknowmoreabout

(Givingsuggestions)

9.Youcanreadsomebooksaboutit.

10.Youcouldvisitalocalmuseum.

11.Thatmaybedifficulttofindout.

II.Teachingprocedures

Activity1.Abriefintroductionto

Archaeology

Tobeginwith

thepictures

ofunearthed

objects

on

P73

Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?

What’stheuseoftheobject?

Doalloftheobjectshavesomethingincommon?

Inwhichperiodsweretheobjectsusedbypeople

Suggestedanswers:

TheyareallChinesearchaeologicaldiscoveries.

Theywereonceusedbypeopleinthepast

.

ThefirstobjectisusedbypeopleinStoneAge,

secondonein

BronzeAge,third

oneinHanDynasty

andfourthoneinTangDynast.

Activity2.

DoExercise1onp73

andseehowmuch

thestudentsknow.

Weknowthat

thelife

ofpeople

is

different

during

thedifferentperiods.NowLet

’sdescribethe

lifeofpeopleduring

theperiods

mentioned

above.

Youcandescribeitaccordingtothequestions:

1)Whatdidtheyeat?

2)Wheredidtheylive?

3)Whatdidtheirhomeslooklike?

4)Whatkindoftoolsdidtheyuse?

5)Whatobjectshavewefoundfromtheirage?

6)Whatkindofentertainmentdidtheyhave?

Activity3.Pre-listening

FinishExercise2onp73

Activity4.Listeningpractice

FinishExercises1

–3on

p74.

Activity5.Pairwork

1.Show

students

somevaluable

Bronze

Wares

unearthed

inthehometownof

terri-cotta

warriors.

Questionsforreference:

Wherewerethefamousfinds?

Wherecanyougoandseethemnow?

Ifyouhaveachancetovisit

the

site,

what

would

youliketoknowmore?

Thefollowingexpressionsforreference:

Iwonderwhat/who

I

reallywanttoknow

I’m

curious

to

I’dlovetoknow

I

wonder

if

/

whether

WhatI’dreallyliketofindoutis

I’m

curious

about

I’dliketoknowmoreabout

2.Show

students

the

latest

archaeological

discoveryinthelocalarea,suchasartifacts,

tombs

or

unearthed

towns

in

YongchangCastle.

It’sreportedthat

peoplehavediscoveredsome

finds

in

YongchangCastle

( ).Maybeyouare

curiousaboutit.Whatwouldyouliketoknow?if

youareanarcheologist,whatwillyoudo?

Activity6.Discussion

Whatelse

doyouthink

theobject

couldbeusedfor?

What

do

youthink

ofour

ancestors,

arethey

clever?