a-visit-to-the-Zhoukoudian-caves.ppt

1、人教课标版 高二 选修 8 Unit 5,英语课件,Reading,A visit to the Zhoukoudian caves,What is it?,Who are they?,Possible answer,Zhoukoudian is a relic of primitive culture, 48 kilometers southwest of downtown Beijing, where Longgushan (dragon skeleton mountain) is standing. Several decades ago, local farmers,Tell what

2、 you have known about Zhoukoudian Caves.,mined lime-stone in Zhoukoudian, came upon some bone fossils and called them “the Dragon Bones”. Zhoukoudian became known as “Dragon Bone Mountain”. Drugstores purchased the bones as a medical ingredient. The news about the “magic bones” drew attention of sci

3、entists.,In 1929 these lime-stone caves became world famous with the discovery of a skull and two teeth dating back 200,000 to 500,000 years. They were named Peking Man. But the fossils were lost during World War II. Many of the implements used by those early,humans, and bones of animals they hunted

4、 are on display at a museum near the site of the discovery. With the steadily increased number of visitors from all over the world, Zhoukoudian has become a scenic spot of Beijing. Now read the dialogue aloud please.,Task 1: Which of the following shows us the earliest people and the modern people h

5、ave something in common?,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,Skimming,Task 2: Tell the 3 topics that the archaeologist talked about.,Life in the cave,What we can learn from a needle,What we can

6、 learn from a necklace,Read the text again and get the main idea of the dialogue and then write down the three ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones.,Scanning,Caves, perhaps with skins to keep out the cold,Scrapers, axe-heads, bone needles,Animal skins sewn together with ne

7、edles and thread, necklaces,scare,burning,Careful reading,I. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.,Layers,skins,bone,clothes,trade,seaside,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

8、England while the Zhoukoudian caves provide an excellent example of a site where early people lived.,II. Answer the following questions after a careful reading.,3. How did they keep warm? They constructed the fires in the center of the caves to keep them warm. They might have kept fires burning all

9、winter. They hung animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold.,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

10、 from the lake nearby. They also picked fruit when it was ripe.,6. What animals were their most dangerous enemies? Tigers and bears were their most dangerous enemies.,Their clothes were made from animal skins. They used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin. Then smaller

11、scrapers were used to clean the fat and meat from them. They had to rub an ample amount of salt inside the skin to make it soft enough. Finally, they would have cut it and sewn the pieces together with needles made of animal bones.,7. How did they make clothes?,Some of the necklace beads were made o

12、f animal bones but some were made of shells, which tell us that all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake. Perhaps there was trade between early people or they traveled to the seaside on their journeys.,8. What can we learn from the necklace they wore?,9. What did the earlie

13、st people use fire for? They used fire to keep them warm, cook the food and scare the animals. 10. Whats the main idea of the text? A brief introduction of the life and habits of the earliest people in Zhoukoudian.,III. Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.,1. Where do the caves lie? A

14、. In the forest. B. On the seaside. C. At the foot of the hill. D. Higher up the hill.,2. What is the right order of early people making clothes? a. removing the skin b. rubbing salt onto the skin c. removing the fat and meat from the skin d. cutting up animals e. cutting the skin and sewing the pie

15、ces together A. a-c-d-b-eB. d-a-c-b-e C. a-c-b-e-dD. d-c-b-a-e,3. The following things were used by early people to make clothes EXCEPT _. A. sharpeners B. needles C. salt D. knives,4. Which of the following shows us the earliest people and the modern people have something in common? A. People hung

16、animal skins to keep out the cold B. People never grew their own crops C. People use science D. People care about their appearance,5. What can we infer from the sentences- “This one looks very like a fish bone. Is it reasonable? -Yes indeed, as the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields ar

17、ound here used to be part of a large shallow lake. Probably there were fish in it.”? A. Being an archaeologist needs a wide range of knowledge. B. A lake is not the sea. C. People can identify the fish by the colour. D. A fish bone can be made into a necklace.,Stone, wooden or brick house.,Cave,Very

18、 accurate,Compare modern people and Peking man, and finish the following form.,Wooden, special for each room,fireplace,Accurate,TV, sport, films, hobbies, education, job,Meals together,Inaccurate,Fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, etc.,Meat, fish, berries and fruit in season,Accurate,Natural and man-

19、made fibres.,skins, leaves,Accurate,Work in groups of four. Imagine one of you is an archaeologist who is having a press conference (记者招待会), and the others are journalists. You can ask the archaeologist any question about early people (Peking Man).,Role-play,Read the text and fill in the blanks. An

20、archaeologist is showing a group of students from England around _, where some of the_ people lived.,the Zhoukoudian caves,earliest,Post reading,First the archaeologist describes how early people lived in the caves. They made _ to keep them warm, cook the food and _ wild beasts away as well. They mi

21、ght have kept the fire burning all winter and hung _ at the cave mouth to keep out the cold during the freezing winter. _ were their most dangerous enemies.,fires,scare,animal skins,Tigers and bears,Then the archaeologist shows the students a picture of a sewing needle. The needle which seems to be

22、made of _ is at most three centimetres long. Early people could cut animal skins and sew the pieces together to make their own _.,bone,clothes,Last of all the archaeologist shows them a primitive _. It is made of animal bones and _. At that time early people cared about their _ and perhaps there was

23、 _ between early peoples or they travelled to the seaside on their journeys.,necklace,shells / seashells,appearance,trade,Do you think it is important for us to know about them? Why? Zhoukoudian Caves were formally inscribed (记入) on the “World Heritage List” in December 1987 at the eleventh session

24、of UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The inscription,Summary,of the Peking Man Site on the World Heritage List confirms the exceptional and universal value of the cultural site, which requires protection for the benefit of all humanity. The site is therefore not only of China, but also of the world as a whole.,Being polite: You must be aware that Im sorry to interrupt you but.,Useful sentence pat