1、What are they?Terra cotta warriors and horses(兵马俑兵马俑)Inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells(甲骨文甲骨文)A clay lamp from GreeceA musical instrument(Chinese chimes)A stone/jade axeA face of an Egyptian Pharaoh(death mask)What is archaeology?These objects above are finds of _.archaeologyArchaeology is th
2、e ancient civilizations by scientific analysis of physical remains found in the ground.But unlike history it often has to deal with civilizations that have no written records.What job should an archaeologist do?excavateidentify and analyze collectWhats the job like?It is specific significant systema
3、tic accurateThanks to archaeology/archaeologists,were able to follow the dream of meeting our ancestors.Peking manHow much do you know about Zhoukoudian Caves?It is on the Longgu Mountain,Fangshan District,Beijing.It is famous for Peking Man,a complete skull(头盖骨)of an ape-man(猿人)dating back 600,000
4、years.1.What kind of life did Peking Man live?2.Did they suffer from cold,starvation or disease?3.What may Peking Man have done and used thousands of years ago?A Visit To The Zhoukoudian CavesSkimmingReading Comprehension I1.The text is about the visit to the _.A.Shanding Caves B.Sanxingdui Tombs C.
5、Zhoukoudian Caves D.Mawangdui Tombs2.The group of students come from _.A.Germany B.the USA C.France D.EnglandTopic1Topic 2Topic 3 life in the caveWhat can we learn from a needleWhat can we learn from a necklace 1)Find out the three topics that the archaeologist talked about.ScanningLearning tips:Pay
6、 attention to the pictures 2)Read the text again and write down the three ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones.Use the information from the reading passage to help you with each category.Caves,perhaps with_ to keep out the coldScrapers,axe-heads,bone_skins sewn together wi
7、th needles and_,necklacesHomesToolsDressskinsneedlesAnimalthreadTopic1:Life in the cave(beginning-line23)Careful-reading1.Where did Peking Man live?They lived in caves higher up the hill.2.How did they keep warm during the freezing winter?They used fireplaces in the center of the cave.They might hav
8、e hung animal skins at the cave mouth.3.What wide animals were there?There were tigers and bears.These were their most dangerous enemies.what else did they use fire for?Topic2:needle(line24-line36)Go through the dialogue on page 38 Task1:Describe the needle for usTask2:How did they make clothes from
9、 animal skin?pay attention to the connective words,such as first,second,then,after,finallyIt is at most three centimeters long and made of bone.There is a hole in it.Task2:How did they make clothes from animal skin?It seems thatthey used the _to _ animals and remove their skin.Then _were probably us
10、ed to _ the fat and meat from the skinAfterthatthey would _ an ample amount of salt onto the skin to make it _Finallycut it and _ the pieces together.Quite a difficult and _task.sharpened stone toolscut upsmaller scrapersremoverubsoftsewmessyWhats the necklace made of?Some beads were made of animal
11、_ but some were made of _.bonesshellsWhy was the archaeologist sure that some beads were made of fish bones?As the botanical analyses have shown us,there used to be a large shallow lake.Topic3:necklaceseashellsanimal bonesfish bonesThey traveled to the seaside on their journeys.What was the students
12、 puzzle?How did those seashells get there since it was miles from the sea?Reason 1:_.Reason 2:_.There was trade between early people 根据课文根据课文A Visit to the Zhoukoudian Caves完成下列短文。完成下列短文。A group of students from England have come to the Zhoukoudian Cave for a visit.archaeologist is showing them arou
13、nd.The archaeologists (excavate)here for many years.After finding human and animal bones _those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and ornaments,they think reasonable to assume they lived in these caves,regardless of the cold.They discovered fireplaces in the center of the caves _ they constr
14、ucted fires.Some evidence suggests that our ancestors _ indeed wear clothes (make)from animal skins.The archaeologist also shows the students a primitive necklace (preserve)quite well.Indeed,as the botanical analysis has been (special)showing us,all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake.Perhaps there was trade between early peoples they traveled to the seaside on their journeys.An have been excavating in it where didmade preserved specially or Post-reading 1)Go over the text.2)Preview“the present perfect continuous tense”on your English Weekly.Homework