人教版高中英语选修八 Unit5 Meeting your ancestors-Reading PPT课件免费下载精选.ppt

............. * * 1) Go over the text. 2) Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Caves. 3) Preview “the present perfect continuous tense”. Homework * Reading * What is it? Pre-reading * 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 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 scientists. * 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 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. * Tell the 3 topics that the archaeologist talked about. Skimming * Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Life in the cave What we can learn from a needle What we can 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 * Homes Tools Dress Caves, perhaps with skins to keep out the cold Scrapers, axe-heads, bone needles Animal skins sewn together with needles and thread, necklaces * Relics Descriptions of the relics Conclusions Caves Human and animal bones, tools and ornaments in those caves. Early people lived in the caves. They used fire to keep warm, cook food a