1、2018 学年度人教版选修 8Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsPeriod 3: A sample lesson plan for Using Language 教案设计(THE FEAST: 18,000 BC)AimsTo help students read the passage THE FEAST: 18,000 BCTo help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writingProceduresI. Warming up by getting to know
2、: Where did my ancestor live?Discovering where your ancestor lived can be a useful way of helping you trace your family tree back further. Census records, electoral registers, poll books, trades directories and rate books can all provide a further snapshot into the world of your ancestors.Now in gro
3、ups of four tell about where your ancestors live.II. Reading for forms Read the text THE FEAST: 18,000 BC on page 43: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions. III. Copying and making sentencesYou are asked to copy
4、 all the underlined expressions into your notebook after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with these expressions.Expressions from THE FEAST: 18,000 BCbe worried about 担心，turn for home with 带着回家了，the custom of family groups 家族成员的习俗， gather at different sites for reunions 在不同的地方相聚， f
5、ollow across 跟随越过，if only 但愿，chooseas 选 作为， a great honour to do 非常荣幸做某事， feel proud 感到自豪， applaud ones choice 为某人的选择鼓掌， look ahead 有预见，feel worried 感到忧虑， accelerate ones walk up the path to 沿着的路走，in wait for 在等，reach ones destination 到达某人的目的地， a delicious smell 香味，arrest ones progress 阻止某人前进，fill t
6、he air 笼罩四周， become dizzy with hunger 因饥饿而头晕眼花， prepareover the fire 把什么放在火上，be scooped up by 被舀了出来， smile with relief 宽慰的笑了，havearound 让围绕， come up behind在后出现了， have a large long face 有一张又大又长的脸，with strongly pronounced eyebrows and cheekbones 浓眉大眼，颧骨突出， carryover ones shoulder 肩膀上扛着，pushat 把递给某人，go
7、 outside 走出，go to a corner of the cave 走到洞穴的角落，pull out 拖出， in a pile 一大堆，hithard on the edge 沿着边敲打， now and then 不时的， cut up切碎， scrape the fish 刮鱼鳞，passto 把递给，arrive for 为而来， smile to oneself 默默的笑，go out of 走出IV. Reading more about man of 18,000 BCIn October of 2004, scientists announced the discov
8、ery of a new species that shocked the world. A new human-like species, a dwarfed relative who lived just 18,000 years ago in the company of pygmy elephants and giant lizards, had been discovered on Flores Island in Indonesia.Skeletal remains show that the hominids (Homo Floresiensis), nicknamed hobb
9、its by some of their discoverers, were only one meter tall, had a brain one-third the size of that of modern humans, and lived on an isolated island long after Homo Sapiens had migrated through the South Pacific region. Homo sapiens and the Hobbits lived on the same island for at least 20,000 years
10、and surely would have made contact with each other.These Hobbits hunted pony-sized elephants and rats as big as dogs and battled Komodo dragons with saliva laced tongues with deadly bacteria. The island was a part of the Malay Archipelago, a string of mysterious tropical islands, home to orangutans,
11、 giant turtles, and rare birds and apparentlyhobbits.The locals on Flores Island talk of a small hairy human-like animal; they call Ebu Gogo. The legends relating to the Ebu Gogo are somewhat detailed and may represent a folk memory of a previous inhabitant. It is held by the people of Flores that t
12、he Ebu Gogo were alive when the Dutch arrived 300 years ago and some say that they survived as recently as 100 years ago but are now no longer seen. So that leads us to the questiondo hobbits still exist? With hundreds of similar islands in the Malay Archipelago it seems that it is quite possible th
13、at we are not alone on this earth.V. Speaking and writing about SanxingduiNow turn to page 44. Look at these photos. They are about the site of Sanxingdui. Where is the site of Sanxingdui?The site of Sanxingdui is located in the city of Guanghan, 40 km from Chengdu, Sichuan Province.Why is it famous
14、?Because it is recognized as one of the most important ancient remains in the world for its vast size, lengthy period and enriched cultural contents. When was it discovered? Who was the discover?The first Sanxingdui relics were discovered by a farmer in 1929.How long did the excavation last?The exca
15、vation has continued ever since 1929. During this period, generations of archaeologists have worked on the discovery and research of the Sanxingdui culture. What happened in 1986?In 1986, two major sacrificial pits were found and they aroused widespread academic attention around the world. How are t
16、he Sanxingdui finds?The Sanxingdui finds are exciting, but they remain enigmatic. No texts have been found, nor is there any mention of this culture in the records of other countries. Analysis of lead and other elements in the bronzes indicates sources similar to those of other cultures along the lo
17、wer reaches of the Yangtze River. At this point, however, the unique culture that produced these artifacts remains a mystery.VI. Closing down by writing an ad for the Sanxingdui siteSanxingdui is so famous that millions of visitors come to it yearly. But still some people living far away from it have no idea of it. Now write an ad for it to attract more visitors to it.
