1、Period 5 Reading and Writing整体设计教学内容分析The teaching material of this period is a passage about the life of the ancient people,with the title of The Feast:18 000 BC.It tells us something about what happened in primitive societies by telling a story of a feast.From the passage we can also know what the
2、 possible work division was between men and women in primitive societies.三维目标设计Knowledge and skills1To enable the students to know something about the work division and the life in primitive societies.2To get the students to learn the following useful new words and structures:applaud,look ahead,acce
3、lerate,arrest,if only,fed up with.3To help the students learn how to write a passage about archaeological remains.4To foster the students ability in skimming and looking up information in reference books and improve the students reading ability.Process and methodsReading for specific information,sum
4、marizing,discussing and practicingEmotion,attitude and valueTo help the students get a better understanding of the primitive life and learn to cherish our present life.教学重点、难点1The understanding of the reading passage.2The following key sentences:(1)It was the custom of family groups to separate and
5、then gather again at different sites for reunions as they followed the animal herds across the grasslands.(2)If only she had looked ahead and planned better this year!(3)Having heard wolves howling in the forest,Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing that there might be wild beas
6、ts lying in wait for her.3Teaching the students how to write a passage about archaeological remains.教学过程Step 1 RevisionCheck the answers to the grammar exercises on Page 41 and explain the difficult ones.Step 2 Leadin1Ask the students what the work division is between his/her father and mother in hi
7、s/her family.Then ask them to guess what the work division was between men and women in primitive societies.2Nowadays,we often have a feast with our friends.In fact the primitive people also had feasts.This passage will give us a picture of how they prepared their feast.Let students look at the pict
8、ures in the passage and guess what they are doing.Step 3 Fast readingFind out what they were doing in the two pictures.Picture one:_Picture two:_Suggested answers:Picture one:They were preparing the deer and pig meat over the fire.Picture two:He was sharpening the stone to make sure it can cut up th
9、e meat.Step 4 Detailed reading1Read the text carefully and find out what the possible work division was between men and women in primitive societies.Mens tasks Women tasks1 12Fishing 23 34 4Preparing food5 52Ask students to do the following multiple choices.(1)Which job wasnt what Dahu did?ACatching
10、 fish. B Repair stone tools.CMaking scrapers. DCollecting nuts(2)Which job was what Lala did?APreparing food. BMaking clothes.CDriving away the animals. DBringing meat home.Suggested answers:1Mens tasks Women tasks1Making and repairing tools 1Collecting nuts,fruit and water2Fishing 2Cutting up meat
11、and fish for cooking3Hunting animals 3Preparing skins to make clothes4Protecting the group from harm 4Preparing food5Cutting down the trees 5Looking after children2D AStep 5 DiscussionDivide the students into groups of six and discuss the following question.If a couple were to hold a feast now,what
12、would they do?What is their work division?Ask one student in each group to report their answers,and the other students can challenge his/her report.Step 6 Language studyShow the students the following language points in a slide show.1applaud(P43)【原句再现】She had felt so proud as the group shouted loudl
13、y to applaud his choice.当部落成员为他的选择大声喝彩时,她感到很自豪。【观察探究】(1)Everyone applauded when the play ended.演出结束时,大家都热烈地鼓掌。(2)I applaud your decision. 我赞成你的决定。(3)We applauded him for his bravery.我们称赞他的勇敢。【归纳总结】applaud v拍手喝彩;称赞,赞同;鼓掌【即景活用】翻译句子(1)我对表演喝彩鼓掌。_(2)我赞佩你的决定。_Suggested answers:(1)I applaud for the perform
14、ance.(2)I applaud you for your decision.2look ahead ( P43)【原句再现】If only she had looked_ahead and planned better this year!要是今年她早有预见,计划得更好些就好了!【观察探究】(1)Have you looked ahead to what you will be doing in five years?你是否想过五年后你要做些什么?(2)He always looks ahead before doing whatever hed like to do.做任何他想做的事情之
15、前,他总是提前打算。【归纳总结】look ahead 向前看,计划未来【知识链接】look about/around 四下里看,环顾look over 翻阅,浏览look up 仰视,查阅look up to sb.尊敬某人look down upon sb.轻视某人look into sth.调查look out 注意look forward to 盼望;期待3accelerate( P43)【原句再现】Having heard wolves howling in the forest,Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fe
16、aring that there might be wild beasts lying in wait for her.听见狼群在森林里嚎叫,拉拉加快了回山洞的步伐,担心会有野兽在等着她。【观察探究】(1)The driver stepped on the gas and accelerated the car.司机加大油门,让汽车加速行驶。(2)The bad weather accelerated our departure.糟糕的天气促使我们早日离开。(3)The car suddenly accelerated.汽车突然加快了速度。【归纳总结】accelerate vt.促进;促使早日
17、发生 vi.加快;增长;增加4arrest(P43)【原句再现】She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped.快到目的地的时候,一阵香气扑鼻,她不往前走了,停了下来。【观察探究】(1)The newly developed drug has arrested the spread of the disease.这种新药遏止了疾病的蔓延。(2)The bright colors arrested Susans attention.那些艳丽色彩引
18、起了苏珊的注意。(3)The criminal was arrested yesterday.罪犯昨天被捕了。【归纳总结】arrest v.阻止,妨碍;吸引注意力;逮捕,拘留5fed up with( P41)【原句再现】Well,Im fed _up_with all the attention and.哦,我对所有的关注都烦了【观察探究】(1)Were fed up with listening to his story.他的故事我们已经听腻了。(2)Tom was fed up with his present job.汤姆厌倦了他现在的工作。【归纳总结】fed up with 对 够了
19、;对烦了【知识链接】fed up“极其厌倦或不满” 。如:Mother will be fed up that you didnt telephone.若你不打电话,妈妈会不高兴的。Shes fed up about it.她对此非常不满。【即景活用】翻译句子我对他无聊的课厌烦透了。_Suggested answer:Im fed up with his boring lectures.6It was the custom of family groups to separate and then gather again at different sites for reunions as
20、they followed the animal herds across the grasslands.(P43)由于他们要跟着兽群在草原上四处走,家庭成员先分散开,然后在不同的地方相聚,这是他们的一个习俗。句中的 as 从句为原因状语从句; it 作形式主语,真正的主语是后面的 to separate.reunions,这是为了避免主语过长造成的句子结构头重脚轻现象。又如:It is your duty to take good care of your children.照顾好孩子是你的职责。7If_only it could be just like last year!(P43)要是
21、能像去年那样就好了!If only she had looked ahead and planned better this year!(P43)今年她要是早有预见,计划得更好些就好了!if only“但愿;要是就好了”,其后一般用虚拟语气,用感叹句。用过去完成时表示对过去的虚拟,用一般过去时表示对现在的虚拟。又如:If only he had come!他要是来了那该多好啊!【即景活用】If only he _ so fast on his way home yesterday.Adrove Bhad driven C would drive Dwas drivenSuggested Ans
22、wer:B8Having heard wolves howling in the forest,Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing_that there might be wild beasts lying_in_wait_for_her.(P43)听见狼群在森林里嚎叫,拉拉加快了回洞穴的步伐,担心会有野兽在等着她。fearing that.为现在分词短语作伴随状语;lying.for her 为分词短语作定语,修饰 wild beasts。Step 7 Writing1Now read the passage
23、to get more about archaeological finds:Cofferdam and rafters(David Pendergast)The wellpreserved remains of a Tano house have been found at Los Buchillones in Cubas Ciego de Avila Province.The oval dwelling,more than 60 feet in diameter,was discovered in the seabed under two and onehalf feet of water
24、.The site consisted of 20footlong main posts,beams,rafters,roof timber,portions of thatch,pottery fragments,wooden bowls, charcoal from a hearth,and food remains.The excavation,made possible by use of a cofferdam,was “a bit like the game of pickup sticks,only the sticks are much longer,and theyre ta
25、ngled in with a whole lot of other stuff, ” says Royal Ontario Museum archaeologist David Pendergast,who discovered the site.“What we found will add to our knowledge of Tano techniques in woodworking and the selection and harvesting of wood.” He noted that “artifacts found during the past decade hav
26、e shown that the Ta nos were very advanced wood carvers.”The latest discovery comes on the heels of the investigation of La Aleta,a Tano settlement in the Dominican Republic,where cave paintings dating from the time of the Spanish conquest were found.2Before the students write the following passage,
27、guide them to do the following things.(1)Summarize the important points in the above passage.(2)Help students decide the information which should be included in the passage.(3)Let them discuss with each other how they will organize the passage.Suggested answers:从上面的文章中我们可以看到,一篇叙述考古发现的说明文要包含以下信息:发现物、
28、发掘人(团队) ,发现事物的地理位置、年代、发掘年代、对发掘物的简介及意义等。In your passage you must accurately report the following:(1)Provide the name and location of the place,as well as details of the country and the landscape.(2)Include dates and how they were derived(起源) (3)Identify the culture represented by the find.(4)Identify
29、 where the team that did the work was from.(5)Include a description of the find.(6)Give an explanation of the significance of the findings.(7)Include an explanation of what additional data may be needed to resolve any findings that generate controversy or raise questions.3Practice山西省长治市长子县前万户村一村民日前在
30、挖渠时发现一个“钱窖(money cellar) ”,约有 1.5 吨重的铜钱,大多铸成于北宋年间,少量为汉唐所铸。据长子县文物旅游发展中心主任(an official of the Changzhi Center of Cultural Heritage and Tourism)李林介绍, “钱窖”在地下约 1.5 米深的地方,为约 1.3 米长、0.65 米宽、1 米高的长方体(cuboid)形状。这上万枚铜钱品种较多,其中直径最大的约 3 厘米,最小的约 1 厘米。很多铜钱保存完好,由于埋藏时间较长,也有一些铜钱生锈(rusty) 。据文物专家分析,这些铜钱的来源有三种可能:一是封地王侯
31、(liege lords)的私存;二是民间钱庄在战乱时坑埋的;第三种为当时的富豪因为兵荒马乱或其他原因,临时埋在地下,后因故未再取出。目前,铜钱已送交当地文物局(cultural relics authority) 。_One possible version:A money cellar containing 1.5 tons of ancient coins,including some 2000yearold ones,has been discovered by a villager in Changzhi County,north Chinas Shanxi Province.“Th
32、e man in Qianwanhu village discovered the cellar with some 10 000 coins,ranging from 3 cm to 1 cm in diameter,when he was digging a channel.” said Li Lin,an official of the Changzhi Center of Cultural Heritage and Tourism.The “money cellar” was 1.5 meters under the earth,with coins being piled order
33、ly into a cuboid of 1.3 meters long,0.65 meter wide and one meter high.Most of the coins were made during the Northern Song Dynasty with the remainders made during the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty.Many coins were in good condition,while some others were rusty because of the long time in the earth.Ar
34、chaeologists said the coins were there for three reasons:the coins were liege lords private wealth; or they were buried by ancient Chinese private banks during war;or they belonged to rich people who buried them during war but had been forgotten.The coins have been sent to local cultural relics auth
35、ority.Step 8 Homework1Master the language points in the text.2Read the following passage.Bronze Age burial site unearthedA Bronze Age burial site has been unearthed by archaeologists working at a quarry(采石场)in Cambridgeshire.The find was made at Pode Hole Quarry,in Thorney,near Peterborough,where a
36、childs skeleton has been uncovered.Teams had already discovered the 3500yearold remains of a man at the quarry,in July.Archaeologist Andy Richmond said the find was significant as it helped to piece together the history of life on the edge of the Fens.“Human face”Phoenix Consulting Archaeology Ltd h
37、ave been excavating the quarry,owned by Bardon Aggregates,over the last eight years.Over that time archaeologists have been uncovering a bronze age settlement and agricultural artifacts,but these discoveries are the first direct human link,Dr Richmond told BBC News.“All evidence is important,but thi
38、s allowed us to put a human face to the past, ” Dr Richmond said.“We know a lot about the economy and now weve found a part of the jigsaw we hadnt had,can see something of the people of the area.”The childs remains were found resting on a bark mat,with a perforated shell,believed to be an item of je
39、wellery.They will be preserved in an archaeological archive.The find is to be analyzed to determine the age,sex,diet and any diseases the child might have had.Now finish the following blanks according to the passage above:1_ has been unearthed by _ working at a quarry in _.2The find was made at Pode
40、 Hole Quarry,in _,near Peterborough,where _ has been uncovered.3Archaeologist Andy Richmond said the find was _ as it helped to piece together the history of life on the edge of the Fens.Suggested answers:1A Bronze Age burial site;archaeologists;Cambridgeshire 2Thorney ;a childs skeleton 3significan
41、tStep 9 Reflection after teaching_教学参考Great Archaeological FindsA Wicker Basket in PompeiiMost people in the world have heard of Pompeii,Italy,the site of one of the worst natural disasters of ancient times.One of the greatest finds in the history of the city was made in July,2005 ,when an archaeolo
42、gist checking on the progress of a new motorway being built in the area dug up the remains of a man lying next into an ancient Roman basket containing silverware.While the silverware and numerous articles such as pottery and paintings have been commonly found amongst the ruins,this was one of the fe
43、w times that a Roman basket had been unearthed,although the container and its contents were somewhat melted together.To understand the significance of this find,you must first understand what happened in Pompeii on August 24,79 AD.The city was a busy seaport and a summer resort area for wealthy Roma
44、ns who wished to get away from the demands of living in Rome itself,and was located at the base of Mount Vesuvius,an active yet mostly quiet volcano.Estimations of the population at the time of the disaster vary, although most experts agree that thee probably approximately 20 000 people living in th
45、e area at the time.In the past few years,earthquakes were a common occurrence,so when the ground began to shake on that fateful August day,most of the residence ignored it(much as Californians do today) Suddenly,Vesuvius awoke and began to erupt.The people became panicked as they tried to reach safe
46、ty.While many fled to the seaport,others took their chances trying to journey overland.Still other individuals sought shelter within their homes,not realizing that they would remain there through eternity.The high intensity heat and the amount of ash in the air soon eliminated anyone who had remained in the area.The volcano eventually buried the town with layers of ash and pumice,where it remained buried for 1700 years,until it