高中英语选修8-Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

Sure, you could visit the Louvre. But this planet has some extremely strange museums, as

well. If you are interested, here are four of them.

International Spy Museum

This Washington, D．C. museum includes everything from spy clothing to spy tools, plus

a spy camp for kids, Each day the spy camp is filled with activities that will put top spy skills and

street smarts to the test.

Address: 800 F Street, NW, Washington, D．C.

Phone: ＋1 202-393-7798.

Opening times: 9.00 a．m.－7.00 p．m. daily.

Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen (方便面) Museum

Find ramen exhibits, an instant noodles tunnel and a CupNoodles factory where you can

design your own at this ramen-centric museum in Osaka, Japan. And you can also watch how all

kinds of noodles are made.

Phone: ＋81 72-752-3484.

Opening times: 9.30 a．m.－16.00 p．m.; closed Wednesday.

The Second Period

Reading

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言：

重点词汇和短语

archaeology, tentative, accuracy, excavate, interrupt, assume, regardless, sharpen,

cut up, scrape, ample, primitive, preserve, bead, botany, botanical, analysis,

specific, seashell, specifically

重点句子

①It is a great pleasure to meet you students from England, who are interested in archaeology.

②You must be aware that it's here that we found evidence of some of the earliest people who

lived in this part of the world.

③So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold.

④We have been excavating layers of ash almost 6 meters thick, which suggests that they might

have kept the fire burning all winter.

2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the Ss to tell the differences between modern people and Peking man and

选修8 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors

Words and Expressions

执笔人 刘文青

Ⅰ.词语辨析

used to / would

【解释】

would与used to都可用来表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作。

would只能表示过去反复发生的动作。如果表示过去经常性的状态，就不能用would，只能用used to。

used to表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作或状态，但现在已经结束。

【练习】用used to或would填空。

1) When we were boys we ________ go swimming every summer.

2) He ________ be very poor.

3) People ________ believe that the earth was flat.

4) My hometown is no longer what it __________ be.

Keys: 1) used to / would 2) used to 3) used to 4) used to

Ⅱ.词性变化

1. applaud vt. 鼓掌，称赞，赞成 applause n. 鼓掌欢迎，欢呼

2. accuracy n.[u]精确性，正确度 accurate adj. 正确的，精确的inaccurate adj.不准确的 accurately adv.正确地，精确地inaccurately adv. 不准确地

3. assume vt.假定；设想；采用；承担 assumption n. 假定，设想，假装，就职 assumed adj. 假定的，假装的，装的

4. analysis n.[c]分析，分解 analyse(analyze) vt.分析，分解 analytical adj.分析的，解析的

三言 两语

1．I feel proud of knowing your interest in

Chinese history.

2．The Yeti is said to be a large，hairy

animal that walks on two feet like a human

being.

3．We can know more about the life of

great people as well as history and

cultures of other countries. 1．在古代，中国经历了夏、商等大约20个朝代。

In ancient times，China got through about

20 dynasties，such as the Xia Dynasty，the

Shang Dynasty and so on.

2．古代中国是人类文明最早的中心之一。

Ancient China was one of the earliest

centers of human civilization.

[单词 拼写应用]

核

心

单

词 1．alternative n．可能的选择

adj.供选择的； 其他的

2．regardless adv.不管；不顾

3．somehow adv.以……方式；不知怎么地

4．skilful adj.有技巧的；熟练的

5．arrest vt.逮捕；吸引

n．逮捕；拘留

6．spit vt.吐出(唾液、食物等) [语境运用] 用所给词的适当形式填空

1．What's worse, they spat/spit (spit)

and even threw rubbish into the lake,

totally ignoring the noticeable sign

“No Littering” nearby.

2．He was arrested (arrest) for