人教课标版高中英语选修8Unit5Reading (共36张PPT)

cave
brick house
wooden, special for
a fireplace
each room
TV, sport,
meals
films, hobbies, together
education, job
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Modern people
Peking Man
Food fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, meat and fish… berries and fruit in season
Did they suffer from cold, starvation or
disease? Make a tentative guess about what
Peking Man may have done and used
thousands of years ago. Compare their life
with ours today. Then read the passage to
see how accurate you were.
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Modern people
Peking Man
Place for living Furniture
Entertainment
stone,
wooden or
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death
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Who are they?
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Tell what you have known about Zhoukoudian Caves.
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
What it was made of
Its use
Today's alternatives
3.
stone/jade
stone/jade
to chop chain saw
axe
wood
4. death mask
gold to cover the none face of the pharaoh
after his
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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.
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Archaeologists study early people by
examining the objects they used. Look at the
pictures in the reading passage and think
about what kind of life Peking Man lived?
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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.
1. clay lamp
2.Chinese chimes
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clay / to light electric
pottery the house light
metal, to possibly provide bronze or music brass
xylophone
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Its name
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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
Clothing natural and man- skins, leaves made fibres
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Skimming
Read the text quickly and
complete its main idea.
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223源自In pairs, try to identify these objects. Discuss what they were made of and explain their use. Who do you think used them? Can you think of the alternatives we would use today?
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When you have come to a conclusion, fill in the chart below. Then report to the class.
Its name What it was Its use made of
Today’s alternatives