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2012-3-21 Lesson 1 Finding fossil man Listening comprehension Good afternoon. Todays class we will learn Lesson 1 Finding fossil man. You have already read about the text and the translation. 1 Introduce the text T: The text is about the methods available to us for learning about distant past. 我们可以知道科学家们用什么方法来了解远古历史。 2 Understand the topic T: What can you see in the picture? They are stones, polished axe heads. 光滑的石斧 T:What were these tools used for? They were used to cut things and dig plants.切割东西和挖掘植物 T：Dont underestimate these stones, they can tell us the ancient human life. So except stone tools such as polished axe heads, are there any other methods to learn about the ancient life? 3 Listening objective T: Listen to the text (or read it silently) and see if you can answer this question: What are the methods available to us for learning about distant life? 4 Play the tape or read the text or wait for the students to finish reading silently 5 Answer the question After the reading, I assume you can answer the question before: What are the methods available to us for learning about distant life? Please read the first paragraph and answer my question. 1 Where did people first learn to write? (In the Near East.)在近东 2 How long ago was that? (Five thousand years ago.) 五千年前 3 Does that mean that we can read about their history? (Yes, it does.) From the first sentence, we know if ancient people can write, we can learn about distant past from the written records.文字记录 Continue answer my questions. 4 Are there still some parts of the world today where people cant write? (Yes, there are.) 5 What can such people do to preserve their history? (Recount it as sagas.)将历史当做传奇故事 6 What are sagas? (They are legends or stories that are handed down from one generation to another.) 由讲述人一代代口传下去 7 In what way are these legends useful? (They can tell us something about the migrations of people w