贵州省湄潭县湄江中学人教新课标英语选修八unit5-warming-up-and-reading-2-教学课件-(共23张).ppt

Warming up and Reading What is it? What is it made of? What was it used for? What are the modern alternatives? Read the text again and get the main idea of the dialogue and then write down the three ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones.Finish Ex.2 in Comprehending 1. How did they keep warm? 2. What animals were their most dangerous enemies? 3. How did they make clothes? 4. What can we learn from the necklace they wore? 1. How did they keep warm? They constructed the fires in the center of the caves to keep them warm. They might have kept fires burning all winter. They hung animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold. 2. What animals were their most dangerous enemies? Tigers and bears were their most dangerous enemies. 1) Go over the text. 2) Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Caves. 3) Preview “the present perfect continuous tense”. * * Unit5 Meeting your ancestors Warming up Please look at each picture and answer the questions Oil /clay lamp Chinese Chimes In pairs, try to identify these objects. Discuss what they may have been made of and explain their use. Can you think of the alternatives we would use today? Stone axe Death mask P1:A household object from Ancient Greece（Oil Lamp） 古希腊的家用物品 This is an oil /clay lamp that was used to give light at night. It was possibly used for parties, housework or study. p2:Chinese Chimes（编钟） This is a musical instrument which is Chinese Chimes. Different notes could be made by making the bells larger or smaller. p3:Stone axe:This tool is made of jade stone which is a stone axe. It had a sharp edge so it could be used to break other pieces of stone. The hole on the top of the tool shows where it was joined to a wooden handle. 玉石 木柄，木制的把手 p4:A face of an Egyptian Pharaoh(Death mask) This is a mask which was placed over the pharaoh’s face after he died. We can say it a death mask.They were made of gold and decorated in beau