高中英语配套课件：选修8Unit5Period1(人教,重庆专用).docx

? ENGLISH n ? ENGLISH n 英语 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 经典有约，高考无忧 经典有约，高考无忧 HUATIMEIWENXINSHANG 》话题美文欣赏 More than 3 million years ago, our ancestors（祖先）were already on the march，rising on two legs to search for food, seek greener lands and，above all，to grow in body and brain. Lefs meet some of them： Australopithecus afarensis They had apelike faces and their brains were ① a third the size of modern humans1 brains. They lived 3?3?9 million years ago. Fossils（化石）were found in Ethiopia in 1974. Paranthropus boisei Covered with fur^ they had strong arms and gorilla—like faces. They lived 1 ?2?5 million years ago. Fossils were found in Tanzania（坦桑尼亚）in 1959. Homo habilis Homo habilis^ which actually means “ handy man” , ② was the 行rst species to make and use primitive stone tools. They lived 1?6?2?2 million years ago. Fossils were found in Tanzania in I960. Homo erectus With skeletons very similar to those of modern humans， they were probably the first to use fire. They lived 30, 000- 1.8 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Africa and Asia since 1893. Homo heidelbergensis They were skilled hunters who used spears to kill animals.Their bodies ③were similar to ours, although more muscular and larger boned. They lived 200, 000?500, 000 years ago. Fossils have been found in Ethiopia, Germany， France and Spain since 1921. Homo Neanderthal Their brains were at least as large as the average modern humans \ while their smaller bodies helped them deal with cold climates. They lived 30, 000?230, 000 years ago. Fossils have been found in France and Iraq since 1856. I ?阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F) 1.Handy man's fossils were found in Tanzania in 1. 1960. ( Homo Neanderthal lived earliest on the earth.( ) 3 ? The early men learned to walk on two feet more than 3 million years ago. 4. The brain of Homo Neanderthal is about 3 times the size of Australopithecus afarensis. 答案 l.T 2.F 3.T 4.T II ?佳句仿写 这条街是那条街的四倍长。 This street is that one. 布朗小姐是下一个起来发言的人。 Miss Brown was to speak. 运动周期类似