Unit2AmazingnumbersSection4Focusingonculture课件沪教版八年级英语上册.pptxVIP

Unit2Amazingnumbers主题范畴：人与社会主题群：历史、社会与文化；科学与技术子主题：对世界、国家、人民和社会进步有突出贡献的人物；科学技术与工程，人类发明与创新KeyquestionWhatistheroleofnumbersinourdailylives?

masterthemeaningsandusagesofsomekeywords;extractthekeyinformationonthedevelopmentofnumbersfromthetext；understandthecultureofnumbersandexperienceculturaldiversity.Learningobjectives学习目标Attheendoftheclass,I’llbeableto:

countsystemsymbolrepresentexactlywritedowninsteadof/ka?nt/v.计算（或清点）总数/?s?st?m/n.系统/?s?mbl/n.符号；记号/?repr??zent/v.代表/?ɡ?z?ktli/adv.准确地；确切地写下；记下代替；作为······的替换Newwordsandphrases

WarmingupHowmanykindsofnumberformsdoyouknow?Andhowdidnumbersdevelop?

Numbersareeverywheretoday.Howdidpeopleinancienttimesrecordnumbers?Lead-inSection4Extendinganddevelopingcompetencies

Pre-readingWhatdoyouthinkthepassagewilltalkabout?Whichancientcountry’snumbersystemmaybementioned?Lookatthetitleandthepicture

While-readingReadthearticleaftertherecording.

不同文化背景的人使用不同的数字。下面是数字1到5的三种写法。中国数字：一、二、三、四、五罗马数字：I、II、III、IV、V阿拉伯数字:1、2、3、4、5

SkimmingWhat’sthemainideaofthepassage?A.Howpeoplecountanimalsinancienttimes.B.Thedevelopmenthistoryofnumbersystems.C.ThedifferencebetweenRomannumeralsandArabicnumerals.D.Whytallysticksarenotusedtoday.?

ScanningReadandmatch.Time/RegionNumberSystemAncienttimesAncientIndiaAncientRometallysticks,drawonestickforeachthingabstractsymbols,noreal-lifeshapesRomannumerals,useletterslike“XII”

HowdidIndiannumeralsbecomeArabicnumeralsandspread?Findthekeyinformationinthetext.

DiscussionCompareRomannumeralsandArabicnumerals.Whataretheiradvantagesordisadvantages?XIIvs12AncientRomannumeralswerewritteninacomplexway.Arabicnumeralsaremoresimple.

Post-readingInmodernlife,dowestillneedtraditionalnumbersystemslikeRomannumerals?Whyorwhynot?WhileRomannumeralshavecultural,historical,andaestheticvalue