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Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Teaching Design for using language Period 1: Listening and speaking

Aims To talk about archaeological work To know about buildings at different times

Procedures Step 1. Warming up

The work on early people depends on the dates given to the bones that are found. If the dates are wrong, all the data about early people may also be wrong. So Zhou Heping is very interested to find out how archaeologists make sure that their dates are accurate.

Step 2. Listening and discussing 1.

Listen to Part 1 of the tape and fill in the layers in the “wastepaper basket” diagram below. used envelopes wastepaper yogurt pots orange skin

The waste paper basket yogurt pots

2.

Listen to Part 2 and complete the passage. It uses radioactivity to measure the amount of _______ carbon in living things. The disappears at a _______ carbon in a dead body __________ _____ fixed rate. We know how long that takes, so we can measure the amount of carbon and work _______ ________ out how old a bone is.

3. Look at this archaeological drawing of a section showing buildings at different times and work out the order in which they were built.

The oldest building is B because it has no layers underneath it. The second oldest building is C because it has one layer underneath it. That layer is the remains of the

building in B. The most recent building is building A. It has two layers underneath. They are the remains of buildings B and C.

Period 2. Reading THE FEAST: 18, 000 BC Step 1. .Read the passage and find out what the possible work division was between man and woman in primitive societies and fill in the chart below.

Men’s tasks

1 Making and repairing tools

2 Fishing

3 Hunting animals

4 Protecting the group from harm

5 Cutting down trees

Women’s tasks

1 Collecting nuts, fruits and water

2 Cutting-up meat and fish for cooking

3 Preparing skins to make clothes

4 Preparing food

5 Looking after children

Step 2. Can you guess what would be eaten on the feast in 18,000 BC? What kind of food did Lala’s family prepare for the feast?

(nuts, fruits, fish, the deer and pig meat) Please decide whether the statements are true or false. 1. Lala’s family groups usually lived together. (F.separately)

2. Dahu was good at making tools. (T) 3. The family groups lived on hunting. . (T) 4. Dahu went out to sharpen the scrapers to kill an enemy. (F.scrape the fish)

Step 3. Answer the following questions.

1. Which jobs did Dahu do? 2. Which jobs did Lala do? 3. Who works cooperatively and who does tasks alone? (When men go hunting or women doing cooking and preparing food, they work co-operatively. When men make or repair tools, or women collect fruit and nuts, they work alone.) 4.

Who does the most dangerous tasks? (Hunting animals done by men) 5.

Where does the danger come from? (wild animals living near the caves) 6.

Did men and women have separate responsibilities (分工) then?

If so, what were the differences between them?

(Men and women had clearly divided tasks: fire and collecting nuts needed to be done every day but killing animals would only be done now and then. So the women's tasks were continuous and the men's tasks were more periodic. Men’s tasks: patient (tool making), dangerous (hunting), some individual (tool making and repairing) and some co-operative (hunting), skilful (tool making), protective (of group) Women’s tasks: co-operative (cooking), caring (providing food),

patient (collecting food), skilful (cooking), individual (collecting nuts and fruit))

Step 4. Discussion In groups discuss whether they were men’s tasks or women’s tasks at that time.

1

Making and repairing tools

2

Collecting nuts, fruit and water

3

Protecting the group from harm

4

Cutting down trees

5

Cutting up meat and fish for cooking

6

Preparing skins to make clothes

7

Hunting animals

8

Looking after children

Step 5. Revision Fill in the blanks according to the text. Not having ____________ looked ahead and planned better, Lala felt very worried about the preparations for her feast. So she turned for home quickly with her collection ________ of nuts, melons and other fruit.

When she was near home, a delicious smell ________ arrested her progress and she became dizzy with hunger. She saw preparing the her mother and aunts __________ deer and pig meat over the fire. Just husband as well as then Dahu, her ________, toolmaker came back with the best __________, fish several ____.

sharpened Later he began his task: he _________ his scrapers until they were sharp cut up the meat and to enough to ______ scrape the fish. Soon, the first of the guests began to arrive. Lala hoped it was going to be just as wonderful as last year!

Step 6. Discussion Some people say: “It is women that should stay at home and take care of the family.”

Do you agree or not? Please give your reasons. The expressions may help you.

In my opinion,…

I (don’t) agree because…

I support …

because …

No, I can’t agree with …because…

No, that’s not reasonable because…

Period 3 Speaking

and Writing

Step1. Speaking Look at the following beautiful pictures. They were found during an excavation in the Sanxingdui Ruins. Suppose you work in a museum and your job is to describe the objects as they are brought to the museum. (bronze sacred tree bronze animal-face image bird-shaped ornament)

Step 2. Discussion In pairs discuss what these objects were possibly used for? All the objects are from the same excavation site in Sanxingdui and can be dated back to between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. Then write a discrepition for the guidebook of the Sanxingdui Ruins. You should include: Name:________

Found:________

Date:______ Description:__________________

Use:______ What we can learn:_________________________ (A possible sample Name: bronze tree Found: at Sanxingdui archaeological site Date: between 3,000 and 5,000 years old Material: It is made of bronze Description:It is 395cm high and looks like a small tree. It is in good condition. Use: It might have religious meaning and be used in worship of God of harvest. What we can learn: craftsmanship, religious and culture)

Step 3. Writing Finish your description of the object discussed. Remeber to check your own work for correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and pay attention to the order of the adjectives in front of the noun.

Step 4. Check and Correct the following composition of a student Dear Peter, Known that you are interested in the objects from the Sanxingdui archaeological site, China, displayed in your city museum last week, I’m very happy.As you wish, the reason that I’m Writing to you is that I’d like to give a description of the bronze tree to you.

For one thing it is made of bronze, dating back to between 3,000 and 5,000 year ago. For another the bronze tree which is 395cm high and looks like a small tree, is __ good condition. Last but not least not only might it have religious meaning and be used in worship of God of harvest, and it stands as the high level of craftsmanship of the ancient people. So it is no doubt that it is one of the most important traditional Chinese cultural relic.

I’m sure you’ll find them very more interesting and meaningful as long as you have a better understanding of the back information of this objects. Don’t hesitate to write to me if you have any questions.

Yours, Li Hua (Dear Peter, Knowing that you are interested in the objects from the Sanxingdui archaeological site, China, displayed in your city museum last week, I’m very happy.As you wish, the reason why I’m Writing to you is that I’d like to give a description of the bronze tree to you.

For one thing it is made of bronze, dating back to between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. For another the bronze tree which is 395cm high and looks like a small tree, is in good condition. Last but not least not only might it have religious meaning and be used in worship of God of harvest, but also it stands for the high level of craftsmanship of the ancient people. So there is no doubt that it is one of the most important traditional Chinese cultural relics.

I’m sure you’ll find them more interesting and meaningful as long as you have a better understanding of the back information of these objects. Don’t hesitate to write to me if you have any questions. Yours, Li Hua)

Step 5. Homework 1.Practice using two or more adjectives to describe the Sanxingdui Ruins objects on page 44. 2. Suppose you're Li Hua, one of your American friends Peter is interested in Chinese ancient objects displayed in the city museum last week. Please write an e-mail to describe the bronze animal-face image for him.