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Module 8 Unit 5

Meeting your Ancestors A Visit To The Zhoukoudian Caves Learning aims 1.To know the life of the early people. 2.To make a presentation about what you have known about the early people. 3.To appreciate the feature of the language of an archaeologist.

Task 1

Read the title and Paragraph1 to get its main idea.

The text tells a group of students from ________ paid a visit to the Zhoukoudian caves. They learned a lot about the ____ of the early people there from an ____________ in their conversation.

Task 2

According to 3 pictures and the students’ questions, find out the topics. ______________________________________________________________

Task 3 Now you are asked to make a presentation about your visit to the Zhoukoudian caves for the “Cultural heritage Day”

on the second Saturday of June this year. Work in groups of four. Student A: a brief introduction of Zhoukoudian.

Student B: the homes Student C: the tools

Student D: the clothes Ways to explain things: It looks like…

It may be used as/for…

It could be made from…

It seems that…

It suggests that…

It is reasonable to assume that…

You can give the presentation like this... My fellow classmates, It’s a great honor for me to stand here to share my visit to ...with you. First ,what impressed me most is ... What's more ,... In addition,...Such is my... Thank you !

Task 4

Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian is under great threat

The Peking man site at Zhoukoudian is facing an unprecedented threat from humans and natural disasters.Experts warned that it might be taken off the World Heritage Site list if no action was taken to protect it. Among the 27 locations that are regarded as of high archaeological value, 21 are in danger of collapse, a conference on the protection of Zhoukoudian was told Tuesday. When Pei Wenzhong astonished the world with his finding of the Peking man skull at Shandingdong on Dec. 2, 1929, the cave was complete. Now half of the cave was exposed to the elements, said Mou Huichong, a professor with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Four experts from the CAS began surveying the geological conditions around the site Oct. 9. It was the first survey of the site since it was included in the World Heritage Site list in 1987. Several caves with Peking man relics are located on unstable hills. A major rain storm could cause landslides, destroying an important heritage as well as discouraging tourists, said Mou. Experts with the CAS said earthquakes, explosions and trains could have contributed to the dangerous geological conditions.There were also stone quarries and cement factories near the site. Explosions from the stone quarries rocked the hills and acid rain caused by the cement factories eroded the rocks.There is a railway line not far from the site and as trains pass, they cause vibrations in the hills.Improper archaeological excavation and weathering were also reasons for the deterioration of the site. Liu Guangyu, head of the Zhoukoudian Protection Committee, said the committee had always been short of funds. If no action was taken, the site might be dropped from the World Heritage Site list.An official with the Zhoukoudian management office said the survey report would be studied by experts later this month. If everything went smoothly, repair work would begin in March 2004, he said.The management office is now clearing the factories away from the site and moving residents out of the area.The whole protection project would need up to 100 million yuan (US$12.5m), said the official. Located some 42 km southwest of Beijing, Zhoukoudian is where the first skull fragments of Peking man were found, dating back 500,000 years. It preserves evidence of the earliest human use of fire and is the only site continuously inhabited by prehistoric man between 500,000 and 10,000 years ago. Q1 What threaten Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian?

Q2 The whole protection project would need up to 100 million yuan (US$12.5m), said the official.Do you think whether we should spent so much money to protect Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian or not?