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一．Aims: Teaching aims

1. Target language archaeology, tentative, accuracy, excavate, interrupt, ornament, assume, regardless, sharpen, cut up, scrape, ample, primitive, preserve, bead, botany, botanical, analysis, specific, seashell, specifically 2.

Ability aims

Enable the Ss to tell the differences between modern people and Peking man and learn how Peking man lived their lives. Content: Step I

Revision

Check the homework.

The Ss will how their information about Zhoukoudian Caves in the following steps. Step II

Lead in 1.

Ask the Ss to identify the picture in the pre-reading part. (skullcap) 2.

Ask Ss to assume what Peking man might have done and use thousands of years ago. 3.

Then by showing the table following to show whether their assumptions are right or wrong.

Modern people Peking man Accuracy Places of living Modern architecture, which is Caves Very accurate huge, like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls Furniture Beautiful furniture with lots of Natural furniture made Accurate ornaments mostly made of of stone or wood wood or other special materials Entertainment Watching TV, surfing the Enjoy the nature or Inaccurate Internet and traveling family get-together Food A good variety of cooked food, Natural food, such as Accurate which tastes delicious nuts and fruits Clothing Clothes made form special Clothes made form Accurate material, such as cotton and animal skins wood Step III Reading 1. Play the tape once, and ask the Ss what they have learned about Zhoukoudian Caves 2. Skimming (What is the text about? And three stages of the archaeologist’s part of the dialogue: An archeologist is showing a group of students from England around the Zhoukoudian Caves and telling them something bout the caves.) 3. Scanning (Ask them to write down the three ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones. Ask them to work in pairs and discuss the questions. Homes: Peking man lived in Zhoukoudian Caves of rocks and trees. Tools: They used needle that was made of bone sharpened stone tools and scraper made by stones. Dress: They wore clothes form animal skins and they also wore necklace made from seashells or animal teeth.

4. Careful reading Step IV Post-reading Ask Ss to fill in the chart on the life and habits of Peking man on page 37 and compare it with the list they made in the pre-reading. What differences are there? And then to clarify Ss’ difficult points in the text.

Step V Homework Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Cave. Add:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The Second Period

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