2014-2015学年高中英语Unit5Period3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage教学设计新人教版选修8

PAGEPAGE6Period3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage(THEFEAST:18,000BC)IntroductionLanguageislearnedtobeusedinandforcommunication.Sointhisperiodweshallhavethestudentsread,listen,writeandspeakinEnglish,makinguseofthefocusedwords,expressions,structuresandtopicideascoveredinthisunit.Warmingupbygettingtoknowwheremyancestorlivedisfollowedbyreadingforforms.Thenstudentsgoontocopyusefulexpressionsandmakesentences.Readingmoreaboutmanof18,000BC,speakingandwritingaboutSanxingdui,writingastheydoaretobefollowedbystudentswritinganadfortheSanxingduisite.ObjectivesTohelpstudentsreadthepassageTHEFEAST:18,000BCTohelpstudentstousethelanguagebyreading,listening,speakingandwritingProcedures1.Warmingupbygettingtoknow:Wheredidmyancestorlive?Discoveringwhereyourancestorlivedcanbeausefulwayofhelpingyoutraceyourfamilytreebackfurther.Censusrecords,electoralregisters,pollbooks,tradesdirectoriesandratebookscanallprovideafurthersnapshotintotheworldofyourancestors.Nowingroupsoffourtellaboutwhereyourancestorslive.2.ReadingforformsItisunlikelythatyouwillunderstand100percentofthevocabularyinthetext,especiallyatafirstreading.Usefirstthecontextandthenyourownknowledgeofthesubjecttohelpyouguessthemeaningofunknownwords.ReadthetextTHEFEAST:18,000BConpage43:cut/thesentenceintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,darkentheconnectivesandunderlinealltheusefulcollocations.3.FindingcollocationsandmakingsentencesWhydowelearncollocations?•Yourlanguagewillbemorenaturalandmoreeasilyunderstood.•Youwillhavealternativeandricherwaysofexpressingyourself.•Itiseasierforourbrainstorememberanduselanguageinchunksorblocksratherthanassinglewords.Nowreadthetextandfindthecollocations.CollocationsfromTHEFEAST:18,000BCbeworriedabout…担心……，turnforhomewith…带着……回家了，thecustomoffamilygroups家族成员的习俗，gatheratdifferentsitesforreunions在不同的地方相聚，follow…across…跟随……越过……，ifonly…但愿，agreathonourtodo…非常荣幸做某事，feelproud感到自豪，applaudone’schoice为某人的选择鼓掌，lookahead有预见，feelworried感到忧虑，accelerateone’swalkupthepathto…沿着……的路走，inwaitfor…在等……，reachone’sdestination到达某人的目的地，adelicioussmell香味，arrestone’sprogress阻止某人前进，filltheair笼罩四周，becomedizzywithhunger因饥饿而头晕眼花，prepare…overthefire把什么放在火上，bescoopedupby…被……舀了出来，smilewithrelief宽慰的笑了，havealargelongface有一张又大又长的脸，withstronglypronouncedeyebrowsandcheekbones浓眉大眼，颧骨突出，carry…overone’sshoulder肩膀上扛着，push…at…把……递给某人，gooutside…走出，gotoacornerofthecave走到洞穴的角落，pullout…拖出，inapile一大堆，hit…hardontheedge沿着边敲打……，nowandthen不时的，cutup…切碎……，scrapethefish刮鱼鳞，pass…to…把……递给……，arrivefor…为……而来，smiletooneself默默的笑，gooutof…走出……4.Readingmoreaboutmanof18,000BCInOctoberof2004,scientistsannouncedthediscoveryofanewspeciesthatshockedtheworld.Anewhuman-likespecies,adwarfedrelativewholivedjust18,000yearsagointhecompanyofpygmyelephantsandgiantlizards,hadbeendiscoveredonFloresIslandinIndonesia.Skeletalremainsshowthatthehominids(HomoFloresiensis),nicknamed‘hobbits’bysomeoftheirdiscoverers,wereonlyonemetertall,hadabrainone-thirdthesizeofthatofmodernhumans,andlivedonanisolatedislandlongafterHomoSapienshadmigratedthroughtheSouthPacificregion.HomosapiensandtheHobbitslivedonthesameislandforatleast20,000yearsandsurelywouldhavemadecontactwitheachother.TheseHobbitshuntedpony-sizedelephantsandratsasbigasdogsandbattledKomododragonswithsalivalacedtongueswithdeadlybacteria.TheislandwasapartoftheMalayArchipelago,astringofmysterioustropicalislands,hometoorangutans,giantturtles,andrarebirdsandapparently…hobbits.ThelocalsonFloresIslandtalkofasmallhairyhuman-likeanimal;theycallEbuGogo.ThelegendsrelatingtotheEbuGogoaresomewhatdetailedandmayrepresentafolkmemoryofapreviousinhabitant.ItisheldbythepeopleofFloresthattheEbuGogowerealivewhentheDutcharrived300yearsagoandsomesaythattheysurvivedasrecentlyas100yearsagobutarenownolongerseen.Sothatleadsustothequestion…dohobbitsstillexist?WithhundredsofsimilarislandsintheMalayArchipelagoitseemsthatitisquitepossiblethatwearenotaloneonthisearth.5.SpeakingandwritingaboutSanxingduiNowturntopage44.Lookatthesephotos.TheyareaboutthesiteofSanxingdui.WhereisthesiteofSanxingdui?ThesiteofSanxingduiislocatedinthecityofGuanghan,40kmfromChengdu,SichuanProvince.Whyisitfamous?Becauseitisrecognizedasoneofthemostimportantancientremainsintheworldforitsvastsize,lengthyperiodandenrichedculturalcontents.Whenwasitdiscovered?Whowasthediscover?ThefirstSanxingduirelicswerediscoveredbyafarmerin1929.Howlongdidtheexcavationlast?Theexcavationhascontinuedeversince1929.Duringthisperiod,generationsofarchaeologistshaveworkedonthediscoveryandresearchoftheSanxingduiculture.Whathappenedin1986?In1986,twomajorsacrificialpitswerefoundandtheyarousedwidespreadacademicattentionaroundtheworld.HowaretheSanxingduifinds?TheSanxingduifindsareexciting,buttheyremainenigmatic.Notextshavebeenfound,noristhereanymentionofthiscultureintherecordsofothercountries.AnalysisofleadandotherelementsinthebronzesindicatessourcessimilartothoseofotherculturesalongthelowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiver.Atthispoint,however,theuniqueculturethatproducedtheseartifactsremainsamystery.6.Writingastheydo.(仿写)Nowyouaretowriteapassagebasedontheoneyoulearnedonpage43.THEDINNERTOBEPREPAREDWorriedaboutthepreparationsforherdinner,WangHuamingquicklyturnedforhome/withhiscollectionofstamps/andancientcoins.Itwasthecustomoffamilygroups/toseparate/andthen/gatheragain/atdifferenthomes/forreunions/astheylivedoninthisvillageinthemountain.Ifonly/itcouldbejustlikelastyear!Then/hehadbeensohappy/whenhismotherchosehissister’shome/asthereunionplaceofherchildren.Hewasthebestcooker/inthefamilies/anditwasagreathonour/tobechosen.Hehadfeltsoproud/ashismothercalledhim.Ifonlyhehadlookedahead/andplannedbetter!Then/hewouldn'thavebeenfeelingsoworried.WangHuamingacceleratedhiswalk/uptheroad/tohishome/fearingthattheremightnotbewater/inwaitforhiminhishome.Hehadalmostreachedhisdestination/whenalowvoice/arrestedhisprogress/andhestopped.Itfilledtheair/surroundinghim/andhissenses/becamedizzy/withfears.Hecouldseeabeggarlyingunderatreeinfrontofhim．Abruptly/hestopped,onlytobescoopedup/bythebeggar’slaughingandshouting,WangHuamingsmiledwithrelief.Itwasgood/tohaveabeggarsmilingatyou.Justthen/atallman/cameup/behindhim.Hehadalarge,longface,withstronglypronouncedeyebrows/andcheekbones．Overhisshoulder/hecarriedseveralbags．WangHuamingsmiled/andgavesomecakestothebeggar,whosmiledandwentaway/tobeginhisdinner.WangHuamingwentuptohishomeonthethirdfloor.Hestartedmakingmealsforthefamilymembers.Theywerecomingsoon.7.ClosingdownbywritinganadfortheSanxingduisiteSanxingduiissofamousthatmillionsofvisitorscometoityearly.Butstillsomepeoplelivingfarawayfromithavenoideaofit.Nowwriteanadforittoattractmorevisitorstoit.WelcometoSanxingduiTheSanxingduicultureoccurredbetween2800B.C.to800B.C.,fromNeolithicage:DragonHillculturetotheendofShangandearlyZhouperiod.ThesiteofSanxingdui,locatedatthecityofGuanghan,40kmfromChengdu,Sichuanprovince,People'sRepublicofChina,isrecognizedasthemostimportantancientremainsoftheSichuanregionforitsvastsize,longlastingperiodandenrichedculturalcontents.ThefirstSanxingduirelicswerediscoveredbyafarmerin1929andinthenextseventyyearsmorewereexcavated.Duringthisperiod,generationsofarchaeologistsworkedonthediscoveryandunderstandingoftheSanxingduiculture.In1986,twomajorsacrificialpitswerefoundandtheyarousedwidespreadattentionintheglobalacademiccircle.TheSanxingduifindsareexciting,buttheyremainenigmatic.Notextshavebeenfound,noristhereanymentionofthiscultureintherecordsofotherstates,eitherduringorafterthelateShangperiod.AnalysisofleadandotherelementsinthebronzesindicatessourcessimilartothoseofotherculturesalongtheLowerYangziriverbasin.SomeChinesearchaeologistsandhistorianshaveattemptedtolinkthisculturewiththelaterShuculture,whichwasalsocenteredinSichuan.Atthispoint,however,theuniqueculturethatproducedtheseartifactsremainsamystery.Firsttimevisitorsshouldreadthe"history"ofSanxingduifirstandthenvisittheSanxingdui"museum".