Unit5MeetingyourancestorsPeriod3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage(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.Usefirstthecontextand用心爱心专心thenyourownknowledgeofthesubjecttohelpyouguessthemeaningofunknownwords.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浓眉用心爱心专心大眼，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.HomosapiensandtheHobbitsliv...
