Unit5MeetingyourancestorsPeriod1Asamplelessonplanforreading(AVISITTOTHEZHOUKOUDIANCAVES)IntroductionInthisperiod,afterthewarmingup,studentswillfirstbeguidedtopre-readbygettingtoknowwhatarchaeologyorarcheologyis.Thentheyshallbereadingforformsoflanguage,copyingandmakingsentences,transforminginformation.StudentswillbereadingthetextagainforthetypeofwritingandsummaryofAVISITTOZHOUKOUDIANCAVES.Theywillbeaskedtowriteapassageoftheirown.TheperiodwillendbystudentsreadingmoreaboutZhoukoudian.ObjectivesTohelpstudentsunderstandthetext’sformsandcontentsandlearnaboutancestorsTohelpstudentscommunicateonthetopicinfocuswiththewords,expressionsandstructureslearnedinthisunitFocusWordsidentify,excavate,interrupt,assume,sharpen,scrape,preserve,applaud,accelerate,arrestCollocationsregardlessof,cutup,lookaheadPatterns1.Itisagreatpleasuretomeetyou,studentsfromEngland,whoareinterestedinarchaeology.2.Youmustbeawarethatit’sherethatwe’refoundevidenceofsomeoftheearliestpeoplewholivedinthispartoftheworld.用心爱心专心3.Wehavebeenexcavatinghereformanyyearsand…4.Myhandsaredirty.Ihavebeenpaintingthewall.5.Itmusthavebeenveryuncomfortable.6．Doyoumeantosaytheymadetheirownclothes?AidsMultimediafacilities,tape-recorder,photos,diagramsProcedures1.WarmingupbytalkingaboutancestorsAnancestorisaparentor(recursively)theparentofanancestor.Sothisincludesafatherormother,aswellasgrandparents,great-grandparents,andsoon,althoughthecorrectfemaleformofthewordis"ancestrix",pl:"ancestrixes"or"ancestrices".Twoindividualshaveageneticrelationshipifoneistheancestoroftheotheroriftheyshareacommonancestor;inacurioususeoflanguageinevolutionarytheory,thisiscalledcommondescent.(Strictlyspeakingthismaynotbetrueforsomebacteriaandsimilarorganismswhicharecapableofdirecthorizontalgenetransfer.)Somesocietieshavehadaformofancestorworship;mostmodernsocietiesseemtohavefocusedthisintogenealogy.2.Pre-readingbygettingtoknowwhatarchaeologyorarcheologyisArchaeologyorarcheologyisthestudyofhumanculturesthroughtherecovery,documentationandanalysisofmaterialremainsandenvironmentaldata,includingarchitecture,artifacts,biofacts,humanremains,andlandscapes.Thegoalsofarchaeologyaretodocumentandexplaintheoriginsanddevelopmentofhumanculture,understandculturehistory,chronicle用心爱心专心culturalevolution,andstudyhumanbehaviourandecology,forbothprehistoricandhistoricsocieties.3.ReadingforformsoflanguageAtyourfirstreadingofthetextitisusuallybestnottostopandconsultyourdictionary.Thiswillinterruptyourprocessofreadingandunderstanding.Oftenthemeaningofunfamiliarwordsandphrasesbecomesclearasyoucontinuetoreadthroughthetext.Thedictionarycanbeusedatalaterstage.Readthetextto:cut/thesentenceintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,darkentheconnectivesandunderlinealltheusefulexpressions.4.FindingcollocationsandmakingsentencesWhydowelearncollocations?•Yourlanguagewillbemorenaturalandmoreeasilyunderstood.•Youwillhavealternativeandricherwaysofexpressingyourself.•Itiseasierforourbrainstorememberanduselanguageinchunksorblocksratherthanassinglewords.Nowreadthetextandfindthecollocations.CollocationsfromAVISITTOTHEZHOUKOUDIANCAVEScometo…foravisit来……参观，show…around带领……参观，agreatpleasuretodo…非常乐意做……，beinterestedin…对……感兴趣，findevidenceof…找到……的证据，inthecaveshigherupthehill在高山上的洞穴里，regardlessofthecold不顾寒冷，keepwarm保暖，inthecentero...
