Focusing

onculture:The

story

ofdomesticationUnit

4Ouranimal

friends01

Lead

in

Listenand

guessWhichanimalit

is?If

yougobackto

10,000yearsago...HowtoturnaWOLFinto

a

DOG?01

Leadin

Imaginehunter·Feed

(喂養(yǎng))·Train(訓練)·Actions

(如摸頭等)·Simple

words(“Come”,

“Good

dog!”01

LeadinWhat

did

the

hunter

do?wolfWild

Tame

(溫順的)

Trust01

Pre-Reading

domesticate

[d?□mest□ke□t]v.

馴化；馴著omesticationWildanimalsFarm

animals/d?

mes.t

□

ke□.□?n/n.

馴

養(yǎng)

；·Tomakeawil刨imal

getusedto(習慣于)livingwithorworkingforhumansThinkSection

4

Extending

and

developing

competencies

How

did

wild

animals

become

our

friends

and

helpers?Focusing

on

cultureManyfarmanimalsandpetsusedtobewild

animals.How

did

theybecomeourfriendsandhelpers?Let'sfindoutwhat

happened.ThestoryofdomesticationLong

ago,dogs,sheep

and

cows

used

to

be

wild

animals.How

did

they

turnntoretsand

farm

animals?Let's

find

out!Dogs

The

storv

ofdomesticationstartedsomewherinAsiaabout

15,000

to

23,000

years

agg

Back

then,people

moved

across

theland.Theyhunted

large

animals

and

often

left

meat

on

the

ground.This

attracted

wolves,and

they

probably

began

following

the

hunters.Some

people

startedcatching

baby

wolves.They

trained

these

young

wolves

to

hunt

with

them.Witheverygeneration,peoplekept

wolves

with

"friendly"genes2.Overthoacan

dsof

vears.thesepetwolves

turnedintodoas.SheepAround13,000yearsagopeopleinWestAsiabegantodomesticate

animei

sIkesneep.Sheeparesmall

andnorverydagerous,andtheymovein

big

groups

and

follow

their

leader.This

makes

them

easy

to

domesticate.They

becameanimportantsourceof

meat.Later,thefarmersalsolearnthowomakeclothes

from

their

wool.CowsPeopleinWestAsiastartedtodomesticateaurochs—akindof

wildox

?—sometime

after8000BCE.Aurochsarenowextinct,buttheyused

to

live

all

over

Europe

and

Asia.They

provided

people

with

milk

andmeat,andtheywerealsogoodworkinganimals.Aswith

other

animals,peoplechose

to

keep

aurochs

with“good”20

genes,and

the

animals

slowly

turned

into

theOver

many

thousands

ofyears,pets

and

farmanimals

changed

because

ofhuman

efforts.Thestory

of

domestication

sill

continues

today.general—specific—general總——分—總Specific

numbers

or

locations1

Skim

(略讀)throughthetextandguesswhatkindof

textitis□a

storya

science

article□adiaryHow

do

you

know?Subtitles①domestication/do,mest'ker?n/n.

馴養(yǎng)；馴化②

gene/d?i:n/n.基因③aurochs/'?:rpks/n.

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While-readingExplore

details

as

an

animal

expert(動物專家)2

Completethetable

withtheinformation

from

the

article

onpage

62.TheearliestdomesticatedanimalsCowsTime:

(7)Place:

(8)·Theyprovided

peoplewith

?

__

__

··They

were

(10)DogsTime:

(1)Place:

(2)·Theyhelped

people(3)SheepTime:

(4)Place:

(5)·They

providedpeople

with

(6)This

kind

ofanimal

was

domesticatedin

_

(place).They

can

help/provide

peopleThey_Guess

which

kind

ofanimal

it

is?DogsSheepCows03

While-reading3.Pickthecard

andto

be

the

expert(專家)!(time)··

—

____ThestoryofdomesticationLong

ago,dogs,sheep

and

cows

used

to

be

wild

animals.How

did

they

turn

into

pets

and

farm

animals?Let's

find

out!DogsThe

story

ofdomestication

started

somewhere

in

Asia,about15,000to

23,000

years

ago.Back

then,people

moved

across

the

land.They

huntedlarge

animals

and

often

left

meat

onthe

ground.This

attracted

wolves,and

theyprobablybegan

following

the

hunters.Somepeople

startedcatchingbaby

wolves.They

trained

these

young

wolves

to

hunt

with

them.Witheverygeneration,peoplekept

wolves

with

"friendly"genes.Overthousands

ofyears,these

pet

wolves

turned

into

dogs.SheepAround

13,000years

ago,peopleinWestAsiabegan

to

domesticateanimals

like

sheep.Sheep

are

small

and

not

very

dangerous,and

they

moveinbig

groups

and

follow

their

leader.This

makes

them

easy

to

domesticate.They

became

an

important

source

ofmeat.Later,the

farmers

also

learnt

howto

make

clothes

from

theirwool.15

CowsPeople

in

West

Asia

started

to

domesticate

aurochs3—a

kind

ofwild

ox?—sometime

after

8000

BCE.Aurochs

are

now

extinct,but

theyusedto

live

all

overEurope

andAsia.Theyprovidedpeople

with

milk

andmeat,and

they

were

also

good

working

animals.As

with

other

animals.peoplechosetokeepaurochs

with“good”20

genes.a

ndtheanimals

slowlyturnedinto

thecows

we

see

today.Overmany

thousands

of

years,pets

and

farmanimals

changed

because

ofhuman

efforts.Thestory

ofdomestication

still

continuestoday.ThinkHowdidhumans

domesticatewildanimals?Pleasereadagain

and

find

somesentencesfromthetext.ThestoryofdomesticationLong

ago,dogs,sheep

and

cows

used

to

be

wild

animals.How

did

they

turn

into

pets

and

farm

animals?Let's

find

out!DogsThe

story

ofdomestication

started

somewhere

in

Asia,about

15,000to

23,000

years

ago.Back

then,people

moved

across

the

land.They

hunted

large

animals

and

often

left

meat

on

the

ground.This

attracted

wolves,and

they

probably

began

following

the

hunters.Some

people

startedcatching

baby

wolves.They

trained

these

young

wolves

to

bunt

withthem.With

every

generation,people

kept

wolves

witiffriendly"genesOverthousands

ofyears,these

pet

wolves

turned

into

dogs.SheepAround

13,000years

ago,people

in

West

Asia

began

to

domesticateanimals

like

sheep.Sheep

are

small

and

not

very

dangerous,and

they

moveinbig

groups

and

follow

their

leader.This

makes

them

easy

to

domesticate.They

became

an

important

source

ofmeat.Later,the

farmers

also

learnt

howto

make

clothes

from

theirwool.CowsPeopleinWestAsiastartedtodomesticateaurochs③—akindofwild

ox?—sometime

after

8000

BCE.Aurochs

are

now

extinct,but

theyusedto

live

all

overEurope

andAsia.Theyprovidedpeople

with

milk

andmeat,and

they

were

also

good

working

animals.As

with

other

animals.peoplechosetokeepaurochswith"good"genes

，andtheanimalsslowly

turnedinto

thecows

we

see

today.Overmany

thousands

of

years,pets

and

farmanimals

changed

because

ofhuman

efforts.Thestory

ofdomestication

still

continues

today."Friendlygenes"aregenesthat

makeanimals

tame(溫順的)and

willing

tolive

with

humans.“Good

genes”refertothetraits(特質)

inaurochsthathumansfound

helpful,

suchasproducingmore

milk,beingtamer,orworkingbetter.Is

it

friendly

to

humansor

animals?Is

it