Module6TheWorld9sCulturalHeritage教學(xué)設(shè)計

i.單元教學(xué)目標

▲Readarticlesaboutworldculturalandnaturalheritage

ALearnthesubjunctive

▲Listentoatouristguide

▲Leaniadverbialclausesofplace,conditionandconcession

▲Writeashortessayaboutanintangiblehumanheritagethatyou

knowabout

▲Writeaparagraphaboutyourintangiblehumanheritage

ATalkabouttheendangeredlanguages

AGivingapresentationaboutaworldheritage

II.目標語言

Expressingplace,conditionandconcessionwithadverbialclauses

Aslongasyou'vegotaraincoat,you'HbeOK.

功Eventhoughit'sthemiddleofJuly,wcrecommendthatyoutakewarmand

能waterproofclothingwithyou.

句CanIsuggestthatyouallbringanumbrellaincaseitrains?

,

式Evenifyougetwet,Ipromiseyoullhaveadaytoremember.

Nomatterwhathappens,you'regoingtohaveamarveloustime.

Whereveryoulook,youcanseepartofourculturalheritage.

1.四會詞匯

venue,preserve,agreement,invest,divert,prehistoric,remains,

archaeologist,primitive,skull,item,existence,relation,limestone,span,

fossil,beast,sharpen,excavation,list,evolution,exposure,weed,cement,

comribuie,maintain,endangered,recommend,awareness,propose,fund,

詞assistance,precious,estimate,length,request,marvelous,imperial,tangible,

intangible,delegate,monument,inhabitant,mankind,directory,bid,enlarge,

匯discrimination,

2.認讀詞匯

waterproof,astronomer,thorough,autonomy,bureaucratic,catastrophe,

compromise,diplomacy,discrimination,federal,seminar,subjective,

undertake,virus,practitioner,advocate,status,malaria,compromise,epic,

agenda,mercy,Hispanic,journalism

3.重點詞匯

absence,advocate,agenda,assistance,beast,bid,contribute,enlarge,

exposure,mercy,precious,prehistoric,recommend,remains,viewpoint

4.短語

apartfrom,gothrough,atihemercyof,behonoredfor,gothrough,inreturn,

ofvitalimportance,remindsoofsth,symbolicambassador,popstars,sports

teams,uniquenaturalbeauty,aconferencevenue,preservedancient

buildings,aslongas,eventhough,evenif,incase,nomatter,wherever

Subjunctive

Theyhaverecommendedthatthesitebeclosedandrepaired.

Wehaverequestedthatthegovernmentgetinvolved.

語Theyhavesuggestedthatthegeneralpublicbeencouragedtohelpwiththe

法problem.

MycolleaguesandIinsistthatsomethingbedoneaboutitimmediately.

AprofessorattheAcademyhasproposedthatafundbeestablishedtoraise

money.

Adverbialclausesofplace,conditionandconcession

1.In1972,ameetingoftheWorldHeritageCommitteeagreedonalistof

placesintheworldwhichhadoutstandingculturalimportanceorunique

naturalbeauty.

2.Suzhouisoneofthe29sitesandwasthevenueforthe28thWorldHeritage

Conference,whichtookplaceinJune2004.

3.Theycamefromanunknownspeciesofmanandwerethefirstevidenceof

primitivehumanliveinChinathousandsofyearsago.

重4.IthasnotonlygivenusimportantinformationaboutprehistoricAsia

點societies,butalsohasprovidedamazingevidenceabouttheprocessof

句evolution.

5.Sincethediscoverywasmadeinthe1920s,Zhoukoudianhasbecomean

子

importantplaceforarchaeologistsfromallovertheworld.

6.Thesiteisextremelyexpensivetomaintainanditwillcostbetweenthree

Andfivemillionyuantorepairit.

7.Anysitewhichisseriouslydamagedorwhichisnotproperlyprotectedisan

endangeredheritage,andUNESCOisveryquicktodosomethingabout

situationslikethis.

8.Theyhavesuggestedthatthegeneralpublicbeencouragedtohelpwiththe

problem.

9.AprofessorattheAcademyhasproposedthatafundbeestablishedtoraise

money.

lO.Theyareapreciouspartofourculturalheritage-itisofvitalimportance

thatwedosomething.Ifnot,itwillbeacatastrophe.

11.Musicaltraditionsaroundtheworldformpartoftheintangibleheritageof

mankindinthesamewayasmonumentsandnaturalsites.

12.TheapplicationforTCMwouldhighlightthefactthattraditionalChinese

medicineisa

culturethathasexistedforthousandsofyears.

13.UNESCO'sagendafbrtheworld'sintangibleculturalheritageisalsotoact

asawarningsystemforsiteswhichareatthemercyofredevelopment,

pollutionoreventheeffectsoftourism,andculturalactivitieswhicharein

danger.

I4.TheLivingTreasuresProgramoriginatedinSantaFe,NewMexicointhe

USAin1984andhasnowspreadtodozensofothercommunitiesacrossthe

country.

III.教材分析和教材重組

1.教材分析

該模塊以world'sheritage為話題，重點介紹了蘇州園林(classicalgardensin

Suzhou)、北京周口店猿人遺址(BeijingManHeritageSite)、英格蘭的石林

(stonehenge)^美國新墨西哥州的SantaFetreasures等世界性文化遺產(chǎn)。旨在讓

學(xué)生通過該模塊的學(xué)習(xí)，了解世界各地珍貴自然、文化遺產(chǎn)，懂得這些古代遺產(chǎn)

的發(fā)掘和保護對人類文明發(fā)展的重要意義。同時，本模塊還要求學(xué)生掌握demand,

insist,propose,request,suggest等動詞后從句中虛擬語氣的用法；地點、條件、讓

步狀語從句的用法；并掌握nottoworry,aslongas,nowonder,nooneknowfor

certain,hadbetter等口常用語的用法。

1.1INTRODUCTION重點學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)人類自然、文化遺產(chǎn)的基礎(chǔ)詞匯及表達

步了解intangibleculturalheritage方面的知識。

1.10CULTURALCORNER重點介紹了源于美國新墨西哥州SantaFe的

LivingTreasureProgramo

1.11TASK要求學(xué)生以小組活動的形式，首先列舉出中國世界文化遺產(chǎn)的名

單，選擇其中之一展開研究，搜集、整理相關(guān)圖片、文字材料；然后向班內(nèi)同學(xué)

報告研究結(jié)果。

2.教材重組

2.1將INTRODUCITON與練習(xí)冊Readingandspeaking部分設(shè)計為一節(jié)“口

語課工

2.2將VOCABULARYANDREADING部分設(shè)計?為一節(jié)"閱讀課］

2.3將GRAMMAR(1)和GRAMMAR(2)ANDFUNCTION以及

EVERYDAYENGITSH部分整合為一節(jié)“語法課"

2.4將LISTENINGANDVOCABULARY與SPEAKING以及練習(xí)冊Listening

andspeaking與Speakingandwriting整合為一節(jié)'綜合技能課⑴

2.5將READINGANDWRITING,READINGPRACTICE,CULTURAL

CORNER和TASK整合為一節(jié)“綜合技能課(II)”。

3.課型設(shè)計與課時分配

1stPeriodSpeaking

2ndPeriodReading

3rdPeriodGrammar

4thPeriodIntegratingskills(I)

5thPeriodIntegratingskills(II)

III.分課時教案

TheFirstPeriodSpeaking

Teachinggoals教學(xué)目標

I.Targetlanguage目標語言

a.重點詞匯和短語

beliefs,buildings,museums,paintings,poems,traditions,uniquenaturalbeauty,a

conferencevenue,preservedancientbuildings

b.重點句子

In1972,ameetingofIheWorldHeritageCommitteeagreedonalistofplacesin

theworldwhichhadoutstandingculturalimportanceoruniquenaturalbeauty.

Suzhouisoneofthe29sitesandwasthevenueforthe28thWorldHeritage

Conference,whichtookplaceinJune2004.

2.Abilitygoals能力目標

Enablestudentstolearnabouttheworld'sculturalheritageandtheWorldHeritage

List.

3.Learningabilitygoals學(xué)能目標

HelpthestudentsIcanihowtotalkabouttheworld'sculturalheritage.

Teachingimportantpoints教學(xué)重點

Howtobuildvocabularyrelatedtotheworld'sculturalheritage.

Teachingdifficultpoints教學(xué)難點

Howtotalkabouttheworld'sculturalheritage.

Teachingmethods教學(xué)方法

Discussionandspeaking.

Teachingaids教具準備

Aprojectorandacomputer.

Teachingproceduresandways教學(xué)過程與方式

StepIWarmingupandlead-in

TalkaboutworldheritageandUNESCO.

T:Inthelongprocessofitsdevelopment,mankindhascreateddifferentkindsof

civilizations,whichhavegreatlyservedtotheprogressofthehumansociety.

However,wchavenoticedwilhregretdialsonicoftheheritagesitesliavubeen

totallydamagedduetowars,tourismdevelopment,naturaldisasters,environmental

pollutions,andshortageoffundsandpeople'slackofknowledge.Firstanswermy

question:WhatdoesUNESCOstandfor?

S:UNESCOstandsforUnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCultural

Organization.

1:Good.UNESCOisanagencyoftheUnitedNationsthatpromoteseducationand

communicationandthearts.Sinceitsfoundationin1946,ithasdoneagreatmany

thingsincludingtheprotectionoftheworldculturalheritage.InJuly2004,the28th

SessionoftheWorldHeritageCommitteewasheldinSuzhou,China.Themain

themesofwhichweretheimportanceofworldheritageprotectionandthe

relationshipbetweenworldheritageandyouth.Nowlet'sbeginwithoneofthe

worldculturalheritageandthevenueoftheconferenceSuzhou.Beforethat,we'll

learnsomewordsandexpressionsrelatedtothetopic.

StepIIDiscussion

HelpthestudentslearntheitemsinActivity2and3.Firstaskthestudentstomake

suretheyunderstandeachwordorexpressionandthendiscussthequestions.

T:Culturalheritageisanexpressionofthewaysoflivingdevelopedbyacommunity

andpassedonfromgenerationtogeneration,includingcustoms,practices,places,

objects,artisticexpressionsandvalues.LookatthewordsintheboxinActivity2

anddiscussthequestionsbelowtheboxwithyourdeskmate.First,whichofthe

itemsinthelistarepartsofacountry'sculturalheritage?

Discussthequestionswiththestudents.

T:Thefirstitem,beliefs.Oftenwecan'tsaywhere\vcgotacertainbelieffrom.Much

ofwhatwebelieveisn'taresultofscientificreasoningorexperiencebutratherfrom

someidealyingaboutinourminds.Eventhisdoesn'taccountforsomenotionsof

theworldwhichmostpeopleseemtohold.Doyouthink“belie禽“arepartofa

country'sculturalheritage?

SI:Idon,tthinkbeliefsarepartofacountry'sculturalheritage.

S2:Iagree.Beliefsareformsofjudgingsomethingtobetrue.Tobelievesomethingis

luexpressone'susscssincnlofuncuitainlyofboinulhiiig.

T:Whatabout“buildings”？

S3:Buildingsrefertoanyenclosed,long-lastingstructuresforthepurposeof

shelteringanimals,goodsorpeople.Mostancientbuildingssuchasthepyramids,

theGreatWall,etcarepartofacountry\culturalheritage.

S4:Includingsomemodernbuildings,suchasBirdNextArchitecturebuiltfor2008

OlympicinBeijing,wouldbecomepartofculturalheritageinthefuture.

T:Andwhatabout"museums”?

S5:Museumsarebuildingsorroomsinwhichantiquesorotherobjectsofhistoricalor

scientificinterestarecollectedandexhibited.Theyarecertainlypartofacountry's

culturalheritage.

S6:Quitetrue.ExampleslikethePalaceMuseumsofChina,theRoyalMuseumin

Britain,etc.

T:Good.Paintingsaremadewithpaintonasurface.Poemsareworksinmeterorfree

verseemployingfigurativelanguage.Theyarebotharts.Doyouthinktheyarepart

ofacountry'sculturalheritage?

S7:Accordingtothedefinitionofculturalheritage,theyarecertainlypartofa

country'sculturalheritage.

T:Rutdoyouthinkthefollowingtwoitems,"pop"ar*"andusportsteam*''arepartof

acountry'sculturalheritage?Why?

S8:No.Popstarsarethosewhoarepopularwithaudiencesespeciallyyoungstersby

singingpopularsongsorplayingpopularmusic.Sportsteamsaregroupsofplayers

formingonesideincertainsports.Theyarenotpracticeshandeddownfromthe

pastbytradition.

T:Well,whataboutthelastone“traditions'”?

S9:Traditionsarestoriesorcustomsthatarememorizedandpasseddownfrom

generationtogeneration.Theyarepartofacountry'sculturalheritage.

T:Great.Amongthesewhichdoyouthinkarethemostimportantitems?Why?

S10:Ithink“buildings“arethemostimportantbecausetheycanbeseenortouched,

andpeoplecanlearndirectlyfromthem.

SI1;Ithink“Uddiliuns“arcthemostimporlaiilbecauselliuyarepassingdownbeliefs,

legends,customsetc.usuallytoeachgeneration.Theyareofgreatvalue.

StepIIIReading

TalkaboutSuzhouwiththestudents.

T:Ithasbecomethecommonresponsibilityofallmankindtopreservethenaturaland

culturalwealthcreatedbyourancestors.Moreover,peoplearcbecomingmore

awareoftheimportanceoflookingafterthesepricelesstreasuressothatwecan

handthemdowntolatergenerations.Overthepastfewdecades,peoplethroughout

theworldhavemadeeffortstovariousdegreestopreservetheirculturalandnatural

heritages.In1972,ameetingoftheWorldHeritageCommitteeagreedonalistof

placesintheworldwhichhadoutstandingculturalimportanceoruniquenatural

beauty.ItwascalledtheWorldHeritageList.31Chinesesitesareonthelist.In

2004,the28thWorldHeritageConferencewasholdinSuzhou.Whatdoyouknow

aboutSuzhou?First,v/hereisit?

SI:ItliesinthesouthofJiangsuProvince,inthemiddleoftheYangtzeDelta;inthe

lowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiverandontheshoresofTaihuLake,borderingon

Shanghaiintheeast,ZhejiangProvinceinthesouth,TaihuLakeinthewestand

theYangtzeRiverinthenorth.

T:Howmanypeoplelivethere?

S2:Thereare5.71millionpeoplelivethere.

T:Whyisitfamous?

S3:Becausetherearemanyunusualclassicalgardensandmorethanahundred

preservedancientbuildingsinSuzhoucity.

T:Whatisitfamousfor?

S4:Suzhouisfamousforitsbeauty,withmanycanalscrossedbyarchedbridgesand

lovelygardens.Anine-storiedpagodathereisamongthetallestinChina.Thecity

hasseveralinstitutionsofhigherlearning.

S5:ItisalsofamousforitssilkssincetheSungdynasty,anditisstillasilkcenter.

T:WhatelsedoyouknowaboutSuzhou?

S6:Suzhouisalsoknownas"Gusucily”,havingthefameuf"OrientalVenice^.

SuzhouwassetupinBC514;beingacitywithhistoryofmorethan2500years,

itwasnamedSuzhouinA.D.581,Suidynasty.

Askthestudentstoreadthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.

Showthefollowing.

1.WhatistheWorldHeritageList?

2.WhendidChinasigntheagreement?

3.HowmanyChinesesitesareonthelist?

4.Whatdidthecitymainlydo?

T:Suzhouisfamousforitsbeautifulgardens.Asasayinggoes,“Upontheheaven

thereisaparadise,downonearththere'rcSuzhouandHangzhou?'Suzhouisan

ancientcityandatouristresortnow.ItwaspraisedastheorientalVenice.Nowread

theshortpassageonpage71andfindouttheanswerstotheabovequestions.

Sampleanswers:

1.TheWorldHeritageListisalistofplacesintheworldwhichhaveoutstanding

culturalimporlanceoruniquenaturalbeauty.

2.Chinasignedtheagreementin1985.

3.Thereare31Chinesesitesonthelist.

4.Thecityinvested6hillionyuantopreservethecharacteroftheoldtown,mainlyto

divertwaterfromTaihuandYangtzeRivertosupplythewaterwaysystemoftheold

towm.

Thenaskthestudentstofindoutwhathappenedinthefollowingyears.Afterafew

minutes,askthemtoshowtheanswers.

SI:In1972,ameetingoftheWorldHeritageCommitteeagreedonalistofplacesin

theworldwhichhadoutstandingculturalimportanceoruniquenaturalbeauty.

S2:In1985,Chinasignedtheagreement.

S3:In2003,Suzhouinvested6billionyuantopreservethecharacteroftheoldtown.

S4:In2004,the28thWorldHeritageConferencewasheldinSuzhou.

AskthestudentstocheckthemeaningofthephrasesinActivity3.

Sampleanswers:

uniquenaluialbeauty:thenaturalandbuaulifulviewistheonlyoneofitstype(unique:

unusual,theonlyoneofitstype)

aconferencevenue:aplacewherepeopleagreetoholdameeting(venue:placewhere

peopleagreetomeet)

preservedancientbuildings:thesebuildingswerebuiltinancienttimesandtheyare

nowpreservedwell

StepIVReadingandspeaking(Workbook:P123)

Askthestudentstoreadthepassageonpage124andanswerthequestionsonpage

123.

T:ToknowmoreabouttheWorldHeritageList,pleasereadthepassageonpage124

andfindtheanswerstothequestionsonpage123.

Sampleanswersto7-2:

IfUNESCOaddsamonumenttoitslistofWorldHeritageSites,thenumbersof

touristsvisitingacountrymaybeaffectedasthesitecanbecomeahugetourist

attraction.TheWorldHeritageFundwillgelinvolvedinplanninghowthesitecanbe

protected;italsogivesadviceonhowtoraisefunds.

Sampleanswersto8:

I.AsitegoesthroughanominationprocessbeforebeingaddedbytheWorldHeritage

Committee.Asitecanheproposedforinscriptiononlybythecountryinwhichthe

propertyislocated.

2.Yes.IfacountryhasWorldHeritageSites,thenumbersoftouristsvisitingthe

countrywillincrease.Acountrymayalsoreceivefinancialassistancefromthe

WorldHeritageFund.

3.Largenumbersoftouristscomingtoasitecanbeaproblem.Theirmoneyisbadly

neededtopayforrepairs,buttheyalsocausepollution.

Sampleanswersto10:

1.TheWorldHeritageCommitteechoosesthesites.

2.ArchaeologistsandotherexpertsfromUNESCOhaverecommendedthatmoresites

fromAsia,AfricaandIheAmericasbeadded.

3.Thesitehastobeeitherculturalornaturalplacesofgreatinterest.

4.TheWorldHeritageFundwillgelinvolvedinplanninghowiheheritagecanbu

protectedandgivesadviceonhowtoraisefunds.

5.TheairaroundtheDunhuangcavesisdry.

6.Thousandsoftourists'feetcoulddamagetheancientstonesandthechangedair

couldaffectthepaintings.

StepVHomework

1.AskthestudentstowriteashortpassageintroducingthecityofSuzhou.

2.AskthestudentstopreviewVOCABULARYANDREADING.

3.Askthestudentstoprepareatalkabouttheirregion'sculturalheritage.

TheSecondPeriodReading

Teachinggoals教學(xué)目標

I.Targetlanguage目標語言

a.重點詞匯和短語

bone,danger,discover,encourage,evidence,pollution,species,tool,evolution,

sharpen,warmth

b.重點句子

TrhasnotonlygivennsimportantinformationaboutprehistoricAsiasocieties,but

alsohasprovidedamazingevidenceabouttheprocessofevolution.

Theyhavesuggestedthatthegeneralpublicbeencouragedtohelpwiththe

problem.

2.Abilitygoals能力目標

EnablestudentstotalkaboutChina'sworldculturalheritageanditscontributionto

protectingthem.

3.Learningabilitygoals學(xué)能目標

HelpthestudentslearnhowtotalkaboutChinasworldculturalheritageandits

contributiontoprotectingthem.

Teachingimportantpoints教學(xué)重點

HowtotalkaboutChina'sworldculturalheritageanditscontributiontoprotecting

them.

Teachingdifficultpoints教學(xué)難點

Learntheimportanceoftheprotectionofworld'sculturalheritage.

Teachingmethods教學(xué)方法

Readinganddiscussion.

Teachingaids教具準備

Ataperecorder,aprojectorandacomputer.

Teachingproceduresandways教學(xué)過程與方式

Step1Revisionandlead-in

Askthestudentstoshowtheirwork.

T:Inthelastperiod,wemainlylearnedaboutafamouscity——Suzhou,alsooneof

theworld'sculturalheritage.Andyouwereaskedtowriteashortpassage

introducingthecity.Nowwho'dliketoshowyourworktous?

Asampleversion:

Suzhou,acityineasternChina'sJiangsuProvince,isconsideredasbeautifulasthe

paradise.Amajortouristcity,itfeaturesclassicgardensandelegantnaturalscenery.

Location:ItissituatedbytheTaihuLakeinthesouthernpartofJiangsuProvince,in

theYangtzeRiverDelta.WithShanghaitoitseastandZhejiangProvincetoitssouth,

Suzhouhasawell-developedcommunicationnetworkandcanheeasilyreachedfrom

allpartsofChina.

GeographicFeatures:Ofthe8,488squarekilometersofterritoryunderthecity's

jurisdiction,about10percentiscultivatedfarmland;30percentishillyland,andthe

restiscoveredbywatersorlowtenains.Itsaveragealtitudeis4metersabovesea

level.ThecityisfamedastheOrientalVenicebecauseitisawatercitywithnumerous

rivers,lakesandcanals,suchastheYangtzeRiver,YangchengLake,ChenghuLake

andtheGrandCanal.MajorhillsintheareaincludeLingyan,Tianping,Tiger(Huqiu)

andYushan.

Population:Ithasapopulationof5.71million,includingthevariousethnicgroupsof

Han,Hui,andManchu,1.05millionofthepeoplelivinginurbanareas.

History:Itwasestablishedasasettlementin514B.C.,knownasGusu;in581during

theSuiDynasty,ilwasruiiaiuudSuzhou.

Climate:Onthenorthedgeofthesubtropicalzone,Suzhouhasmonsoonmaritime

climate,withmildlycoldwinterandhumidsummer.Itsannualaveragetemperatureis

15.7℃.

LocalHighlights:Besidesclassicgardens,SuzhouisalsofamousforKunquOpera

andPingtan(ballad-singinginSuzhoudialect).Amongthelocalproducts,thereare

silk;handicraftssuchasembroidery,fans,traditionalChinesemusicalinstruments,

lanterns,furniture,jadecarving,silktapestry,traditionalpaintingpigments,NewYear

picturesofwood-blockprints,etc;andbig-gatecrabsfromYangchengLake.

T:Asaworld-renownedcountrywithanancientcivilization,Chinaboastsawealthof

culturalrelicsandhistoricalsites,suchasthetenthousand-liGreatWall,the

ImperialPalaceinBeijing,theDunhuangGrottoes,andthePotalaPalaceinLhasa.

Lastperiod,youwereaskedtoprepareatalkaboutyourregion'sculturalheritage.

Nowwho'dliketogiveatalktous?

Asampletalk:

ShanxiisoneofthebirthplacesofChinesecivilizationswithalonghistoryand

traditionalculture,asearlyasonehundredmillionyearsago,theancesotrsofthe

Chineselivedinthisregion.LegendtellsusthattheYellowEmperor,founderofthe

Chinesenation,oncelivedinShanxiforacertainperiod.Today,manyNeolithicsites

fromthatperiodcanstillbeseenacrosstheprovince.

MostoftheancientstructuresinShanxiwerebuiltbeforetheLiaoandSongDynasties,

soitisthereasonwhyShanxiisoftencalledthe“ChineseAncientArchitecture

Museum"，includingtheBuddhistwonderoftheYungangGrottoesinDatongCity,the

ancientcityofPingyaowhichwaslistedasaWorldCulturalHeritagesiteby

UNESCOIN1997,theoldestandtallestancientwoodenpagodainChina,theWooden

PagodaofYingxianCountyandtheremoteShuanglinandJinciTemples,whichare

wellworththeprotection.Ofcourse,thereareanumberofnaturalmagnificentand

beautifulplacesthatcanalsobeseeninShanxi.Themostfamousoftheminclude

WutaiMountainwiththelongestandmostprestigioushistoryinthefourmost

well-knownBuddhistholylandsofChina,thewhistlingrageoftheYellowRiver's

KelticSpoutwalcifalls(HukouWaterfalls)andoneoftheFiveSaciudMountainsin

China—MtHengshan.

T:Excellent.TodaywearegoingtolearnaboutanotherChineseCulturalHeritage-

Zhoukoudiancaves.

StepIIReading

Skimming

AskthestudentstoreadthepassageanddoActivities1and2.

T:InDecember1929,aChinesepaleanthropologistnamedPeiWenzhongdiscovereda

completeskullof“PekingMan”onDragonBoneHillnorthwestofZhoukoudian,in

thesouthwestsuburbsofBeijing.Later,archaeologistsunearthed40-oddindividually

fossilizedskeletonsof“PekingMan"，male,female,oldandyoung,allatthesame

site.Zhoukoudian,therefore,becamethemostcommonsiteforhumanremainswith

themostabundantfossilsintheworldfromthesameperiod.Thediscoverypushed

thehistoryofBeijing'scivilizationbacktosome600,000years.Thesefossilized

remainsprovethat''PekingMan“wasprimitivemaninanevolutionaryprocessfrom

ancientapetomodernman,andistheancestoroftheChinesenation.Nowplease

readthefirstpartofthearticleandtrytofinishActivity1.

Afterafewminutes,asksomestudentstoanswerthequestionsorally.

T:WhatwasthefirstthingthatwasfoundatZhoukoudian?

SI:Someprehistorichumanbones.

T:Whatwasthenumberofitemsthatwereeventuallyfound?

S2:Almost200items,includingsixskullsandmorethan150teeth.

T:WhatwasthenumberofplaceswhereBeijingManlived?

S3:Four.

T:Whatwasthepercentageofpeoplewholivedtotheageof50?

S4:Fewerthan5%livedtotheageof50.

T:Whatwasthereasonwhyworkonthesitestopped?

S5:BecauseoftheJapaneseinvasion.

T:Whendidthesitebecomeaworldheritagesite?

S6:InDuccmbui1987.

T:TheZhoukoudianCaveswereoneofthefirstbatchesofsiteslistedintheWorld

CulturalHeritageListoftheUnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCultural

Organizagtion(UNESCO).However,ifnothingisdonetomaintainthesite,itmay

betakenoffthelist.TheChineseAcademyofScienceisattemptingtoraise

awarenessofthedamage,inthehopethatihegeneralpublicwilllendahandto

protectthesite.Nowpleasereadthesecondpartofthearticleandtrytofinish

Activity2.

Afterafewminutes.

T:Today,Zhoukoudianisinseriousdanger.Itisunderdestruction.Whatarethetwo

naturalcausesofthedestructionofthecaves?

S1:Rainandexposuretotheair.

T:Whatistheoriginofpollutionthatisaffectingthecaves?

S2:Theoriginofpollutionisfromnearbycementfactories.

T:WhatarethetwodemandsfromtheUNESCO?

S3:Ifthesiteisendangered,theUNESCOrecommendedthesitebeclosedand

repaired.

T:Whatarethetwopossiblegroupsofpeoplewhocanhelptorepairthecaves?

S4:Thegeneralpublicandthegovernment.

Scanning

Askthestudentstoreadthepassageagainandgetthemainideaofthepassage.

T:Nextpleasereadthepassageagainandtrytogetthemainideaofeachpartofthe

passage.

Showthefollowing.

Part1AgeneralintroductionofZhoukoudian

Para1ThelocationofZhoukoudianandthereasonwhyitbecamefamous

Para2FurtherdiscoveriesinZhoukoudian

Para3WhereBeijingManlived

Para4Evidencefound:lifespan;fireusing;excavations

Para5Theimportanceoftherelics

Pail2AncndangurcdBeijingManheritagesite

Para1TheimportanceofZhoukoudian

Para2Causesofthedestrucion

Para3UNdemands

Para4Howtoprotectthesite

Askthestudentstofinishthefollowingform.Showtheform.

1920prehistorichumanbonesdiscovered

1929acompleteskullwasdiscovered

1937JapaninvadedChinaandexcavationsatthesitestopped

1949theworkstartedagainandZhoukoudianbecameanimportanttourist

attraction

1987Zhoukoudianwaslistedasaworldheritagesite

StepIIIPost-reading

AskthestudentstofinishActivities3to5.Thenchecktheanswers.

AskthestudentstofinishActivity6andanswerthequestions.

T:Howcanthegeneralpublicgivetheirassistance?

SI:Thegeneralpubliccangivetheirassistancebycontributingtothecostofrepairing

thecaves.

T:Apartfromprovidingwarmth,whatwasfireusedfor?

S2:Itwas