学年高中英语Unit5MeetingyourancestorsSectionⅠWarmingUp.docx

1、学年高中英语Unit5MeetingyourancestorsSectionWarmingUpUnit 5 Meeting your ancestors Section Warming Up &；Reading-Pre-readingIt has long been known the ancient Egyptian rulers, or pharaohs (法老), were buried with great ceremony and lavish (大量的) treasures that were to be used in the other world.Unfortunate

2、ly, until 1922 no remains of any of the pharaohs or their treasures had ever been found. In that year, however, an archaeologist named Howard Carter and his sponsor, Lord Carnavon, were at last successful. They found the tomb of King Tutankhamen, who was buried 3,200 years ago. King Tuts tomb was th

3、e first fully preserved burial site to be uncovered in Egypts Valley of the Kings. The two men found the tomb to contain wonderful treasures. Gold figures and magnificent furniture decorated with gold were found in the myriad (许多) of secret rooms and tunnels within the pyramid.The only disappointmen

4、t for Howard Carter came when he found that King Tuts body was nothing but dust. Apparently a mistake had been made when the kings remains were mummified (使成木乃伊). Carter did, however, find 143 pieces of jewelry within the mummy case, mostly made of gold and precious stones. Actually, despite all the

5、 publicity about the remarkable finds in his tomb, Tutankhamens reign (统治时期) as pharaoh was short and relatively uneventful (太平的). He died when he was just 18 years old.Section_Warming Up & Reading Prereading原文呈现读文清障A VISIT TO THE ZHOUKOUDIAN CAVESAgroupofstudents (S) fromEnglandhascometotheZhoukoud

6、iancavesforavisit. Anarchaeologist (A) isshowingthemround.A：Welcome to the Zhoukoudian caves here in China. It is a great pleasure to meet you students from England, who are interested in archaeology. You must be aware that its here that we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in

7、this part of the world. Weve been excavating here for many years and . archaeologist /kIldIst/n.考古学家( 美 archeologist)show sb. round 带领某人参观archaeology /kIldI/n.考古学( 美 archeology)be/become aware that .意识到；认识到evidence n证据；证明excavate /ekskveIt/vt.挖掘；发掘周口店洞穴参观记一群英国学生(学)来到周口店洞穴参观，有一位考古学家(考)正领着他们参观。考：欢迎到中国

8、来参观周口店洞穴。很高兴见到你们这些来自英国并且对考古学感兴趣的学生。你们想必都很清楚，正是在这个地方，我们找到了居住在世界上这个地区的最早人类的证据。我们在这儿进行挖掘工作已经很多年了，而且S1：Im sorry to interrupt you but how could they live here? There are only rocks and trees.A：Good question. You are an acute observer. We have found human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill

9、 as well as tools and other objects. So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold.S2：How did they keep warm? They couldnt have mats， blankets or quilts like we do. It must have been very uncomfortable.A：Weve discovered fireplaces in the centre of the caves

10、 where they made fires. That would have kept them warm， cooked the food and scared wild beasts away as well. We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter. We havent found any doors but we think they might have hun

11、g animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold during the freezing winter. interrupt/Intrpt/vt.&vi.打断讲话；打岔；暂时中断或中止acute/kjut/adj.有观察力的；敏锐的；严重的；深刻的acute在句中表示“观察力敏锐”。as well as “也；又”，连接并列成分。assume /sjum/vt.假定；设想regardless of 不管；不顾；不理会在it is reasonable to assume .中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是to assume .mat /

12、mt/n.席子；垫子quilt /kwIlt/n被子；棉被must have done意为“一定，肯定”，表示对过去情况的肯定推测。make fires 生火keep them warm是“keep宾语adj.(宾补)”结构。beast/bist/n.野兽scare .away把吓跑as well还；也。用于肯定句句尾。keep out 阻挡freezing winter 寒冷的冬天学1：对不起，打断了你的讲话。但他们怎么能住在这个地方呢？这儿只有石头和树木啊。考：问得好。你是个敏锐的观察者。在高山上的那些洞穴里我们找到了人骨和兽骨，还有工具和其他物品。因此我们有理由认为他们不顾严寒，就住在这

13、些洞穴里。学2：那他们是怎样取暖的呢？他们不可能像我们现在这样有垫子、毯子和被子。想必是很不舒服的了。考：我们发现在洞穴中央有生火用的地炉。他们用地炉里的火来取暖、做饭，还可以用火来吓跑野兽。我们一直在挖掘一层层的积灰，几乎有六米厚。这意味着他们可能整个冬天都在烧火。我们还没有找到门，但我们认为在天寒地冻的冬季他们可能是用兽皮挂在洞口来防寒的。S3：What wild animals were there all that time ago?A：Well, weve been finding the bones of tigers and bears in the caves, and we

14、think these were their most dangerous enemies. Now what do you think this tells us about the life of these early people？(showspictureofasewingneedle)S2：Gosh! Thats a needle. Goodness, does that mean they repaired things?A：What else do you think it might have been used for？S4：Let me look at it. Its a

15、t most three centimetres long. Ah yes, it seems to be made of bone. I wonder how they made the hole for the .S2：(interrupting) Do you mean that they made their own clothes? Where did they get the material?A：They didnt have material like we have today. Can you guess what they used?S1：Wow! Did they wear clothes made entirely of animal skins？ How did they prepare them? Im sure they were quite heavy to cut and sew together., have been finding 是现在完成进行时。. what do you think this tells us about .？是复杂的特殊疑问句，其构成形式为：wh/howdo you