1、THE FEAST: 18, 000 BC 1. 学生能够理解文章的意思并能运用阅读技巧完成阅读题目； 2. 学生能够通过题目梳理出重要语言点。 本节课是unit5 Meeting your ancestors 的第二篇课文, 本着让学生能够 更好的理解文章的大意和细节并能吃透文中的重要语言点，设计了本节 课的教学。 首先，用图片导入本节课的话题The feast: 18000BC，接着用任务型阅 读法提升学生的阅读技巧，如 skimmimg, scanning, summarizing等，而且 题型设置多样，从不同角度去加深学生对本文的理解。在语言点的处理 上，让学生自己去文中去查，从而完成
2、介词填空和翻译，这也提升了学 生的综合运用语言能力。 Can you guess what would be eaten on the feast in 18,000 BC? Scanning 1.What kind of food did Lalas family prepare for the feast? Key: Nuts, fruit, fish, the deer and pig Key: Nuts, fruit, fish, the deer and pig meat. meat. 2.Draw the main idea of each paragraph: Para 1. L
3、ala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the one last year. Para 2. Lala and her families made preparations for the feast. Para 3. the description of Dahu. Para 4. how did Dahu make tools. Skimming Please decide whether the statements are true or f
4、alse. 1. Lalas family groups usually lived together. 2. Dahu was good at making tools. 3. The family groups lived on hunting . 4. Dahu went out to sharpen the scrapers to kill an enemy. F F T T T T F _ separatelyseparately _ scrape the fishscrape the fish Careful reading 1.In pairs work out which jo
5、bs Dahu did and which Lala did. DAHU: catch fish ,repair stone tools, make scrapers and axe-heads LALA: collect fruit and nuts, prepare food 2.Did men and women have separate responsibilities (分工分工) then ? If so , what were the differences between them? Mens tasks : more dangerous, require more stre
6、ngth Womens tasks: more careful 3.Answer key for p42 Mens tasks Womens tasks 1. Making and repairing tools 2. Fishing 3. Cutting down trees 4. Hunting animals 5. Protecting the group from harm 1. Collecting nuts, fruit and water 2. Cutting up meat and fish for cooking 3. Preparing skins to make clot
7、hes 4. Preparing food 5. Looking after children 4.Answer key for Exercise p44 question3 Mens tasks: patient (tool making), dangerous (hunting), some individual (tool making and repairing) and some co-operative (hunting), skilful (tool making), protective (of group) Womens tasks: affectionate (to gro
8、up), co-operative (cooking), caring (providing food), patient (collecting food), skilful (cooking), individual (collecting nuts and fruit) 5.Answer the following questions after reading the text: 1)When they work cooperatively and when they do tasks alone? 2)Who does the most dangerous tasks? 3)Wher
9、e does the danger come from? 4)Whether the tasks are shared fairly between men and women? 1). Both men and women work cooperatively. For example, Lalas mother and aunts were preparing the meat of deer and pig over the fire. Men do tasks alone. 2). Men do the most dangerous tasks. 3). The danger come
10、s from the wild animals. 4)Sharing of tasks: Men and women had clearly divided tasks: fire and collecting nuts needed to be done every day but killing animals would only be done now and then. So the womens tasks were continuous and the mens tasks were more periodic. Some people say: “It is women tha
11、t should stay at home and take care of the family.” Do you agree or not? Please give your reasons. The expressions may help you. In my opinion, I (dont) agree because I support because No, I cant agree with because No, thats not reasonable because Discussion 1. Generally speaking, preparations _ the
12、 Beijing Olympics are smoothly marching forward in accordance with plans. 2. Twenty years ago people looked _ and thought the problem would be solved by now, but that clearly hasnt happened. I. 用适当的介、副词填空。用适当的介、副词填空。 for ahead 3. Hunting spiders run after insects or lie _ wait for them. 4. She scoop
13、ed _ a handful of snow and pressed it hard to make a ball. 5. He banged his head _ the wall. 6. I smiled _ myself and stopped working so that I could better enjoy listening to the noise. in up against to 7. I became dizzy _ all the dos and the donts, and the hows and the whys. 8. We have asked the C
14、onrads to come _ dinner on Friday evening. with for 2. 我们走了很长一段路去看他，没想到他刚好去乡我们走了很长一段路去看他，没想到他刚好去乡 下了。下了。(only to) We walked a long way to see him, only to find that he had just left for the countryside. 1. 我正在街上走我正在街上走, 就在这时有人从后面叫我。就在这时有人从后面叫我。(when) II. 根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。 I was
15、walking in the street when someone called me from behind. 3. 在进一步进行这件事之前在进一步进行这件事之前, 我们必须为将来考我们必须为将来考 虑。虑。(look ahead) 4. 要是他们现在在这里要是他们现在在这里, 我们就能庆祝他们的结我们就能庆祝他们的结 婚纪念日了。婚纪念日了。(if only) We must look ahead before we go further into the matter. If only they were here now, we would be able to celebrate their wedding anniversary. 5. 领先者在其余赛跑者加速时就逐渐失去了优势。领先者在其余赛跑者加速时就逐渐失去了优势。 (accelerate) 6. 她得意扬扬地摆列出她的饰品集。她得意扬扬地摆列出她的饰品集。 (collection of) The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate. She proudly displayed her collection of ornaments.
