2019-2020学年度第 15期总第 814 期
Females as hunters (P6)
山东省烟台第二中学 孔洁

Activity 1 Lead-in 
•Who do you think were hunters in ancient times?

There has long been a view that in ancient times men were the hunters – out getting the meat – while women were gatherers – searching for fruit, vegetables and wild plants.
 

Activity 2 Skimming 
1. What does the passage focus on?
It introduces some newly-found evidence that shows that women might have been hunters in ancient times.  

2. How is the passage developed?  
 

Activity 3 Scanning 
 

Key: 
 

Activity 4 Think and Share  
What’s the significance of the debate?
•This debate has great significance in today’s world. “This insight underscores that many of the gender inequalities we see today do not have a biological basis.” 

Activity 5 Discussion 
What other gender stereotypes do you know? 
•For example: 
•women are nurses, not doctors
• women are supposed to cook and do housework
• …

Activity 6 Language focus 
Analyze the underlined part of the following sentences. 
•1. There has long been a view that in ancient times men were the hunters – out getting the meat – while women were gatherers – searching for fruit, vegetables and wild plants.
•① 本句的主句为：There has long been a view；
② that引导同位语从句，进一步说明view的内容；
③ while为并列连词，表示对比，意为“而，然而”；
④ 动词-ing短语getting the meat和searching for fruit …用破折号分开，为插入语，起补充说明作用。
释义：长期以来，人们一直认为，在古代，男人是狩猎者——获取肉食，而女人是采集者——寻找水果、蔬菜和野生植物。 

•2. Scientists found the remains of a teenage girl, who lived around 9,000 years ago, at a site in Peru alongside a hunting toolkit. 
•下划线部分为定语从句，修饰a teenage girl，可以改写为现在分词做定语。Scientists found the remains of a teenage girl living around 9,000 years ago at a site in Peru alongside a hunting toolkit.

•3 …, the team thinks that between 30 percent and 50 percent of big-game hunters who lived more than 10,000 years ago in the Americas could have been women.