TEENS 初三20-21学年第38期总第656期教案

王珊

 

 

Digging up our past (P4)

 

 

I. Warm up

Look at the picture and answer these questions.

 

 What can you see in the picture?

 Where did the object in the picture come from?

 

 

II. Pre-reading

Look at the title.

What might it mean?

What do you think we are going to read about?

 

     

III. While reading

Part 1

Read paragraphs 1-3 and answer the question.

 

1. What do we know about the relics that were recently found at the Sanxingdui Ruins?

A. They are made of gold.

B. They were all found in the same pit.

C. They were created about 3,200 years ago.

D. They were used for sacrificial ceremonies in 1986.

C

 

Read paragraphs 1-3 and fill in the blanks according to what you read.

Read the third paragraph and answer the question.

 

2. What does the word “artifacts” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. The remains of a building.

B. Ancient ceremonies.

C. Historical objects.

D. Bronze sculptures.

C

 

 

Part 2

Read paragraph 4 and answer the question.

 

3. The discovery of Sanxingdui shows that Chinese civilization _____.

A. started earlier than was believed before

B. might have several different origins

C. was centered along the Yangtze River

D. developed from the ancient Shu civilization

B

 

 

Part 3

Read paragraphs 7-9 and answer the following questions.

 

1. Are the newly-discovered relics similar to those found in 1986? How?

 

2. Which idea is supported by the relics?

 

3. Have new kinds of relics been dug up? What are they?

 

 

Read again and answer the following question.

 

4. What do the newly-discovered relics suggest?

A. Sanxingdui is more important than the sites in Central China. 

B. The Sanxingdui Ruins are part of the Liangzhu Ruins.

C. Sanxingdui was built by the ancient Shu Kingdom.

D. The ancient Shu civilization was creative.

D

 

IV. Post-reading

Suppose you are a volunteer at the Sanxingdui Museum. Please write a short description of Sanxingdui according to the passage.

 

V. Words in use

Complete the sentences using the given phrases.

      draw one’s attention      be similar to       be used for 

          have a connection with            dig up 

 

1. Some of the space will at first________ storing goods. (用于)

2. His new bike ________ the one my father bought me. (相似)

3. There is no need to ______ your entire backyard. (挖掘)

4. The new finding has ________________. (吸引世界目光)

5. His idea does _____________ what you said before. (有关)

 

be used for

is similar to

dig up

drawn the world’s attention

have a conection with

 

Post-reading- Language Points

Learn the following useful phrases.

 

追溯到

文化遗产

文明中心

祭祀仪式

提出重要问题

连同……一起

古文明

 

1. … experts found two square zun (尊), a kind of ancient bronze jar (罐子) that was used for holding water or wine.

长难句辨析：

that 在这里引导的是限制性定语从句，指代的内容是前面所讲的 “ancient bronze jar”。

      

2. Chinese archaeologists announced that they have found more than 500 cultural relics in six pits at the site, which dates back over 3,200 years.

长难句辨析：

which 在这里引导的是非限制性定语从句，指代的内容是前面所讲的 “the site” 。