Unit 20 Archaeology教案

then the roman empire fell to pieces, these_civilized_methods_of_treatment disappeared from most of europe, for more than a thousand years. people_went_back_to_the_old_ways. they lived in dirty conditions which helped to cause disease; and they asked god to cure the disease. they shut up mentally sick people in prisons. or they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have magic powers.
but the work of the greek and roman doctors was not lost. over a thousand years ago, the arabs moved into many of the mediterranean（地中海）countries. they took big parts of the old roman lands. they translated the greek and roman medical books into arabic. arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries.
when civilization at last came back to europe, men once again translated the greek and roman works on medicine into latin. slowly―very slowly―european doctors discovered again the things that the greeks and romans had known so long ago. slowly, they began to make new discoveries. they found out more about the way the body works―the way these muscles move our bodies.
1. the word“aqueduct”in the first paragraph probably means __________ .
a. something built to carry away the sewage
b. something invented by a roman emperor
c. a big pipe under the ground
d. something built to supply clean water for the citizens
2. in this article,“civilized methods of treatment”refer to __________ .
a. advanced forms of health case
b. the way they burnt the bodies of the dead
c. the way they shut up bodies of the dead
d. what was called magic powers
3. which of the following is not what the writer means by saying“people went back to the old ways?”
a. people lived in dirty conditions again.
b. people asked god for help when they were ill.
c. people did not treat mentally sick people properly.
d. people built hospitals for themselves.
4. from this passage we’ve learned that the arabs __________ .
a. made more discoveries than the romans
b. helped to keep the roman medical works
c. discovered more about the way the human body works
d. took up big parts of the old roman lands years ago
5. a suitable title for this passage could be __________ .
a. the devotion made by the romans and arabs to the development of public health
b. how the arabs seized the roman empire by force
c. the rise and fall of the roman empire
d. how arabian doctors helped to translate the medical books

【聽力導讀】
一、語言點講解
1. make a drawing of sth. : make a picture of sth.繪……的圖 eg:
i made a drawing of some fruit.我畫了一幅水果素描。