Module 6 The World’s Cultural Heritage
in the daytime, there are performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a land boat dance, walking on stilts and so on. on the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene.
step 3. homework
ask ss to preview reading and vocabulary in the module.
period 2 vocabulary and reading
teaching goals:
1. to let ss master how to read a passage.
2. to let ss master some words and phrases.
3. to get ss to talk something about being man and the caves of zhoukoudian.
4. to enable ss to learn how to get useful information during reading.
teaching procedures:
step 1. revision:
ask ss to complete the following sentences with proper words.
(1) address any enquiry about the ________ to the conference organizer.
(2) they ________ the river to supply water to the town.
(3) i think these interesting old customs should be _________.
(4) the man began ________ in the stock market at an early age.
(5) news reports say peace talks between the two countries have broken down with no _______ reached.
suggested answers:
(1) venue (2) diverted (3) preserved (4) investing (5) agreement
step 2. pre-reading
let ss look at the picture to answer the question. encourage ss to say as much as possible.
how much do you know about beijing man and the caves of zhoukoudian?
step 3. while-reading
1. ask ss to read part 1 of the passage and find the information in activity 1.
2. ask ss to read part 2 and find the information in activity 2.
3. ask ss to read the information in activity 4 and check which part of the passage it appears in.
4. ask ss to read the passage again and explain what the word “they” refer to in the sentences in activity 5.
step 4. post-reading
1. discussion
ask ss to answer the questions in activity 7 individually and then check with their partners.
2. language points
ask ss to discuss the important and difficult language points. then give them some explanation.
(1) eventually, archaeologists found almost 200 items, including six skulls and more than 150 teeth. (lines 2-3, para2，part1) 后來，考古學(xué)家逐漸發(fā)現(xiàn)了約兩百件遺物，包括六十個頭蓋骨和150多顆牙齒。
eventually adv 終于，最后
eg ① it was a long journey, but we eventually arrived.
② the road became narrower and rougher and eventually petered out.
【例題】
there was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _______ gave up. (上海)
a. eventually b. unfortunately c. generally d. purposefully (key: a)