新概念三英语教案38

Lesson 38 The first calender 最早的日历Vocabulary 词汇1.calendar kselindo(r)n.历法，日历2.historianh rs to：riann.历史学家3.uniqueju ni：kadj.无与伦比的；独特的4.steadilyste d iliadv.不断地5.solely seolliadv.唯一地6.videovidioon.录像7.CD-ROMn.（只读）光盘驱动器8.bewilderbT wilde(r)V.令人眼花缭乱9.deduced i dju：sV.推断，推理lO.scantyskeentiadj.不足的，贫乏的11.mammothmaemeOn.（古生物）长毛象12.tusktASkn.獴牙，长牙，象牙13.nomadneomsedn.游牧民14,correlate koroleitV.使相互联系15.clueklu：n.线索16.insignificant,insig n ifiksn t adj.不重要的17.shedUedV.使流出，泻18.advent aedventn.出现，到来，来临19.agriculture aegrikAltJefr)n.农业20.assumptionasAmpJnn.假定，设想21.dotdotn.小圆点22.symbolsim bln.符号2 3.engraveingreivV.雕刻24.ivory aivarin.象牙制品25.phasefeizn.月相,天相26.primitive prim etivadj.原始的27.depictd ip ik tV.描画，描绘Text课文Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the historyof our own times.They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass ofevidence that steadily accumulates.What is more,they will not have to rely solely onthe written word.Films,videos,CDs and CD-ROMS are just some of the bewilderingamount of information they will have.They will be able,as it were,to see and hear usin action.But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always facedwith a difficult task.He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of earlyman.Up to now,historians have assumed that calendars came into being with theadvent of agriculture,for then man was faced with a real need to understandsomething about the seasons.Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that thisassumption is incorrect.Historians have long been puzzled by dots,lines and symbols which have beenengraved on walls,bones,and the ivory tusks of mammoths.The nomads who madethese markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age which began about35,000 B.C.and ended about 10,000 B.C.By correlating markings made in various partsof the world,historians have been able to read this difficult code.They have foundthat it is connected with the passage of days and the phases of the moon.It is,infact,a primitive type of calendar.It has long been known that the hunting scenesdepicted on walls were not simply a form of artistic expression.They had a definitemeaning,for they were as near as early man could get to writing.It is possible thatthere is a definite relation between these paintings and the markings that sometimesaccompany them.It seems that man was making a real effort to understand theseasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.Teaching ProceduresPresentation-Text.Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to recordthe history of our own times.二.They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass ofevidence that steadily accumulates.Select.from 从中进行选择（select sllekt v.选择）Choose v.选 择（choose to do sth 选择做某事）Amass of 大量的，许多的（二 masses of）（mass mass）H.What is more,they will not have to rely solely on the written word.Whafs more 而且Whafs worse更糟糕的是Rely on 依赖，依 靠（=depend on）Written word文字材料（written过去分词作定语）四.Films,videos,CDs and CD-ROMS are just some of the bewilderingamount of information they will have.An amount of 一些（常修饰不可数名词）（amount omaOnt n.数量）5.They will be able,as it were,to see and hear us in action.As it were可 以 说（插入语）As it is=in fact=actually=as a matter of fact 事实上I thought things would get better,but as it is,they are getting worse.In many ways children live as it were in a different world from the adults.In action在行动中，在活动中六.But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is alwaysfaced with a difficult task.Attempting to reconstr uct the distant past 现在分词短语作定语Be faced with面临,面对七.He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.What he can后省略了动词deduce 他所能推断的内容，Available作后置定语，修饰前面的名词clue八.Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on thehistory of early man.Shed light on解释，说明，揭示九.Up to now,historians have assumed that calendars came into being withthe advent of agriculture,for then man was faced with a real need tounderstand something about the seasons.Come into being 产生,形成十.Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption isincorrect.H .Historians have long been puzzled by dots,lines and symbols whichhave been engraved on walls,bones,and the ivory tusks of mammoths.十二.The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishingduring the last Ice Age.which began about 35,000 B.C.and ended about 10,000 B.C.Live by doing靠做某事为生Ice Age冰期十三.By correlating markings made in various parts of the world,historianshave been able to read this difficult code.十四.They have found that it is connected with the passage of days and thephases of the moon.Be connected with 与-有联系十五.Lt is,in fact,a primitive type of calendar.十六.工 t has long been known that the hunting scenes depicted on walls werenot simply a form of artistic expression.十七.They had a definite meaning,for they were as near as early man couldget to writing.It i