外研版 (2019)选择性必修 第四册Unit 5 Into the unknown优秀课件ppt

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Pre-reading
Language pints
Fast reading
Intensive reading
Pst-reading
Lk at the pictures and answer the questins. D further research if necessary.
1. What d yu knw abut these ancient civilisatins?2. What might be the reasns behind their cllapse?3. What ther ancient civilisatins d yu knw f? Share what yu knw with the class.
1. What d yu knw abut these ancient civilisatins?
Ancient Greece has a lng histry which was made up f many Greek city-states.
The ancient Greeks believed in gds, gddesses, and magical creatures.
The Greeks built temples t hnr their gds. They tld wnderful myths abut their gds.

Ancient Babyln was a massive walled city, and everyne lived inside the walled city.
Laws f Babyln were famus. T ensure that the laws were fllwed by everyne, ne f the kings f Babyln had the laws written dwn n stne s that everyne wuld be treated equally under the law.
Ancient Egypt had advanced science and technlgy fr the time. Ancient Egyptians built a lt f grand Pyramids, which were the tmbs f their kings.
Ancient Egyptians left many wrks f art, which reflected the cllective effrt. The clrs f the paintings in the rck tmbs lked fresh and vivid.
2. What might be the reasns behind their cllapse?
It might be the wars that led t their cllapse. They were cnquered by ther empires.
3. What ther ancient civilisatins d yu knw f? Share what yu knw with the class.
The Mayan Indians lived in Mexic fr thusands f years.
Ancient Maya
The Maya believed in many gds. They built large temples t hnr them.
Fast reading
Read the passage and find ut the pssible reasns fr the disappearance f Maya civilisatin.
The way that the Maya peple changed the landscape arund them may have been ne f the reasns behind the disappearance f their civilisatin. Turning wetlands int fields fr grwing grains, digging huge canal systems and cutting dwn mre trees fr
cnstructin reduced their ability t cpe with natural disasters. When thse natural disasters, such as drughts, struck, the Maya wuld have faced fd shrtages, cnflicts and, eventually, the dwnfall f their cities.
Chse the tpic sentences and write them n the lines t cmplete the passage.
a. Maya civilisatin has been surrunded by mystery since its rediscvery in the 19th century. b. But the greatest mystery f all is what caused the Maya t abandn mst f their great cities. c. Althugh his thery has been dismissed by schlars, it shws hw pwerful the secrets f Ancient Maya civilisatin are amng peple.
d. Research als suggests that thse natural disasters may have led t the decline f the Maya.e. Meanwhile, the rise and fall f this civilisatin must als leave us thinking abut ur wn past, present and future. f. Sme research seems t indicate that the Maya peple themselves may have played a part in their dwnfall.
Intensive reading
Try t figure ut the structure f the passage.
The mysteries f MayaPart 1:___________________________________________Part 2:___________________________________________Part 3:___________________________________________Part 4:___________________________________________ ____________________Part 5:___________________________________________ _____________________
(para.1) Intrduce the tpic
(para.2) The achievements f Maya civilizatin
(para.3) The decline f Maya civilizatin
(para.4-5) The reasns fr the cllapse f Maya civilizatin
(para.6) The mysteries f Maya civilizatin remain t be slved
Time: arund 1800 BC t 1100 ADLcatin: frm 1 ________ t 2_____________Pssible reasns fr cllapse1. human causes - reduced the ability t deal with 3_______________ 4 _______________________ 5 _______________________ huge expansin f the 6 ___________ 2. natural causes - a series f 7__________between 700 AD and 1000 AD, each ________________________
Organise infrmatin frm the passage and cmplete the file f Maya civilisatin.
MAYA CIVILISATIONTime: arund 1800 BC t 1100 ADLcatin: frm 1 ________ t 2______________Pssible reasns fr cllapse1. human causes — reduced the ability t deal with 3_______________
Central America
natural disasters
4 _______________________ 5 _______________________ huge expansin f the 6 ___________ 2. natural causes — a series f 7__________ between 700 AD and 1000 AD, each ________________________________
turning wetlands int fields
digging huge canal systems
lasting fr a cuple f years
Cmparing the highly-sphisticated civilisatins f the Maya and Ancient China reveals sme surprising similarities. They bth pssessed a detailed understanding f 1 ____________ and astrnmy, which helped them maintain an accurate 2 ___________, and a cmplex 3______________ that used signs t represent sunds and meanings.
mathematics
writing system
Cmplete the cultural cmparisn with infrmatin frm the passage.
It can therefre be difficult t explain why, despite their excellent cnstructin skills, the Maya never learnt t use 4___________________________________, while the ancient Chinese did. Facts such as these add t the mystery surrunding Maya civilisatin, driving peple t find ut why it 5 ____________while thers, such as Ancient China, survived and thrived.
wheels, metal tls r even animal pwer
disappeared
1. What is the authr’s purpse in starting the passage with the stry abut William Gadury? 2. What ther things d yu think culd destry a civilisatin? Share an example with the class. 3. What lessns can yu learn frm the cllapse f Maya civilisatin? Hw can this infrmatin help the develpment f tday’s sciety?4. Which f the arguments in the passage did yu find the mst cnvincing? Give yur reasns.
1. What is the authr’s purpse in starting the passage with the stry abut William Gadury?
The stry abut William Gadury shws hw the secrets f Ancient Maya civilisatin have captured peple’s imaginatins.
2. What ther things d yu think culd destry a civilisatin? Share an example with the class?
Maybe the wars.
Ancient Greece was cnquered by the Rman Empire.
3. What lessns can yu learn frm the cllapse f Maya civilisatin? Hw can this infrmatin help the develpment f tday’s sciety?
We can’t destry the balance f the ecsystem.
Humans shuld live in harmny with nature. Only if we care fr nature can we better prtect ur living envirnment.
4. Which f the arguments in the passage did yu find the mst cnvincing? Give yur reasns.
Write a shrt passage t describe the reasns fr the cllapse f Maya civilisatin with yur wn wrds.