Unit 5 The First FarmersLesson 17

When do you think did the first farmers come into being?

• The first farmers came into being at about 100,000 BC

BC: before Christ

公元前

AD: Anno Domini

公元

What was life like in 10,000 BC?

• Where did they live?

• What did they eat?

• What did they wear?

Scanning (Para. 1&2):What was life like in 10,000 BC

• No villages

• No farms or gardens

• People moved from place to place

• People lived near the river

• People ate seeds, fruits and meat

• People wore animal skins

New words

• seed

• fruit

• skin

• least

• mean

• Was it easy for people to live at 1000,000 BC?

• Which was the least difficult season?

• No, life was difficult for them.

• Summer was the least difficult season.the least

• Least is the opposite of moste.g.

Summer was the least difficult time for Klom and her family.

Winter was the most difficult time.

the least

1. These animals are all small. A mouse is _______ than a cat and a cat is ________ than a dog. Which is the smallest to them?

2. These animals are all dangerous. A lion is ________________ than a snake and a bear is _________________ than a lion. Which is the most dangerous of them?

the least

smallersmaller

more dangerousmore dangerous

3. These things are all expensive. A TV is ________________ than a computer and a computer is _______________ than a car. Which is the least expensive of them?

the least

less expensiveless expensive

Read and answer1.Why didn’t Klom’s family live in a big ho

use?2.When did they move to a new place?3.Did they have an easy live?4.Why did they want to catch animals?5.What was in Klom’s basket?6. What was special about Klom’s father?7.What did the medicine woman think?

1.Why didn’t Klom’s family live in a big house?

2.When did they move to a new place?

3.Did they have an easy life?

There were no houses.

When there was no food left in a place.

No, their life was always difficult.

4.Why did they want to catch animals?

5.What was in Klom’s basket?

They has meat to eat and skins to make into clothes.

Seeds.

6.What was special about Klom’s father?

7.What did the medicine woman think?

He was one to the strongest and bravest of the man.

She thought that Klom’s father may not be able to walk again for a long time.

Read paragraph 1 again. Say if the followings are true or false.

• People didn’t live in houses in 10,000BC.

• At that time, people stayed at one place for most of their life.

• Summer was not so difficult for the early people as the other seasons.

T

T

F

Read Para. 2 again and answer. • Is a river important to early human

beings?

Why?They needed water to drink. besides, animals come to drink water too. People could hunt them for food and clothes.

Read Para 3 and try to retell it with the help of these words.

One evening, Klom…heard…

fighting…fell…hurt…carried…

gave…lucky…couldn’t walk…

Language Points

There were no towns or even villages in the world.

世上没有城镇，甚至连村庄也没有。= There were ______ ________ towns or even vil

lages in the world.

no= not any

Practice

• I have no money with me now.= I ______ have _______ money with me now.= I have _______ _______ money with me now.

• There was no food left.= There was _______ _______ food left.

don’t any not any

not any

Language Point

from city to city

from town to town

from room to room

from tree to tree

from place to place :from one place to another

从一个地方到另一个地方

Language Point

• Klom’s family couldn’t live without water and they often travelled beside river.

• 没有水，克罗一家人不能生存，因此他们经常搬迁在河边。

without + n.

• 没有你们的帮助，我们就不能及时完成工作。

• We couldn’t finish the work in time without your help.

• 他经常外出不带伞。• He often goes out without an umbrella.

without + doing sth.

• 她一句话没说就离开了房间。• She left the room without a word.

• She left the room without saying a word.

make A into B: 把……制成……A be made (out) of B: A由 B材料制成的A be made from B: A 由 B材料制成的

All these desks and chairs are made of wood.

Butter is made from milk.

Practice

• 他们把木材造成纸。• They make wood into paper.

• 妈妈把布做成裙子。• Mother made the cloth into her skir

t.

underline object clause joined with “that”.

• It meant that they had meat to eat and skins to make into clothes.

• She could see that he was very badly hurt.

• …but I’m afraid that he may not be able to walk again for a long time.

Join every two sentences together.

• I know something about Mary. Mary is good at dancing.

• Kelly remembered something. She should return the book on time.

• Mike told me something. John was ill in the hospital.