1. Pre –reading China is a country with a long history and brilliant. Do you know the origin of Chinese culture ? Which place is considered as the birth place? (The Yellow River is our Mother River.)

2. Fast-- reading 1. What cultural ruins sites are mentioned in the text? 2. Do they have any links? What similar objects were found in the two places ? 3.What relationships do archaeologists think they may have?

3. a gold mask a bronze statue Bronze masks and big bronze statues

4. Read the text carefully and complete the information Jinsa Ruins Time and Place : ( discovered) : Objects: Meaning : More than a thousand artefacts, including gold, jade, bronze, stone objects and ivory 1.The ivory and animal bones will serve as important materials for the study local geography, climate and the environment in ancient times 2. One object called a cong and other relica discovered showed that Sichuan not only had trade links with the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, but also with northern Vietnam.

5. 凤凰金箔 Gold phenix foil jade cong wooden man

6. Who: When : Where : How big: Objects ： Nanxing Town, at Guanghan 40 km from Chendu 12 square kilometres 1,200 pieces were discovered including bronze and gold masks, bronze objects and images,jade and ivory Sanxingdui is famous for its vast size, long lasting period and enriched contents Go to North to see Terrocotta Warriors and horses Go to South to see Sanxingdui

8. 牙璋 Gold staff Jade dagger 青铜鸡 ivory bronze tree