1) What were the earliest coins called?
2) When were the coins with holes in them used?
3) What is the coin usually pressed now? Was the date always included in the past?
4) What were the earliest coins in the west made of?
5) How many coins did the collection found in England in 1978 contain?
6) How did so many Chinese coins get to Australia?
Answers:
1) The earliest coin in China was called bei money.
2) These were used from 221BC until 1916.
3) Today the coin is usually pressed with name of the country, value of the coin and the ate. In the past the date was not always included.
4) The earliest coins in the west were made of gold mixed with silver.
5) It contained 54951 coins dating from the year 260 - 275AD.
6) It is known that thousands of Chinese worked in the gold mines in the late 19th century.
7) It is possible that one of them kept a kind of bank where the workers could keep their money safe.
8) Possibly this person died without anyone knowing where the coins were hidden.
Step 4 Language points
Write the useful expressions on the Bb. As usual, get the Ss to understand the following expressions.
1 ) with holes in it : The teacher comes in , with a book in his hand.
with + n. + 介词短语
In the cave I found a coin, with the design of a panda on its face.
with的复合结构，也可以作方式状语，用以修饰谓语动词。
2) Coins may be of different size…: Be of+ n..
Coins may be of different sizes的意思相当于Coins may be different in size.
3) be pressed with , be mixed with , be covered with….
4) in the late 1870s , in the early 1870s
5) It is …that + Subject Clause
It is known that…
It is possible that…
It is common to do …
Step5 Note making
Part 3.Page 33.Get the Ss to read the passage again and make notes. T check the Ss what information they have to put down.. Let the Ss work individually , then check the answers at the end of this activity.
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