Unit3

BacktothepastWelcometotheunit&Reading(I)Graspbasicinformationofthetwoexplorersandtheirachievements;Makeacomparisonbetweenthetwoexplorers;Understandthespiritofexplorationanddemonstratethisspiritinyourdailylives.Freetalk1.What’sthisandwhatcanitbeusedfor?

2.Whydoweexplore?TobetterunderstandtheuniverseTomakeourlivessaferandeasierTogaingreateconomicvalueToeducateandinspirethenextgenerationFreetalkZhengHe鄭和ChristopherColumbus克里斯托弗·哥倫布FerdinandMagellan斐迪南·麥哲倫Freetalk3.Whoisyourfavoriteexplorers?Howcanweanalyzehistoricalevents?Pre-readingSailingtheOceansUnit3BacktothepastZhengHeChristopherColumbus

ZhengHePara(s)_____:

IntroductionofhisfisrtvoyagePara(s)_____:MoredetailsabouthisvoyagesPara(s)_____:SignificanceofhisvoyagesWhatisthestructureofthetwo

passages?123-4Fastreading

ChristopherColumbusPara(s)_____:Introductionof_________________Para(s)_____:Detailsabouthis_______________Para(s)_____:_____________ofhisvoyages

Whatisthestructureofthetwo

passages?123ChristopherColumbusfirstvoyageSignificanceFastreadingFillinthetable(A1inP32)Inthesummerof1405TaicangOver200ships28,000Morethan30countriesandregionsSevenPara3-4On3August1492SpainThreeships90CaribbeanFourPara3CarefulreadingSignificanceZhengHe’svoyageshelpeddevelopandstrengthenharmoniousrelationswiththecountriesandregions,exposingforeignpeopletoChineseculture,andallowingtheChinesetobetterunderstandoverseaslands.Columbus’sdiscoveryinspiredexplorerstoexploreanddiscovermorevastareasoftheworld.HisvoyagesopenedanewchapteroftheAgeofExploration,aperiodwhichwitnessedmanyimportantgeographicalfindingsandallowedforaninternationalexchangeofideasandcultures.Carefulreading(1)WhywereZhengHe’sshipsloadedwithchina,silk,teaandothertreasures?

(2)WhathelpedprovethattherecordsofZhengHe’svoyageswerenotlegends?(3)WhatchallengesdidColumbusandhiscrewencounterduringthejourneyin1492?(4)WhydidColumbuscallthenativesIndians?

Becausethesearegiftstoforeignrulers.

AnenormousshipyardwasdiscoveredinNanjing,wherethefleethadbeenbuilt.

Underlinetheanswerinthepassages.(A2inP32)

Ittooklongerthanexpected,theyalmostranoutoffoodandwaterenteredoneoftheships.

BecausehewasconvincedthathewasintheEastIndies.Carefulreading1.WhatfactorsmadethevoyagesofZhengHeandColumbussosuccessful?Usetheinformationinthearticlestosupportyouropinion.DiscussionThefactorsthatmadethevoyagesofZhengHesosuccessful:12thesupportfromMingemperor3TheFourGreatInventionsofancientChinaalsohelpedalot.4Discussion1ThefactorsthatmadethevoyagesofColumbussosuccessful:Discussion※Robthenativesofgoldandotherresources;※Buildcolony;※Startslavetrade;...1.AretherenegativeimpactsofColumbus's“discovery”?FurtherthinkingWecan’tjudgeahistoricalfigure

bymodernstandards,butwecanlearnhisspiritofexplorationdespitehardshipandpushthelimitsofwhatispossible.Furtherthinking2.Whatdoyoulearn

fromthestoriesofthetwoexplorers?Lookingintoamirror,wecanseetrueimagesofourown;withourknowledgeofthepast,thepresentcanbebetterknown.

—ChenShouFurtherThinking明鏡所以照形，往事所以知今。

—《三國志》陳壽Leadingafleetof200shipswithalmost28,000people

board,ZhengHesetsailfromTaicangonhisfirstvoyage.Onbehalfof

theMingDynasty,Zhenghemadeseven_________(voyage)altogether.Hisshipswereloaded

china,silk,teaandothertreasuresasgiftsforforeignrulers,helpingdevelopand

(strength)harmoniousrelationswiththesecountriesandregions.HisvoyagesexposedforeignpeopletoChineseculture,_______

hadafar-reachingimpactonbothChinaandtheothercounrtries.YoungColumbus’sloveforsailingandinterestingeography

(inspire)himtobecomeaseaman.Heinsisted

searchingforadirectsearoutetotheEastIndiesbysailingwestwards.Itwasthroughcontinuousattempts

hereceivedfinancialsupportfromtheKingandQueenofSpain.

(depart)fromSpainwith3ships,hecarriedabout90crewmen.Beyond

(expect),thejourneywasfullofchallenges.Regardlessofallthechallenges,hemanagedto“discovered”theNewWorld“withhisknowledgeandbravery,openinganewchapteroftheAgeofExploration.SummaryonvoyageswithstrengtheninspiredonthatDepartingexpectationwhichHo