UNIT3SEAEXPLORATIONREACHINGOUTACROSSTHESEAZhengHewasa

Chineseadmiral(海軍上將)andexplorerwhomadesevenvoyagestotheWesternSea.ThefirstvoyagestartedinYonglethreeyears(1405),andthelastvoyageendedinXuandeeightyears(1433),totalingseventimes.

ZhengHe’svoyagesareoneoftheworldnavigationfeats(航海壯舉)inhistory.Doyouknowanystoriesaboutseavoyages?FerdinandMagellanisaPortuguese

navigator(航海家)

andexplorerwhomadethefirstvoyagearoundtheworldin1519.HesailedaroundSouthAmerica,discoveringtheStraitofMagellan,andacrossthePacific.斐迪南·麥哲倫（西班牙航海家）麥哲倫海峽ChristopherColumbuswasanItalianexplorerwhosejourneyskickedoffcenturiesofexplorationandexploitationontheAmericancontinents.Hediscoveredanewworldin1492.Toidentifyessaytypes.Tosummerizethemainideaofeachparagraph.Toassessthesignificanceofseaexploration.PredictionLookatthetitle,andthepicturebelow,discussthequestions1.Whatdoes“reachingoutacrossthesea”mean?2.Whatdoyouthinkthistextabout?3.Whatdoyouwanttoknowaboutthetopic?Readforthemainideaofeachparagraph.1．Matchthefollowingparagraphswiththeirmainideas.Para.1

Para.2Para.3 Para.4

Para.5 Para.6 Para.7A．ThefutureofChinatoreachoutacrossthesea.B.Themeaningoftradeandcuriosity.C.TheancientSilkRoad.D.TheMingDynasty'srelationswithsomeregions.E.Theancientsearoutesrevisited.F.TheaimoftheBeltandRoadInitiative.G.OtherChineseimportantprojects.2．What'sthethemeofthetextabout?A．Lookingaheadtotheexplorationofthesea.B．Describingtradeandcuriosity'sinfluenceonthesea.C．Analysingthecausesofhumanexplorationofthesea.D．Introducingtheachievementsandfutureofhumanexplorationofthesea.Readforgenre.Therearefourmajortypesofessay:narrative,descriptive,expository說(shuō)明文,andargumentative議論文.

[?k?sp?z?t?r?]①Narrative:astorywithabeginning+middle+end.②Descriptive:asubject+interestingdetails③Expository:asubject+factualinformation④Argumentative

:anidea+toconvincethereaderIntroductiontothetopic:

ReachingoutacrosstheseaPara.1Para.2~3Inthepast123456Para.4~6AtpresentPara.7Inthefuture7

ReachingoutAcrosstheSea[1]Tradeandcuriosityhaveoftenformedthefoundationofmankind’sgreatestachievements.Tocompletethegreatmapoftheworldwasastrongpassionforthepeopleofearlycivilisations.MarcoPolo’stales

inspiredEuropeanexplorersto

searchforsearoutesfromwesttoeast.However,merchantsandexplorersfromtheEastsetsailfromeasttowestmanyyearsbeforeColumbusfirstdid.伸出形成...的基礎(chǔ)為了完成世界地圖對(duì)……的強(qiáng)烈熱情inspiresbtodosth激勵(lì)sb做sth尋找從西到東從...航行到...1．Whydidmerchantsandexplorerstrytoexploretheseasacrosstheworld?A．Theylikedtodoit.B．Theywereforcedtodoit.C．Theyneededtocompletetheworldmap.D．TheywereinspiredbyMarcoPolo.[2]Inancienttimes,silkfromChinafounditswayoverlandtoIndia,theMiddleEast,andRome,alongwhat

becameknownas

theSilkRoad.AtradingrouteacrosstheseawasalsoextendedalongthecoastsoftheIndianOcean,centredaroundCeylon(nowSriLanka).Here,merchantsfromChinaandmanyotherplacesmettonegotiatetradedeals,whichalsoledto

moreawarenessofeachother'scultures.Overthecenturies,furthertradingallowedmoreexplorationoftheregionstothewestofChina,asrecordedinDuHuan'sRecordofMyTravelsintheeighthcentury.在古代findone'swayto...找到去...的路作為...而著名絲綢之路幾世紀(jì)以來(lái)(be)centeredaround以...為中心談判貿(mào)易協(xié)議leadtomoreawarenessof促成對(duì)……的更多了解近一步的貿(mào)易印度洋海岸[2]Inancienttimes,silkfromChinafounditswayoverlandtoIndia,theMiddleEast,andRome,alongwhatbecameknownas

theSilkRoad.AtradingrouteacrosstheseawasalsoextendedalongthecoastsoftheIndianOcean,centredaroundCeylon(nowSriLanka).Here,merchantsfromChinaandmanyotherplacesmettonegotiatetradedeals,whichalsoledtomoreawarenessofeachother'scultures.Overthecenturies,furthertradingallowedmoreexplorationoftheregionstothewestofChina,asrecordedinDuHuan'sRecordofMyTravelsintheeighthcentury.TheoriginoftheSilkRoad1.WhatdidpeopledoinCeylon?Merchantsmettonegotiatetradedeals.2.Whatotherbenefitcanbegotfromnegotiatingtradedeals?Moreawarenessofeachother’scultures.3.WhichplacewasnotalongtheSilkRoad?A.SriLanka. B.India.C.TheMiddleEast. D.Rome[3]Later,theMingDynastyfurtherdevelopedrelationswiththeseregions.Between1405and1433,sevenlargefleets

sailedwestonvoyagesoftradeandexploration.Thesefleetswereasighttobeholdandwereinaleagueoftheirownatthattime.UnderthecommandofZhengHe，theysetsailfromtheSouthChinaSeaacrosstheIndianOceantothemouthoftheRedSea,andthentotheeastcoastofAfrica.Africanroyalfamiliessentgiftssuchasgiraffesasgesturesoffriendship

inreturnforgold，silk，andspices.AlthoughChinawithdrewfromfurtherexpeditionsafter1433,theselandandsearoutesremainedactivechannelsbetweenotherculturesforcenturies.發(fā)展與……的關(guān)系向西航行壯觀的景象獨(dú)領(lǐng)風(fēng)騷在...的指揮下從...航行以示友好作為對(duì)...的回報(bào)撤回；撤退依舊是活躍的航道2．What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsZhengHe?A．Critical.

B．Supportive.C．Indifferent.

D．Doubtful.[3]Later,theMingDynastyfurtherdevelopedrelationswiththeseregions.Between1405and1433,sevenlargefleetssailedwestonvoyagesoftradeandexploration.Thesefleetswereasighttobeholdandwereinaleagueoftheirownatthattime.UnderthecommandofZhengHe，theysetsailfromtheSouthChinaSeaacrosstheIndianOceantothemouthoftheRedSea,andthentotheeastcoastofAfrica.Africanroyalfamiliessentgiftssuchasgiraffesasgesturesoffriendshipinreturnforgold，silk，andspices.AlthoughChinawithdrew

fromfurtherexpeditionsafter1433,theselandandsearoutesremainedactivechannelsbetweenotherculturesforcenturies.1.AfricanroyalfamiliessentgiftssuchasgiraffestoChinainorderto________．A.makemoney

B.stopthewarC.showtheirfriendship D.awardtheambassador(大使使者)2.WhatisthepurposeoftheseaexplorationduringtheMingDynasty?3.IsZhengHe’svoyagessuccessfulandmeaningful?Why?[4]Toreachoutacrossthesearemainsastrongdesiretoday.TheancientsearoutestravelledbyZhengHearebeingrevisitedwiththe21stCenturyMaritimeSilkRoad，whichispartof

theBeltandRoadInitiative.[5]TheaimofthisinitiativeistoencouragecooperationandtradeacrossthehistoricSilkRoadareas,andstrengthenthebondsbetweenChinaand

therestoftheworld.Tradinghasgrowngreatlyinrecentyears,andwillcontinuetodosoinyearstocome.Chinahasinvestedbillionsinsystemsandservicesalongtheseroutes,whichwillhelptogreatlydevelopthewholeareaforthebenefitoffuturetradeandculturalexchange.跨越海洋一帶一路倡議鼓勵(lì)合作和貿(mào)易加強(qiáng)...和...之間的聯(lián)系世界其他各地繼續(xù)做...在未來(lái)幾年為了...的利益文化交換3．WhydidChinastarttheBeltandRoadInitiative?A．Tosellteatothewesterncountries.B．Tomakebusinesswithneighbourcountries.C．TospreadChineseculturetoothercountries.D．TostrengthenthebondsbetweenChinaandothercountries.[6]Chinahasalsojoineditsfriendsacrosstheseaonotherimportantprojects.AlthoughtheancientsearoutesofZhengHehavebeentravelledmanytimes,therearestillmanyotherplaceslefttoexplore.Inrecentyears，ChinahasjoinedothernationsonseveralexpeditionstoexploretheArctic.Fromascientificpointofview,thereisanurgentneedtostudytheArcticinordertounderstandclimatechangeanditseffects.WhatisthereasonforChinaexploringtheArcticinthescientificaspect?A.To

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routes.從科學(xué)的角度講迫切需要做某事了解它的就變化和影響大洋彼岸的朋友[7]Hundersofyearson,andwiththelatesttechnologyinhand,theneedtotradeandthedesiretoenhancerelationshipswilldriveChinato

reachout

acrosstheseafarintothefuture.WhywillChinacontinuetoreachouttheseafarintothefuture?數(shù)百年后促進(jìn)關(guān)系divesbtodosth推動(dòng)sb做sthHowisthepassagedeveloped?

Thepassageisdevelopedbytimeorder.

comprehensionReadthefollowingsentencesanddecideiftheyaretrue(T)orFalse(F).TheEuropeanswerethefirstexplorerstotraveltoothercountries.()Intheyearsbetween1405and1433,ZhengHesailedwestwardsonlyonvoyagesofexploration.()TheAfricancountriessentgold,silkandspicestoChinaasgesturesoffriendship.()The21stcenturyMaritimeSilkRoadispartoftheBeltandRoadInitiative.()ChinahasjoinedothernationstostudytheAntarcticinordertounderstandclimatechangeanditseffects.()FFFTFTradeandcuriosityhaveoftenformedthe1.foundation(found)ofmankind’sgreatestachievements.Tocompletethegreatmapoftheworldwasastrongpassionforthepeopleofearlycivilisations.MarcoPolo’stalesinspiredEuropeanexplorers2.tosearch(search)forsearoutesfromwesttoeast.However，merchants