Period1GettingreadyReading(I)Module1ExplorationsandexchangesOxfordEnglishUnit

1GreatexplorationsGettingready1WhatareHiandLogoingtodo?

WhatdoesHitakewithhim?

WhatdoesLotakewithhim?

WhydoesLotakethesethings?

WhatdoesHimeanby“travellight”?Lookatthecartoonandanswerthequestions.Theyaregoingonatrip.Asmallsuitcase.Abagoflampsandtorches.HitoldLoto“travellight”andLothoughtthismeantheshouldbringthingsthatgaveoutlightwithhim.Hemeansyoushouldonlytakeasmallnumberofthingsonthetrip.2Doyouknowanygreatexplorersinhistory?ThinkandsayZheng

HeZheng

He’svoyagesdowntheWesternSeasChristopherColumbusChristopherColumbus’sdiscoveryofAmericaZhangQianZhangQian’sopeningupoftheancientSilkRoadandtouringintheWesternregionsMarcoPolo’svoyageinChinaMarcoPoloGreatexplorationsinhistoryMonkXuanzang’sjourneytotheWestFerdinandMagellan’sglobalvoyageBrainstormDoyouknowothergreatexplorationsinhistory?Brainstormideaswithyourclassmates....CaptainCook’sdiscoveryofAustralia

Whatdoyouknowabout…?HisvoyagesacrosstheAtlanticopeneduptheNewWorld—theAmericancontinents—toEurope._____dvoyageAmericancontinenttheAtlanticThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.HistravelstothewestofChinahelpedopenupCentralAsiatoChina.______copenupCentralAsiaThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.HewentonseventripstotheWesternSeas.______aThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.goonatripHetravelledtoChinaandwroteabookabouthistravels.______bThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.3ZhengHewhatwecanlearnfromhimhislifehisfamilyhisvoyageshisachievementshisdeathLookatthetitleandthepictureandpredictthemainideaofthearticle.Readandpredict1WhowasZhengHe?2WherewasZhengHeborn?3WhendidZhengHegoonhistrips?Lookatthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphofthearticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.From1405to1433.AfamousChineseexplorer.InYunnan.Beforeyouread4WhateffectsdidhistripshaveonChinaandtheworld?Tick(?)thepossibleanswers.aTheysetuptrade

routesbetweenChinaandothercountries.bTheyencouragedtheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies.cTheymadetherelationshipsbetweencountriesstronger.Lookatthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphofthearticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.???4ThevoyagesofZhengHesilk

togroworbecomebigger,

stronger,etc.people

thewayinwhichtwopeople,groupsorcountriesbehavetowardseachotherordealwitheachotherAfrica

atallAfricananimalwithaverylongneck,longlegsanddarkmarksonitscoatofficial

allthepersonswholiveinaparticularplaceorbelongtoaparticularcountry,race,etc.develop

tobuyandsellthingsrelation

apersonwhoisinapositionofauthorityinalargeorganizationbesides

finesoftthreadproducedbysilkwormsnowhere

inaddition;alsotrade

thesecondlargestcontinentintheworldgiraffe

notinortoanyplaceReadthearticleandmatchthewordswiththeirmeanings.Match

C1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewordsonpage3.Findthesewordstocompletethesentences.Changetheirformsifnecessary.VocabularydiscoveryroseforeigngoonatripdevelopmentriseReadandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.Paragraph1

AbriefintroductiontoZheng

He.Paragraph2

Zheng

Hewasafamousexplorerandhistravelswon’tbeforgotten.Paragraph3

Zheng

He’sdeathandhisachievements.Paragraph4

GeneralintroductiontoZhengHe’ssevengreatvoyages.5ReadandmatchReadaftertherecording6HHomework1.

抄寫單詞及短語:voyage，American，continent，route，discovery，rise，official，develop，relation，trade，foreign，Africa，nowhere，silk，giraffe，besides，development，people；openup，goonatrip，setup。2.

模仿錄音的語音、語調(diào)，朗讀課文。3.通過書籍或網(wǎng)絡(luò)等途徑了解其他著名的探險家的相關(guān)資料，準(zhǔn)備下節(jié)課口頭交流。Period2Reading(II)Module1ExplorationsandexchangesOxfordEnglishUnit

1GreatexplorationsMonkXuanzang’sjourneytotheWestMarcoPolo’svoyageinChinaCaptainCook’sdiscoveryofAustraliaZhangQian’sopeninguptheancientSilkRoadandtouringtheWesternregionsChristopherColumbus’sdiscoveryofAmericaZhengHe’svoyagesdowntheWesternSeasFerdinandMagellan’sglobalvoyageShowtime1Tellsomethingaboutagreatexplorerandhisexploration.Readthearticleandfindoutwhatthenumbersmean0001405ZhengHewasborninthatyear.ZhengHesetoffon/startedhisfirstvoyageinthatyear.ZhengHediedduringhislastvoyageinthatyear.Thetreasureshipswerebigenoughtocarry25,000people.ZhengHewentonseven

voyagesthroughouthislife.2ReadandsayReadParagraph1andfillinthechart.

ZhengHewasafamousChineseexplorer.In1405,hesetofffromChinaonthefirstofsevengreatvoyages.ThiswasnearlyacenturybeforeChristopherColumbusfirstsetsailonhisjourneyofdiscoverytoAmerica.Histravelsweresoimportantthattheyarestillstudiedtoday.3WhileyoureadReadParagraph1andfillinthechart.ZhengHewasagreat_________.His_____________________________beforeChristopherColumbusfirst_____________________________________________.Histravelswere_________________________________________________.explorerfirstvoyagewasnearlyacenturysetsailonhisjourneyofdiscoverytoAmericareasonssoimportantthattheyarestillstudiedtodayReadParagraphs2and3andcompletethetable.

ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.HerosetobecomeatrustedofficialoftheYongleEmperoroftheMingDynasty.TheemperororderedZhengHetovisitandexplorethelandsoutsideChina.Histaskwastodeveloprelationsandsetuptraderouteswithforeigncountries.Inafewyears,hebuiltagreatfleetofships,thebiggestintheworldatthattime.Theshipswereknownastreasureships.Theywerebigenoughtocarry25,000peopleaswellasverylargequantitiesofgoods.(be)knownasFrom1405to1433,ZhengHewentonseventripsandvisitedSouth-EastAsia,theMiddleEastandeventheeastcoastofAfrica.Itseemedthatnowherewastoofarforhimtovisit.ThesevoyagesallowedChinatotradevaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Attheendofeachvoyage,ZhengHereturnedwithmanythingsthatwereseeninChinaforthefirsttime,suchasagiraffefromAfrica.Besidesdevelopingtrade,thevoyagesalsoencouragedtheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies.Theyhelpedthedevelopmentofthosecountriesandregions.YearofbirthPlaceofbirthCareerOrderfromtheemperorTasksofhisvoyagesFactsabouthisvoyagesperiodfrom_______to________times_____theareashevisited______________,______________and________________________thesignificanceofthevoyagesTheyallowedChinato___________________________________________________.·Theyencouraged_____________

_______________________.·Theyhelped______________________________________________.1371YunnanatrustedofficialoftheYongleEmperoroftheMingDynastytovisitandexplorethelandsoutsideChina·todeveloprelationswithforeigncountries·tosetuptraderouteswithforeigncountriesGeneralinformationaboutZhengHeandhisvoyages140514337

South-EastAsiatheMiddleEasttheeastcoastofAfrica

tradevaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilktheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies

thedevelopmentofthosecountriesandregionsZhengHediedin1433duringhislastvoyage.However,hisvoyagesweresuchahugeachievementthatpeoplestillrememberhimasapioneerinopeningupculturalcontactsbetweendifferentpeoplesaroundtheworld.ReadParagraph4andanswerthequestions.DidZhengHefinishhisseventhvoyage?Whydoyouthinkso?Whatdopeoplethinkofhimnowadays?Whydopeoplethinkso?Becauseheopenedupculturalcontactsbetweendifferentpeoplesaroundtheworld.No,hedidn’t.Becausehediedduringthisvoyage.Thathewasapioneer.ReadParagraph4andanswerthequestions.D1Whatdotheitalicizedwordsinthefollowingsentencesreferto?Readthearticleonpage3tofindtheanswers.ComprehensionsevengreatvoyagestreasureshipsSilkagiraffetheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies4D3

Ingroups,discussthefollowingquestions.Discuss1WhyisZhengHecalleda“pioneer”?2WhywereZhengHe’svoyagessoimportantinhistory?C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.openupgoonatripbeknownasVocabulary5pioneerdevelopsetupRetellthestoryaccordingtothekeywords.6RetellthestoryWhoWhenWhatWhereHowwhy

ThevoyagesofZhengHeHHomework1.抄寫單詞和短語：fleet，region，pioneer；set

sail，(be)

known

as，as

well

as。2.完成教材第五頁ComprehensionD2的練習(xí)。3.背誦本篇課文。4.搜集更多有關(guān)鄭和的資料，制作一張介紹鄭和的海報。Period3ListeningSpeak

upTalk

timeModule1ExplorationsandexchangesOxfordEnglishUnit

1GreatexplorationsShowtime1PostersofZhengHeZhengHeandhisgreatvoyagesD2

Readthearticleagainandcompletethefollowingnotes.explorer1371trustedofficial25,000South-EastAsiatheMiddleEasttheeastcoastofAfricavaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilkmanythingsthatwereseeninChinaforthefirsttimethedevelopmentLookatthetitleandpictures,andthenthinkaboutthequestions.Pre-listeningZhang

QianandtheSilkRoad32Whatisthelecturegoingtotellus?Whatisthelectureabout?1WhowasZhangQian?aAnofficialintheHanDynasty.bAfarmerintheHanDynasty.cAsoldierintheHanDynasty.2WhydidtheemperorsendZhangQiantoexploreandopenroutestotheoutsideworld?aTolookformorewealth.bTolearnmoreaboutthefarWest.cTofindnewcountries.A

ListentoalectureaboutZhangQianandtheSilkRoad.Thencirclethecorrect

answerstothequestionsbelow.3WhenwastheSilkRoadstarted?aOnly200yearsago.bOver2,000yearsago.cAbout1,000yearsago.4Whichgreatcountrywasnotmentionedinthelecture?aGreece.bEgypt.cIndia.Listening3BListentotherecordingagainandcompletethenotesbelow.Writeonewordineachblank.pioneerjourneyssilktrade

onlandbyseacarryideasdevelopment4SpeakupB1Ingroups,chooseoneofthefamousexplorersbelowanddiscussthisperson.B2Ingroups,makeabriefintroductionoftheexplorertotheclass.PlayagameWho?When

andwherewasheborn?…Whatdoyouthinkofthisperson?Whatdidheachieveandhow?GuesswhoIamtalkingabout.TalktimeAsking

for

repetition5Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Payattentiontothewordsinblue.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.WhenDorisdidn’thearwhenandwhereZhengHewasbornclearly,whatdidshesay?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.WhenDoriswasn’tsureaboutthenumberofpeoplethattheshipscouldcarry,whatdidshesay?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.WhenDoriscouldn’trememberallthevaluablethingsthatZhengHetraded,whatdidshesay?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.Arisingintonation.WhenDoristhoughtthatTony’sanswerwaswrong,whatdidshesay?Whatintonationdidsheuse?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.WhenDorisdidn’tunderstandwhat“rarethings”meant,whatdidshesay?Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.Readandlearnthefollowingexpressions.

Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay...?Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaid...?Whatdidyoumeanby...?Doris:Hi,Tony.ImissedtheHistorylessontoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearnt,please?Tony:Ofcourse.Welearntabout____________.Doris:

Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony:Sure.Welearntabout___________.Hewasa___________.Doris:

Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaid__________?Tony:_____________________________.Doris:

Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay__________?Tony:___________________________.Doris:Whatdidyoumeanby___________?Tony:___________________________.Doris:Thankyousomuch.Inpairs,completetheconversationbelow.HHomework1.模仿錄音的語音、語調(diào)，朗讀Talk

time部分的對話。2.兩人一組，仿照Talk

time部分的示例對話，就其他某位探險家的生平和探險經(jīng)歷編制對話，準(zhǔn)備下節(jié)課匯報。Period3ListeningSpeak

upTalk

timeModule1ExplorationsandexchangesOxfordEnglishUnit

1GreatexplorationsShowtime1PostersofZhengHeZhengHeandhisgreatvoyagesD2

Readthearticleagainandcompletethefollowingnotes.explorer1371trustedofficial25,000South-EastAsiatheMiddleEasttheeastcoastofAfricavaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilkmanythingsthatwereseeninChinaforthefirsttimethedevelopmentLookatthetitleandpictures,andthenthinkaboutthequestions.Pre-listeningZhang

QianandtheSilkRoad32Whatisthelecturegoingtotellus?Whatisthelectureabout?1WhowasZhangQian?aAnofficialintheHanDynasty.bAfarmerintheHanDynasty.cAsoldierintheHanDynasty.2WhydidtheemperorsendZhangQiantoexploreandopenroutestotheoutsideworld?aTolookformorewealth.bTolearnmoreaboutthefarWest.cTofindnewcountries.A

ListentoalectureaboutZhangQianandtheSilkRoad.Thencirclethecorrect

answerstothequestionsbelow.3WhenwastheSilkRoadstarted?aOnly200yearsago.bOver2,000yearsago.cAbout1,000yearsago.4Whichgreatcountrywasnotmentionedinthelecture?aGreece.bEgypt.cIndia.Listening3BListentotherecordingagainandcompletethenotesbelow.Writeonewordineachblank.pioneerjourneyssilktrade

onlandbyseacarryideasdevelopment4SpeakupB1Ingroups,chooseoneofthefamousexplorersbelowanddiscussthisperson.B2Ingroups,makeabriefintroductionoftheexplorertotheclass.PlayagameWho?When

andwherewasheborn?…Whatdoyouthinkofthisperson?Whatdidheachieveandhow?GuesswhoIamtalkingabout.TalktimeAsking

for

repetition5Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Payattentiontothewordsinblue.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.WhenDorisdidn’thearwhenandwhereZhengHewasbornclearly,whatdidshesay?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.WhenDoriswasn’tsureaboutthenumberofpeoplethattheshipscouldcarry,whatdidshesay?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.WhenDoriscouldn’trememberallthevaluablethingsthatZhengHetraded,whatdidshesay?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.Arisingintonation.WhenDoristhoughtthatTony’sanswerwaswrong,whatdidshesay?Whatintonationdidsheuse?Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Trytoanswerthequestions.WhenDorisdidn’tunderstandwhat“rarethings”meant,whatdidshesay?Tony: Hi,Doris.Howareyoufeeling?Doris: Alittlebetter,thankyou.ImissedtheHistorylesson

aboutZhengHetoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearntplease?Tony: Ofcourse.ZhengHewasborninYunnanin1371.Doris: Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Tony: Sure.HewasborninYunnanin1371.Hebuiltagreatfleetofshipsthatcouldcarryasmanyas25,000people.Doris: Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay24,000people?Tony: 25,000people.Hewentonsevengreatvoyagesandtradedvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilk.Doris: Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaidhetradedgold,silverand…?Tony: Silk.ZhengHebroughtbackrarethingstoChina,likepandasfromAfrica.Doris: Pandas?Tony: Sorry!WhatImeanttosaywasgiraffes!Doris: OK.Whatdidyoumeanby“rarethings”?Tony: Imeantthingsthattherearenotmanyof.Doris: Isee.That’sgreat.Thankyou,Tony.Tony: Noproblem.Ihopeyougetbettersoon.Readandlearnthefollowingexpressions.

Sorry,couldyourepeatthatplease?Ibegyourpardon.Didyousay...?Sorry,Ididn’tquitecatchyou.Yousaid...?Whatdidyoumeanby...?Doris:Hi,Tony.ImissedtheHistorylessontoday.Canyoutellmewhatyoulearnt,please?Tony:Ofcourse.Welear