人教版(2019)Unit3SeaExplorationReadingandthinking

Reachingoutacrossthesea

Teachingaims

Languageability:TolearnaboutthehistoryofChina'sseaexploration.

Learningability:Toidentifythepatternofthetextanditsnarrativetechniquebyskimming&scanning.

Culturalconsciousness:TogainabetterunderstandingofthesignificanceoftheBeltandRoadInitiative.

Thinkingquality:Toanalysepositiveandnegativeaspectsofseaexplorationanddevelopaproperattitudetowardsmodernmarinedevelopment.

Importantpoints

1.LearnaboutthelonghistoryofChina'sseaexploration.

UnderstandthesignificanceoftheBeltandRoadInitiative.

Difficultpoints

Toidentifythepatternofthetextanditsnarrativetechnique.

2.Expressthemselveswiththelanguagelearnedinclass.

Teachingaids

Mutimedia,materialtext,blackboard

Teachingprocedure

Step1.Prereading

Showthreepicturesaboutthegreatseaexplorersinthepastandletthestudentsguesstheirnamesandlearnabouttheirstoriesaboutseavoyages.

Aims:1.Toactivatethestudents'knowledgeandinterestinseaexploration.

2.Toleadinthetopicofthetext.

Step2.Fastreading

Skimthepassagefor5minutesandfinishtheexercises.

1.Whattypeofessayitis?

A.Narrative:astorywithabeginning+middle+end

B.Descriptive:asubject+interestingdetails

C.Expository:asubject+factualinformation

D.Argumentative:anidea+toconvincethereader

2.Howisthepassagedeveloped?

A．Byparison.B．Byfollowingtheorderoftime.

C．Bylistingexamples.D．Byanalyzingcauses.

3.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?

Mainidea:ThetextismainlyaboutChina’s_______________overtime.

4.Matcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.

Para.1A.Chinaisalsojoiningwithothercountriesonotherimportantprojects.

Para.2B.TravelfromeasttowestbeganlongbeforeColumbus.

Para.3C.Inancienttimes,traveleasttowestwasontheSilkRoad.

Para.4D.Chinawillcontinuetoexploretheseaandenhancerelationshipswithothercountries.

Para.5E.The21stCenturyMaritimeSilkRoadhasencouragedcooperationandstrengthenedthebondsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.

Para.6F.ZhengHe’sseavoyagesbuiltrelationswithothercountries.

Aims:1.Toletthestudentsgetageneralunderstandingofthepassage.

2.Todevelopskimmingskills.

Step3.carefulreading

Task1.Readparagraph1andfinishtheexercises.

Whathasledtohumans’greatestachievements?

___________________________________________________________________

Whydidpeopleofearlycivilizationstrytoexploretheseasacrosstheworld?

Becausetheylikedtodoit.

B．Becausetheywereforcedtodoit.

C．Becausetheyneededtopletetheworldmap.

D．BecausetheywereinspiredbyMarcoPolo.

Task2.ReadParagraph2&3andmarktheancientsilkrouteandthesearoute.

China

Inancienttimes

ThesilkroutewasfromChinato____________________________.

Thesearouteextendedalong_______,centeredaround_______.

TheMingDynasty

ZhengHesetsailfrom______across_______tothemouthof_______，andthento____________.

1.CanyoulistthegoodeffectsofChina’sancientseaexploration?

A.Ithelpednegotiate________________.

B.Itraised______________________ofeachother’scultures.

C.Itfurtherdeveloped_____________withtheseregions.

D.ThesearouteofZhengHeremained_____________betweenothercultures.

2.What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsZhengHe?

A．Critical. B．Supportive.C．Indifferent. D．Doubtful.

Task3.ReadParagraph4&5andfillintheblankstofindoutinformationaboutChina’sseaexplorationinrecentyears.

events

purposes

Theancientsearoutesarebeing_______withthe21stCenturyMaritimeSilkRoad.

Toencourage___________and______acrossthehistoricSilkRoadareas,andstrengthenthe________betweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.

Chinahas_______billionsinsystemsandservicesalongtheseroutes.

Togreatlydevelopthewholeareaforthebenefitof________and___________.

Chinahasalso________itsfriendsacrosstheseaonotherimportantprojects.

Toexploremany___________________.

Chinahasjoinedothernationsonseveralexpeditionsto___________

Tounderstand_________________

Task4.ReadParagraph6andanswerthequestion.

WhatmakesChinacontinuetoreachoutacrossthesea?

_____________________________________________________________________

Task5.Thinkaboutthestructureofthetext.

Howisthepassagedeveloped?

Time

CountriesorAreas

Purposes

Para2

inancienttimes

Para3

TheMingDynasty

Para4

today

Para5

inrecentyears

Para6

farintothefuture

Aims:1.Totrainthestudentsfortheskillsofscanning.

2.Toleadthestudentstofindoutdetailedinformation.

3.Totrainstudents’abilitiesofwordguessingandinferring.

Step4.Deepthinkinganddiscussion

WhatdoyouthinkisthesignificanceoftheBeltandRoadInitiative?

Aims:1.Toactivatethelanguagethatthestudentshavelearned.

2.TogainabetterunderstandingofthesignificanceoftheBeltandRoadInitiativeanddevelopaproperattitudetowardsmodernmarine