1、Unit3 HistoryFurther reading,The Adventure of Zheng He,Who is he ? Zheng He,2)Which dynasty did he live in? The Ming Dynasty,3) What are his achievements? He led 7 voyages, making the peak of historical Chinese ocean exploration.,What can you see? two ships,2)Which was Zheng Hes? The bigger one,3)Ho

2、w many people could it hold? Up to 500people,Southeast Asia, Indonesia , America , Arabia , The Indian Ocean , Europe , India , Persia , Australia , Africa , the Pacific Ocean , England,Tick out the places which Zheng He had visited. Then read the following passage to check. You may discuss with you

3、r partner.,1.Skim the passage and write down the numbers of paragraphs before the following topic sentences. It tells us the great significance of Zheng Hes voyages. It introduces the junks used by Zheng He during his first voyage. Zheng He, the greatest Chinese navigator and explorer made the peak

4、of historical Chinese ocean exploration.,Reading,Its a great regret that Zheng He was ordered to stop his exploration. Zheng He spread the influence of powerful China to all those 37 countries he visited. Your number: 4 , 3 , 1 , 5 , 2,2.Read the first 2 paragraphs and fill in the blanks on page 49.

5、,(1) Zheng He The greatest Chinese_ and _ of the _ Dynasty, who led _ voyages between 1405 and 1433 and made the _ of historical Chinese ocean _.,navigator,explorer,Ming,seven,peak,exploration,(2) The places he visited He led voyages into southeast _, India, Persia,_, Africa and throughout the _ Oce

6、an. (3) His first voyages It began in _ with a huge _, including over _ junks, _ smaller ships, and over _ crew members,Asia,Arabia,Indian,1405,fleet,60,255,27000,Listen to the third and fourth paragraphs, and then fill in the blanks on page 50.,(4) His junks A junk, which was _feet long, could hold

7、 up to _ people and had _ cabins for storage and _ sails.,400,500,watertight,bamboo,(5) Significance Zheng Hes voyages were about _ years before Columbus voyages. It showed that China was _ and peace-loving nation. It also left an important influence on the _ and _ of those nations he visited. From

8、then on, _ relations between China and those nations grew and _ visits to China began.,80,a powerful,culture,politics,trade,annual,Read the passage again, and judge whether the statements is T or F.,_1) The actual map used by Zheng He is displayed in the Asian reading room at the Library of Congress

9、. _2) According to the text, Cape Bojador must be in the Indian Ocean. _3) During Zheng Hes first voyage, there were altogether 315 ships in his fleet.,F,T,F,_4) The bamboo sails in the junks could be pulled down or drawn up like todays window-shades. _5) A junk could hold 500 people at least while

10、a Columbus ship could hold only 30 people. _6) Zheng Hes voyages had a great influence on the politics, economy and culture od the nations he visited.,T,F,T,Select one of the topics you are interested in or add yours, and surf the Internet for more information. Then write about Zheng Hes adventure from a new