Unit 4 Extended reading Following the Silk Road课件 2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版选择性必修第三册

Following the Silk Road Lead-in What springs up in your mind when hearing the word “Silk Road”? Desert Camels and merchants Zhang Qian Prediction According to the title and the illustration, what might be mentioned in the text? Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraphs 4-5 Paragraph 6 Global reading Read the article and get the main idea of each part. The overall introduction The geography The history The trade and cultural exchanges The significance Detailed reading | Para 1 Overall introduction Definition of the Silk Road Features of the Silk Road The key section (the Chang’an Tianshan Corridor) Regions along the route Distance Length of trade routes Number of Sites Status a network of ancient trade routes that extended from East Asia all the way to the Mediterranean vast distances an astonishing variety of landscapes China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan 5,000 kilometres 8,700 kilometres 33 sites UNESCO World Heritage becoming the first successful multinational World Heritage application encouraging other countries to follow suit What is impact of the addition of the Chang’an Tianshan Corridor to the UNESCO World Heritage List? There are 33 recognized sites in the corridor: 8 in Kazakhstan, 22 in China, and 3 in Kyrgyzstan. The sites include capital cities and palace complexes of various empires and kingdoms, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, ancient paths, posthouses, sections of the Great Wall, tombs and religious buildings. Detailed reading | Para 2 Geography Where did the Silk Road start and end? Where did the Chang’an Tianshan Corridor start and end? What are the main geographical features of the Silk Road region? Underline them in the text. Circle them in the text. Chang’an Central Asia Mediterranean sea The corridor is just one section of this extensive overall Silk Roads network. snow-capped mountains vast grassland rolling valleys desert Detailed reading | Para 3 History Zhang Qian’s mission Time