Unit 5 Ancient Civilization Reading and Writing 课件-2022-2023学年中职英语高教版（2021）基础模块2

UNIT5 Ancient Civilization (Reading and Writing) 1 看图片，讨论以下问题。 Read and discuss. camel glass silk Mogao Caves Xuanzang • What do you know about the person / place / things in the pictures? • What links them together? camel(骆驼) 骆驼极耐旱又不惧风沙，是丝绸之路的不朽象征 glass(玻璃) 玻璃最早由古埃及发明，中国境内年代最早的玻璃制品，一般认为是早期沙漠丝绸之路传来的。 Xuanzang(玄奘) 玄奘的西行将西域的佛法之道带到了中原，成就了佛法的传播。 silk(丝绸) 中国是世界丝绸的发源地，为中国文明谱写了灿烂篇章。同时丝绸催生了丝绸之路，作为丝绸之路的主角 Mogao Caves(莫高窟) 在穿越河西走廊的丝绸之路上，敦煌既是西去的分叉点，又是东来的驻泊地。 丝绸之路 The silk road Did you know that the Silk Road was neither an actual road nor a single route? What’s more, there were not only routes on land, but also routes by sea. The maritime Silk Road started during the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak during the Ming Dynasty. It linked Chinese ports with Korea, Japan, South Asia and even East Africa. The famous explorer to travel this sea route was Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty. The ancient Silk Road also has a long history. As early as over 2 000 years ago, China and ancient Rome were already connected by the Silk Road. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chinese emissary Gan Ying was sent to search for “Da Qin”, the Chinese name of the Roman Empire at that time. The famous explorer Marco Polo’s travels caused the first wave of “China fever” among European countries. Strong evidence suggests that Greece was introduced to silk products from China in the 6th century BC. The four great inventions of ancient China, papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder also reached the European countries by the ancient Silk Road. These inventions helped boost the development of Western societies. The Silk Road was a path of cultural exchanges between the East and the West. Many people over the centuries traveled the Silk Road in search of friendship between different parts of the world. Did you know that the Silk Road was neither an actual road nor a single route? What’s more, there were not only routes on land, but also routes by sea.你知道吗，丝绸之路既不是一条真正的路，也不是一条单一的路线。此外，不仅有陆上路线，还有海上路线。 要点解