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Unit 3 Back to the past
Welcome to the unit & Reading (I)
Grasp basic information of the two explorers and their achievements;
Make a comparison between the two explorers;
Understand the spirit of exploration and demonstrate this spirit in your daily lives.
Free talk
1. What’s this and what can it be used for?
2 . Why do we explore?
To better understand the universe
To make our lives safer and easier
To gain great economic value
To educate and inspire the next generation
Free talk
Zheng He
郑和
Christopher
Columbus
克里斯托弗·哥伦布
Ferdinand Magellan
斐迪南·麦哲伦
Free talk
3. Who is your favorite explorers?
How can we analyze historical events?
Pre-reading
Sailing the Oceans
Unit 3 Back to the past
Zheng He
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
Para(s)_____: Introduction of his fisrt voyage
Para(s)_____: More details about his voyages
Para(s)_____: Significance of his voyages
What is the structure of the two passages?
1
2
3-4
Fast reading
Christopher Columbus
Para(s)_____: Introduction of_________________
Para(s)_____: Details about his _______________
Para(s)_____: _____________of his voyages
What is the structure of the two passages?
1
2
3
Christopher Columbus
first voyage
Significance
Fast reading
Fill in the table (A1 in P32)
In the summer of 1405
Taicang
Over 200 ships
28,000
More than 30 countries and regions
Seven
Para 3-4
On 3 August 1492
Spain
Three ships
90
Caribbean
Four
Para 3
Careful reading
Significance
Zheng He’s voyages helped develop and strengthen harmonious relations with the countries and regions, exposing foreign people to Chinese culture, and allowing the Chinese to better understand overseas lands.
Columbus’s discovery inspired explorers to explore and discover more vast areas of the world. His voyages opened a new chapter of the Age of Exploration, a period which witnessed many important geographical findings and allowed for an international exchange of ideas and cultures.
Careful reading
(1) Why were Zheng He’s ships loaded with china