Unit1 reading （学案） 2023-2024学年沪教牛津版（广州沈阳通用）九年级英语下册

深圳沪教版九年级下册unit1 Great explorations reading （学案） 1. Great explorations exploration [ˌekspləˈreɪʃn] n. 探险，探索 explore [ikˈsplɔ:(r)]v. 探索 explorer[ikˈsplɔ:rə(r)] n. 探险家 即学即练：Do you know any famous____________ in history? Zheng He was a famous Chinese_____________. Key：explorations/explorer; explorer. 2.The voyages of Zheng He郑和下西洋 voyage/'vɔiidʒ/n.航行(主要指远距离的水上旅行，意为“航海/行”也可以指空中旅行，意 为“航空”） voyager [ˈvɔɪɪdʒə(r)]n.航海者 travel，trip，tour，journey，voyage的区别: travel n./v. travel用法最普遍，特别用来指游历。 She wants to travel around the world. trip n. 短期短途用trip。 What about taking a trip to the Sun Island? tour n./v. 旅游观光用tour，常用短短a tour of Our friends are making a tour of Shanghai. journey n. 长途陆地用journey。 They went on a long journey across China. voyage n./v. 海上航行用voyage。 He met a famous explorer during his voyage. 3.In 1405, he set off from China on the first of seven great voyages. 1405年，他离开中国，开始了七次伟大航海之旅的首航。 固定搭配： (1)set off (out) from “从……出发” = leave set off (out) for “动身去某地；出发去某地”= leave for 即学即练1： 他一大早就动身从广州前往北京了。 ______________________________________________________________________ =_____________________________________________________________________ Key: Early in the morning he set off (out) from Guangzhou for Beijing． Early in the morning he left Guangzhou for Beijing. 拓展：set about “开始；着手“ set up”建立；设立；成立；竖立” At five in the morning he set about doing his work清晨五点他就开始工作了。 He set up a very good example for us.他给我们竖立了一个非常好的榜样。 (2) 介词on用以说明活动或状态。又如：on business, on holiday等。 I'm here on business.我到这儿来办公事。 She likes going on vacation with her friends.她喜欢和她的朋友一起度假。 即学即练2： _______________________________________________________________________________ 几个月的辛苦工作后，彼得动身去北京度假了。 Key：After several months' hard work, Peter set off for Beijing on holiday. 几个月的辛苦工作后，彼得动身去北京度假了。 4.This was nearly a century before Christopher Columbus first set sail on his journey of discovery to America. 这比克里斯托弗·哥伦布首次航行发现美洲新大陆早了近一个世纪。 (1)American /ə'merikən/ adj.美洲的，美国的；美国人的 Americ