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Christopher Columbus
(1451–1506)
Zheng He (1371-1433)
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Abel Tasman
(1603-1659)
James Cook (1728-1779)
Zheng He (1371-1433),
the Chinese Muslim
Admiral(商船队长)
Through his seven
voyages of discovery to
the West, Zheng He
helped transform(使改
变;)China into the
superpower of his time.
Zheng He, in the year between 1405 and
1433, seven large treasure fleets sailed
westwards on voyages of trade and exploration.
Under the command of Zheng He, the fleets set
sail from the South China Sea across the Indian
Ocean to the Red Sea, and then traveled further
south, discovering the eastern coast of Africa.
He renewed relations with the Kingdoms of
the East African coast.One African king sent the
Ming emperor a royal present: two giraffes.
James Cook (1728-1779)
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James Cook (1728-1779) was the greatest
Britain navigator. Cook enlisted(被征募）in the Royal
Navy in 1755. In 1768 he was promoted（晋升）and sent
to the Pacific where he surveyed Tahiti, New Zealand, and
Australia. On his famous second expedition (1772-75) he
explored Antarctica. In 1776 he undertook his third and
final voyage in which he explored the West coast of North
America and tried to locate a passage between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans. On this voyage he discovered the
Hawaiian Islands, and sailed up the coast of North
America through the Bering Straits to the Arctic Ocean. On
his return he was killed by Hawaiian islanders.
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Christopher Columbus
1451–1506
Italian-born explorer Christopher
1451
Born in Genoa, the son of a wool merchant and weaver.
1476
Swims ashore when his ship is sunk in a battle off Portugal.
1476
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Joins his brother Bartholomew, a cartographer制图师, in Lisbon.
Makes merchant voyages as far as Iceland and Guinea
1484
1485
1492
几内亚(西非国家)
.Conceives（设想）of “The Enterprise（冒险）of the Indies." Fails
to convince King John of Portugal to back the plan.
Moves to Spain.
on the first of several voyages to what he later called the “New
World.”
TASMAN, ABEL JANSZOON
(c. 1603-1659)
Abel Tasman, the greatest of Dutch（荷兰的）navigators.
In the service of the Dutch East India Company
from c.1632 to 1653, he made several trading and exploring voyages
in the Pacific and Indian oceans. He was the first European
expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen‘s Land (now
Tasmania澳大利亚东南部的塔斯马尼亚岛) and New Zealand. He also
mapped substantial portions（基本上的部分）of other parts of Australia.
Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand in 1642. The
British explorer Captain James Cook visited the islands in 1769 and
took possession of them for Great Britain.
Abel Tasman (IV)
There are seven continents in the world.
They are Asia, Africa, Europe, North
America, South America, Oceania,
Antarctica
What were the dangers and
challenges explorers in the past faced
while discovering and exploring the
world’s continents?
listening
1.what sort of questions do you think the
reporter …
sorts of…各种各类的
a sort of…一种
eg: you can see sorts of fishes under the sea.
do you think 是插入语,放在特殊问句疑问词之后,
其后的句子应用陈述语序.
eg: When do you think they will come back?
2. What modern means can explorers …
means 方式,方法 (单复数同形)
make use of …
make good/full use of…
3. In which way will a human trip to …
be similar to….与…相似
eg: The gold is similar to brass in color.
speaking
1.
In their work, scientists meet with……
meet with… ,come across…
come up with…, run into…遇到,碰上
Eg: While reading, you are sure to come across some
new words.
make decisions about…. 对…作出决定
about which …在句中引导一带有介词的
定语从句, 修饰先行词situations
2.When Captain James Cook landed
in…
take possession of… 把…占为己有,占领,夺取
e.g. Don’t take possession of the wallet,though
you picked it up in the street.
in the name of … 以… 名义,代表…
e.g. The police arrested him in the name of the
law.
3.Instead of sending people, we can
send robots equipped with….
instead of … 代替, 而不是
e.g. Instead of going to the museum, they finally
decided to go to the park.
equipped with… “ 装备”, 过去分词短语作定
语
equip… with…., be equipped with….
e.g. All the police are equipped with guns and bullets.
equipment n. 设备,配置
do observations for… 为… 去做观察
HOMEWORK:
Preview the reading material.