Download 人教修订版 高中三年级(上) Unit 2

人教修订版
高中三年级(上)
Unit 2
Revision
Cloze test
1. Trade and curiosity(好奇) have often
formed the foundation for mankind’s
greatest endeavor.
2. Marco Polo’s stories inspired
Christopher Columbus and other
European explorers to search for sea
route to the distant, wealthy (富有的)
Asian lands.
3. Silk from China found its way over
land along the Silk Road to India, the
Middle East and Rome, in exchange for.
(来交换) spices and glass.
4. Ceylon, with its central position (中央
位置), was the place where Chinese
merchants met with Arab merchants
and heard about the westernmost lands.
5. Gan Ying, a Chinese ambassador (大使)
went to the east Roman Empire over
land.
6. The contacts between China and Africa
over the centuries had led to the
awareness of each other’s existence(存
在).
7. Still no accurate (精确的) maps of the
countries around Indian Ocean
existed (存在) before Zheng He.
8. By the beginning of 15th century the
time was ripe (成熟).
9. Under the command(统帅) of Zheng He,
the fleets set sail from the south China
Sea across the Indian Ocean to the mouth
of the Red Sea.
10. Zheng He renewed (重建) relations with
the kingdoms of the East African coast.
11. The fleets made several expeditions(远
征) before the exploration (探险) was
stopped.
Silk Road
The Silk Road, which is regarded as the
greatest East-West trade route (东西贸
易通道), was first traveled by Zhang
Qian when he was sent on a diplomatic
mission to the Western Regions (西方地
区) in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220AD).
The Silk Road was not only for goods .
(货物) but also for the transmission of
knowledge and ideas (知识和观点)
between east and west.
Lead-in
True or False
1. Zheng He was a great explorer of
the Ming Dynasty. His expedition to
the Indian Ocean was 87 years later
than Columbus’s exploration to the
Atlantic Ocean.
F
2. Zheng He’s purpose of expedition
was to make trade and show
friendship to other lands while
Columbus was to seek treasure.
T
3. Marco Polo’s traveled from Italy to
China and they stayed in the Ming
court for a long time. After that,
they wrote stories about their
travels in the Far East. Europeans
were so inspired by Marco Polo's
accounts that they began searching
for sea routes to China, Japan, and
the East Indies.
F
Reading
The background of Columbus
Read the first paragraph and answer
the following questions:
1.What formed the foundation of
mankind’s interest in exploration?
Trade and curiosity formed the
foundation of mankind’s interest in
exploration.
2. What was Columbus’s purpose of
searching for the wealthy Asian lands?
His purpose of searching was to
seek treasure.
3. Which ocean does “western ocean”
refer to?
It referred to part of the Pacific
Ocean west of Brunei and part of the
Indian Ocean along the coast.
4. Guess who explored the Western
Ocean before Columbus.
Many people explored the Western
Ocean, among whom Zheng He was
the most famous.
Read paragraph 2-5 and
answer the following questions.
1. In the Han Dynasty, who traveled over
land to the East Roman Empire?
In the Han Dynasty, Gang Ying
traveled over land to the East Roman
Empire.
2. Between the Han and early the Tang
Dynasty, which part of Africa
developed into the world trade centre?
Between the Han and the early Tang
Dynasty, Swahili kingdoms and the
islands off the African coast developed
into the world trade centre.
3. During the Tang Dynasty which
traveler wrote Record of My Travels?
During the Tang Dynasty Du Huan
wrote Record of My Travels.
4. Before the Song Dynasty which
means of transport did Chinese
travelers mainly use?
Before the Song Dynasty Chinese
travelers mainly traveled over land.
5. In the eleventh century, who made
several voyages to the court of the
Song Dynasty?
In the eleventh century, the Africans
made several voyages to the court of
the Song Dynasty.
Schema chart
Title
Reaching Out Across the
Ocean
Thesis
Many great explorers made
sentence expeditions across the Indian
Ocean long before Columbus,
among whom Zheng He was
the most prominent.
China had contacts with
countries along the
Main idea
Indian Ocean from the
(before
P2 early time, and during
Zheng He)
ancient time explorers
had begun to contact
with each other.
Between the Han and
the early Tang Dynasty,
Swahili kingdoms and
the islands off the
Main idea
(before
P3 African coast developed
into
the
world
trade
Zheng He)
centre and attracted
merchants from the
world.
During the Tang
Dynasty, Du Huan, who
P4 traveled to many lands,
wrote the book Record
Main idea
of My Travels.
(before
Zheng He)
In the eleventh century,
the Africans made
P5 several voyages to the
court of the Song
Dynasty.
By the beginning of the
P6 fifteenth century, the
time was ripe for a grand
meeting.
Main idea
In the years between 1405
(after
and 1433, under the
Zheng He)
P7 command of Zheng He,
seven large treasure fleets
sailed westwards on
voyages of trade and
exploration.
Zheng He renewed
relations with the
P8
Main idea
kingdoms of the East
(after
African coast.
Zheng He)
The fleet made several
P9 expeditions before the
exploration was stopped.
Explanation
1.To people of early civilizations, the
world map was a great puzzle.
puzzle除了用作名词外，还可用作动
词，表示“（使）迷惑，（使）为
难”，后面接名词或代词。此外注意：
puzzling 令人迷惑的；puzzled迷惑的；
puzzle over苦苦思考。如：
The question puzzled all the students.
It puzzles me that she is running for
President.
2. Silk from China found its way over
land along the Silk Road to India, the
Middle East and Rome, in exchange for
spices and glass, which was not known to
China.
in exchange for表示“以……交换”，
后常接名词或代词，构成介词短语在句中
作状语。如：
He is giving her French lessons in
exchange for her teaching him English.
Would you give me your pen in
exchange for my book?
3. In return, the Ming court sent gold,
spices, silk, and various other presents.
in return是介词短语，意为“作为回报，
作为报答”，在句中常用作状语，也可以
与介词for连用。如：
Mr. Liu gave me a dictionary in return.
I gave her some roses in return for her
kindness.
Exercise 3
Period
Name
Han
Gang
Dynasty Ying
Way of
travel
Goods
Over
land
Rhinoceros
horns
Period
From Han
Dynasty
to the
early
Tang
Dynasty
Name Way of
travel
Goods
Ivory,
Rhinoceros
horns, spices,
shells, animal
skins, sugar
Period
Name Way of
travel
Over land
Tang
Du
Dynasty Huan and by
boat
Song
Dynasty
By sea
Goods
A bronze
statue of a
lion
Period
Name
Way of
travel
Ming
Zheng By sea
Dynasty He
Goods
Zebras,
giraffes,
Ivory,
Rhinoceros
horns, shells
Exercise 4
Goods
Zebras
giraffes
Ivory
Rhinoceros
horns
shells
Africa
√
√
Africa and Asia
√
√
√
Exercise 5
Paraphrasing:
The Africans were reaching out to
China.
→ The Africans left the African land
and came for a visit to China by sea.
The time was ripe.
→ In the Ming Dynasty both China
and the eastern coast countries became
very prosperous, and there came the
great needs for state-to-state contact.
The mouth of the Red Sea
→ The part of ocean where the Red Sea
meets the Indian Ocean.
For a short time, China had ruled
the seas.
→ For a short period of time, China
held the power of sea for she had large
navy, experienced sailors and an
excellent admiral—Zheng He.
Homework
Do a project:
Before the Song Dynasty, most of
Chinese explorers went to other lands
over land. But since the Song Dynasty,
people began to seek routes to other
lands by sea. Make use of the Internet
or other resources to find out the
reasons.