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1、Unit2SailingtheoceansPartOne:TeachingDesignPeriod1:Asamplelessonplanforreading(SAILINGTHEOCEANS)AimsTohelpstudentsreadaboutsailingtheoceansTohelpstudentslearnaboutthepredicateProcedures■WarmingupbyleaningaboutnavigatorWhatisanavigator?Anavigatoristhepers
2、ononboardashipresponsibleforthenavigationofthevessel.Onaircraft,thepositionmayalsobereferredtoasaflightofficer.Thenavigator'sresponsibilitiesincludeplanningthejourney,advisingthecaptain(orpilot)whileenroute,andensuringthathazardsorobstaclesareavoided.Wha
3、tisexploration?Explorationistheactofsearchingortravelingforthepurposeofdiscovery,e.g.ofunknownregions,includingspace(spaceexploration),oroil,gas,coal,ores,water(alsoknownasprospecting),orinformation.Explorationhasexistedaslongashumanbeings,butitspeakisse
4、enasbeingduringtheAgeofExplorationwhenEuropeannavigatorstravelledaroundtheworld.Inscientificresearch,explorationisoneofthreepurposesofresearch(theothertwobeingdescriptionandexplanation).Explorationistheattempttodevelopaninitial,roughunderstandingofsomeph
5、enomenon.■WarmingupbytalkingaboutZhengHe'sSevenVoyagesInJuly11,1405,theeunuchZhengHeoftheMingDynastyroyalcourtsetoutonhisfirstoverseasvoyage.Inthefollowing28years,thisnavigatorproceededtocarryoutsixmorevoyages,accompaniedbyahugeentourageofnearly30,000peo
6、ple.BytravelingthroughoutSoutheastAsia,andaroundtheIndianOceantotheRedSeaandEastAfrica,healsolandedatoverthirtydifferentnations.Hewastheearliestlargestscalenavigationinworldhistory,comingmorethanhalfacenturyearlierthanColumbus'famousexploits...■Warmingup
7、bylookingandlisteningHello,class.Doyouknowthisman?Yes,heisMarcoPolo.MarcoPolo(1254-1324),isprobablythemostfamousWesternertraveledontheSilkRoad.Heexcelledalltheothertravelersinhisdetermination,hiswriting,andhisinfluence.HisjourneythroughAsialasted24years.
8、Hereachedfurtherthananyofhispredecessors,beyondMongoliatoChina.HebecameaconfidantofKublaiKhan(1214-1294).HetraveledthewholeofChinaandreturnedtotellthetale,whichbecamethegreatesttravelogue.I.Pre-readingWhatarenavigationalin
