高二英语The First Americans课件2.ppt

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1、Module5ReadingandVocabulary2WasZhengHetheFirstForeignertoVisittheAmericas?Lookatthetitleofthepassageandpredictwhatwillbetalkedaboutinthepassage.Writedownthreekeywordsandshowthemtothepartner.Andthereadthepassagetoseehoemuchyouareright.BrainstormZhengHe’sorigin

2、alnamewasMaHe.Hewasbornaround1371inChina,KunYang,atowninsouthwestYunanProvince.ZhengHe’sremarkablejourneybeganwhentheEmperoroftheMingDynastyorderedhimtosailto"thecountriesbeyondthehorizon,allthewaytotheendoftheearth".Between1405–1433,AdmiralZhengHesailedtheIn

3、dianandWesternoceans,visitingmorethan30countriesfromAsiatoAfricaandasfarasthecentralandeasterncoastsoftheAfricannations.Introduction—ZhengHeTheFirstTripZhengHe'sfirstfleetincluded27870menon317ships.OnthewaybackitsailedalongthewestcoastofIndiaandreturnedhomein

4、1407.Course----ZhengHe直挂云帆济沧海长风破浪会有时Tosetthesailsofcloudandbravetheboundlesssea.ThetimewillcometoridethewindandpartthewavesMoreimportantly,theyservedtotransmitChineseculturetoSouthandSoutheastAsiaandtheeastcoastofAfrica.Atthetime,manyofthecountriesoftheseregi

5、onswerestillrelativelyundeveloped,andthereforequiteattractedtoChina'sadvancedcivilization.ZhengHe'swesternvoyageswerenotjustanopportunitytocarryoutoverseastrade.ScanningfindthemainideaChineseAdmiralZhengHemayhavebeenthefirstforeignertotheAmerica.Noteveryonebe

6、lievethatZhengHemayhavebeenthefirstforeignertotheAmerica.TherearelotsofevidencestoshowthatZhengHemayhavebeenthefirstforeignertotheAmerica.Careful-readingHowdoweknowthatsomeoneusedtheCapofGoodHopeasasearouteasearlyas1459?HowdoweknowthatnoteveryonewasinfavorofZ

7、hengHe’sVoyages?HowdoesMenziesimplythattheChinesemusthavedrawnthefirstmap?MenzieswasshownamapwithdateonitAnofficialcalledLiuDaxiaopposedthemAdrawofChinesejunktreasureadmiralporcelainopposesilkmerchantconcluderecordWords-Practising1.An_______isthemostsenioroff

8、icerinchargeofagroupofship.2.Silkisaveryfine________thatisproducedbyasmallinsect.3.A________issomeonewhobuysandsellsthings,especiallyinothercountry.4.________isahardwhitematerialwhichisus