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1、Unit2SailingtheoceansPartOne:TeachingDesignPeriod1:Asamplelessonplanforreading(SAILINGTHEOCEANS)AimsTohelpstudentsreadaboutsailingtheoceansTohelpstudentslearnaboutthepredicateProcedures■WarmingupbyleaningaboutnavigatorWhatisanavigator?Anavigatoristhepersononboardashipresponsibleforthenavig
2、ationofthevessel.Onaircraft,thepositionmayalsobereferredtoasaflightofficer.Thenavigator'sresponsibilitiesincludeplanningthejourney,advisingthecaptain(orpilot)whileenroute,andensuringthathazardsorobstaclesareavoided.Whatisexploration?Explorationistheactofsearchingortravelingforthepurposeofd
3、iscovery,e.g.ofunknownregions,includingspace(spaceexploration),oroil,gas,coal,ores,water(alsoknownasprospecting),orinformation.Explorationhasexistedaslongashumanbeings,butitspeakisseenasbeingduringtheAgeofExplorationwhenEuropeannavigatorstravelledaroundtheworld.Inscientificresearch,explora
4、tionisoneofthreepurposesofresearch(theothertwobeingdescriptionandexplanation).Explorationistheattempttodevelopaninitial,roughunderstandingofsomephenomenon.■WarmingupbytalkingaboutZhengHe'sSevenVoyagesInJuly11,1405,theeunuchZhengHeoftheMingDynastyroyalcourtsetoutonhisfirstoverseasvoyage.Int
5、hefollowing28years,thisnavigatorproceededtocarryoutsixmorevoyages,accompaniedbyahugeentourageofnearly30,000people.BytravelingthroughoutSoutheastAsia,andaroundtheIndianOceantotheRedSeaandEastAfrica,healsolandedatoverthirtydifferentnations.Hewastheearliestlargestscalenavigationinworldhistory
6、,comingmorethanhalfacenturyearlierthanColumbus'famousexploits...■WarmingupbylookingandlisteningHello,class.Doyouknowthisman?Yes,heisMarcoPolo.MarcoPolo(1254-1324),isprobablythemostfamousWesternertraveledontheSilkRoad.Heexcelledalltheothertravelersinhisdetermination,hiswriting,andhisinfluen
7、ce.HisjourneythroughAsialasted24years.Hereachedfurtherthananyofhispredecessors,beyondMongoliatoChina.HebecameaconfidantofKublaiKhan(1214-1294).HetraveledthewholeofChinaandreturnedtotellthetale,whichbecamethegreatesttravelogue.I.Pre-readingWhatarenavigationalin