高考英语高中英语第三册Unit2课件及练习reading

1、Unit,Crossing Limits,更多资源,Warming-up,How many continents are there in the world ? What are they?,How many oceans are there in the world ? What are they?,The Pacific,The Pacific,The Atlantic,The Indian,The Arctic,Do you know anything about exploration?,explore explorer exploration,How many kinds of e

2、xplorations do you know?,Do you know anything about navigation?,navy navigator navigation,How many famous navigators do you know in history?,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, t

3、he 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.,James Cook,1728-1779,James Cook (1728-1779) was the greatest British navigator. In 1768 he was sent to the Pacific. On his famous second exped

4、ition (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 Amer

5、ica through the Bering Straits to the Arctic Ocean. On his return he was killed by Hawaiian islanders.,Christopher Columbus,1451-1506,Italian-born explorer Christopher Columbus broke with tradition in 1492, sailing west in an attempt to find a shorter route to India and China. On August 3rd, 1492, C

6、olumbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, on the first of several voyages to what he later called the “New World.”,Abel Janszoon Tasman,1603 1659,The discovery of New Zealand - Abel Janszoon Tasman from Holland 1603 1659 The first European to discover New Zealand,Do you know any other famou

7、s navigators in history?,Marco Polo (1254-1324), is probably the most famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years. He traveled the whole of China and returned to tell the tale, which became the greatest travelogue.,Magellan,Magellan was born about 1470 in Por

8、tugal. He set forth his project for a trip round the world on August 10, 1519 and was killed in April 1521 in the Philippines. The voyage proved that the earth is round.,Vasco da Gama (1460-1524),Of all the navigators we discussed above, who was the earliest navigator to set sail across the oceans?,

9、Zheng He 1405 Columbus 1492 Magellan 1521 da Gama 1497,Read through the text with the following questions:,1. Who were / was the earliest explorer/s of the Western Ocean? A. Marco Polo B. Christopher Columbus C. European explorers D. Brave merchants,2. Through the Silk Road, China got _ from other c

10、ountries. A. spices and glasses B. silk C. weapons D. milk,3. An African king gave rhinoceros horns to China in order to _. A. make money B. stop the war C. show his friendship D. award the Ambassador,4. Which of the following became the worlds trading center over a few centuries after Han Dynasty?

11、A. CeylonB. India C. Swahili kingdomsD. Egypt,5. In Du Huans book Record of My Travels you can learn about _. A. Marco polo B. many foreign countries C. Christopher Columbus D. ways to make silk,Read the text carefully with the following questions:,1. The text is mainly about _. A. how the Silk Road

12、 was formed B. how China developed trading relations with Arabic countries C. Zheng Hes expeditions across the Indian ocean. D. the history of Chinas opening to the outside world,2. The small bronze stature of a lion found in Shanga most probably came from _. A. China B. Rome C. Greece D. London,3.

13、Which of the following can be inferred from the text? A. Columbus exploration was stopped for economic reasons. B. No accurate maps of the countries around the Indian Ocean existed before Zhen He. C. In the Ming Dynasty China had the most powerful navy in the world. D. The giraffe was an animal that

14、 could not be found in China in the Ming Dynasty.,4. Who does “The Chinese Columbus” refer to? AThe Ming emperor BDu Huan CThe Chinese ambassador DZheng He,5. “In the east，China prospered under a new dynasty”. The underlined part refers to_. Athe Han Dynasty Bthe Song Dynasty Cthe Qin Dynasty Dthe Ming Dynasty,更多资源,True or False The Europeans were the first explorers to travel to other countries. 2. Accurate maps of the countries around the Indian Ocean were made before the fifteenth century.