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(32058454 - 48049828) Unit 3 Sea Exploration Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

The document discusses sea exploration, focusing on historical figures like Marco Polo and Zheng He, and the significance of their voyages. It highlights the purposes of sea exploration, including trade and cultural exchange, while also addressing potential benefits and problems such as marine pollution and ecological destruction. The passage emphasizes China's ongoing efforts in sea exploration through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative.

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(32058454 - 48049828) Unit 3 Sea Exploration Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

The document discusses sea exploration, focusing on historical figures like Marco Polo and Zheng He, and the significance of their voyages. It highlights the purposes of sea exploration, including trade and cultural exchange, while also addressing potential benefits and problems such as marine pollution and ecological destruction. The passage emphasizes China's ongoing efforts in sea exploration through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative.

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Unit 3 Sea Exploration

Lead in

Q: Do
Howyou
didknow anyknow
people sea creatures( 生物 )?
these sea creatures a long time ago?
Sea creatures
seal goldfish
dolphin turtle
Sea exploration starfish shell
shark crab
whale lobster
coral seaweed
Prediction
Q: What’s the purpose of reaching out across the sea for
people?

goods
food
money
...
technology
friendship
Do you know any navigators ( 航海家 )?

Marco Polo (A) Made seven voyages to the Western Seas


( 马可波罗 ) from 1405-1433
(B) Made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
Zheng He from Spain and discovered a new world in 1492
(C) Succeeded in sailing a complete circle
Columbus around the world
( 哥伦布 )
(D) Wrote a book that described the mysterious
Da Gama
( 达伽马 ) culture of the Eastern world in 1295
(E) Opened a sea route from Europe to India by
Magellan way of the Cape of Good Hope( 好望角 )
( 麦哲伦 )
Fast-reading

1. What's the genre / type of the essay?


A. Narrative essay B. Diary
C. Expository essay D. Argumentative essay

2. Consider how the passage is developed.

time order problem and solution


compare and contrast cause and effect
definition and description
Fast-reading

1. What's the genre / type of the essay?


A. Narrative essay B. Descriptive essay
C. Expository essay D. Argumentative essay

2. Consider how the passage is developed.

time order problem and solution


compare and contrast cause and effect
definition and description
How is the passage developed?
2

Past
3 (Para.2~3) 5

4 Future
Present (Para.6)
(Para.4-5)
Fast-reading (Para.1)

Which country did they come from by referring to


the time line in the passage?
—— China
Fast-reading

Main idea
China
The passage is about _______'s sea
West
exploration towards the ________
Detailed-reading (Para.2)

Time In ancient times

India, the Middle East, Rome, the coasts of


Regions
the Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka
explored

To do business; led to more cultural


Purpose/ awareness and exploration
Significance
Detailed-reading (Para.3)

Time In the Ming Dynasty (Zheng He)

Regions
explored

Purpose
●a sight to behold
●in a league of your own at that time
Detailed-reading (Para.4-5)

Time Today (the Belt and Road Initiative)

Regions
explored

Purpose
Detailed-reading (Para.6)
Q: What will drive China to reach out across the sea far into the
future?
Post-reading
Thinking: What benefits and problems did sea exploration bring
about? Benefits Potential Problems
●To encourage the cooperation ●Marine Pollution
and promote the trade; ●Ecological destory
●To exchange products, goods,
●Cause the death of sea
knowledge and technology
creatures
with other countries;
●Cause the waste of money
●To strengthen the bonds in the
world.

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