2023學年完整公開課版Module1Unit1Greatexplorations

Period1Module1ExplorationsandexchangesUnit

1GreatexplorationsGettingready1WhatareHiandLogoingtodo?

WhatdoesHitakewithhim?

WhatdoesLotakewithhim?

WhydoesLotakethesethings?

WhatdoesHimeanby“travellight”?Lookatthecartoonandanswerthequestions.Theyaregoingonatrip.Asmallsuitcase.Abagoflampsandtorches.HitoldLoto“travellight”andLothoughtthismeantheshouldbringthingsthatgaveoutlightwithhim.Hemeansyoushouldonlytakeasmallnumberofthingsonthetrip.2Doyouknowanygreatexplorersinhistory?ThinkandsayZheng

HeZheng

He’svoyagesdowntheWesternSeasChristopherColumbusChristopherColumbus’sdiscoveryofAmericaZhangQianZhangQian’sopeningupoftheancientSilkRoadandtouringintheWesternregionsMarcoPolo’svoyageinChinaMarcoPoloGreatexplorationsinhistoryMonkXuanzang’sjourneytotheWestFerdinandMagellan’sglobalvoyageBrainstormDoyouknowothergreatexplorationsinhistory?Brainstormideaswithyourclassmates....CaptainCook’sdiscoveryofAustraliaWhatdoyouknowabout…?HisvoyagesacrosstheAtlanticopeneduptheNewWorld—theAmericancontinents—toEurope._____dvoyageAmericancontinenttheAtlanticThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.HistravelstothewestofChinahelpedopenupCentralAsiatoChina.______copenupCentralAsiaThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.HewentonseventripstotheWesternSeas.______aThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.goonatripHetravelledtoChinaandwroteabookabouthistravels.______bThepeopleinthepicturesbelowareallfamousexplorers.Matchthemwiththeirachievements.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.3ZhengHewhatwecanlearnfromhimhislifehisfamilyhisvoyageshisachievementshisdeathLookatthetitleandthepictureandpredictthemainideaofthearticle.Readandpredict1WhowasZhengHe?2WherewasZhengHeborn?3WhendidZhengHegoonhistrips?Lookatthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphofthearticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.From1405to1433.AfamousChineseexplorer.InYunnan.Beforeyouread4WhateffectsdidhistripshaveonChinaandtheworld?Tick(?)thepossibleanswers.aTheysetuptrade

routesbetweenChinaandothercountries.bTheyencouragedtheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies.cTheymadetherelationshipsbetweencountriesstronger.Lookatthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphofthearticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.???4ThevoyagesofZhengHesilk

togroworbecomebigger,

stronger,etc.people

thewayinwhichtwopeople,groupsorcountriesbehavetowardseachotherordealwitheachotherAfrica

atallAfricananimalwithaverylongneck,longlegsanddarkmarksonitscoatofficial

allthepersonswholiveinaparticularplaceorbelongtoaparticularcountry,race,etc.develop

tobuyandsellthingsrelation

apersonwhoisinapositionofauthorityinalargeorganizationbesides

finesoftthreadproducedbysilkwormsnowhere

inaddition;alsotrade

thesecondlargestcontinentintheworldgiraffe

notinortoanyplaceReadthearticleandmatchthewordswiththeirmeanings.Match C1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewordsonpage3.Findthesewordstocompletethesentences.Changetheirformsifnecessary.VocabularydiscoveryroseforeigngoonatripdevelopmentriseReadandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.Paragraph1

AbriefintroductiontoZhengHe.Paragraph2

ZhengHewasafamousexplorerandhistravelswon’tbeforgotten.Paragraph3

ZhengHe’sdeathandhisachievements.Paragraph4

GeneralintroductiontoZhengHe’ssevengreatvoyages.5ReadandmatchPeriod2GreatexplorationsMonkXuanzang’sjourneytotheWestMarcoPolo’svoyageinChinaCaptainCook’sdiscoveryofAustraliaZhangQian’sopeninguptheancientSilkRoadandtouringtheWesternregionsChristopherColumbus’sdiscoveryofAmericaZhengHe’svoyagesdowntheWesternSeasFerdinandMagellan’sglobalvoyageShowtime1Tellsomethingaboutagreatexplorerandhisexploration.Readthearticleandfindoutwhatthenumbersmean0001405ZhengHewasborninthatyear.ZhengHesetoffon/startedhisfirstvoyageinthatyear.ZhengHediedduringhislastvoyageinthatyear.Thetreasureshipswerebigenoughtocarry25,000people.ZhengHewentonseven

voyagesthroughouthislife.2ReadandsayReadParagraph1andfillinthechart.

ZhengHewasafamousChineseexplorer.In1405,hesetofffromChinaonthefirstofsevengreatvoyages.ThiswasnearlyacenturybeforeChristopherColumbusfirstsetsailonhisjourneyofdiscoverytoAmerica.Histravelsweresoimportantthattheyarestillstudiedtoday.3WhileyoureadReadParagraph1andfillinthechart.ZhengHewasagreat_________.His_____________________________beforeChristopherColumbusfirst_____________________________________________.Histravelswere_________________________________________________.explorerfirstvoyagewasnearlyacenturysetsailonhisjourneyofdiscoverytoAmericareasonssoimportantthattheyarestillstudiedtodayYearofbirthPlaceofbirthCareerOrderfromtheemperorTasksofhisvoyagesFactsabouthisvoyagesperiodfrom_______to________times_____theareashevisited______________,______________and________________________thesignificanceofthevoyagesTheyallowedChinato___________________________________________________.·Theyencouraged_____________

_______________________.·Theyhelped______________________________________________.1371YunnanatrustedofficialoftheYongleEmperoroftheMingDynastytovisitandexplorethelandsoutsideChina·todeveloprelationswithforeigncountries·tosetuptraderouteswithforeigncountriesGeneralinformationaboutZhengHeandhisvoyages140514337

South-EastAsiatheMiddleEasttheeastcoastofAfrica

tradevaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilktheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies

thedevelopmentofthosecountriesandregionsZhengHediedin1433duringhislastvoyage.However,hisvoyagesweresuchahugeachievementthatpeoplestillrememberhimasapioneerinopeningupculturalcontactsbetweendifferentpeoplesaroundtheworld.ReadParagraph4andanswerthequestions.DidZhengHefinishhisseventhvoyage?Whydoyouthinkso?Whatdopeoplethinkofhimnowadays?Whydopeoplethinkso?Becauseheopenedupculturalcontactsbetweendifferentpeoplesaroundtheworld.No,hedidn’t.Becausehediedduringthisvoyage.Thathewasapioneer.ReadParagraph4andanswerthequestions.D1Whatdotheitalicizedwordsinthefollowingsentencesreferto?Readthearticleonpage3tofindtheanswers.Comprehensionsevengreatvoyagestreasureshipssilkagiraffetheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies4C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.openupgoonatripbeknownasVocabulary5pioneerdevelopsetupPeriod3Greatexplorations1ShowtimeShareyourarticlewithyourclassmates.2MorepracticeReadandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.Readandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.Paragraph1

AbouthowTheTravelsofMarcoPolowaswritten.Paragraph2TheimportanceofTheTravelsofMarcoPolo.Paragraph3TheendofMarcoPolo’slife.Paragraph4ThestatueofMarcoPoloisbyWestLakeinHangzhou.Paragraph5BriefintroductiontoMarcoPolo’searlylifeexperienceandhisexplorationacrossAsia.

Fillintheblanksaccordingtothearticle.MarcoPoloisafamousItalian__________andthestoriesofhistravelsacross__________arestillfamoustoday.MarcoPolo,borninVenice,setoffonajourneytoAsiaattheageof____andreturnedtoVeniceattheageof______.Hetravelledalong____________and______________.HelovedtheChinesecity________somuchthathedescribeditas“______________________”.Becauseofawar,MarcoPolowascapturedand____________whenhereturnedtoVenice.Whileinprison,hehadhisstorieswrittendowninabookcalled_____________________.Thisbookmadehistravels_________inEurope.MarcoPolotoldalotofamazingthingsinhisstories.ThesestoriesmadeEuropeans______________________________andinfluenced______________________.MarcoPolodiedattheageof______.explorerAsia

1741theSilkRoadthroughoutChinaHangzhouthefinestcityintheworldsenttoprisonmoreandmoreinterestedintheEastmanyotherexplorers70TheTravelsofMarcoPolowellknownA

ReadthisarticleaboutMarcoPolo.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.1WhowasMarcoPoloandwhatwashefamousfor?2HowwerePolo’sstorieswrittendown?3WhydidMarcoPolo’sstoriesbecomesopopular?4InwhatwayswasChinamoredevelopedthanEuropeatthattime?

Papermoney,largecitiesandsystemsofcommunication.MarcoPolowasatravellerandhewasfamousforhistravelsacrossAsia.WhileMarcoPolowasinprison,hetoldthestoriesofhistravelstoanothermanthere.ThismanwrotethestoriesdowninabookcalledTheTravelsofMarcoPolo.BecauseofhisinterestingdescriptionsofAsianlifeinthebook.BHaveyoureadTheTravelsofMarco