Unit3ReadingandThinking課文翻譯及知識(shí)點(diǎn)講義-高中英語(yǔ)人教版選擇性

REACHINGOUTACROSSTHESEA跨海越洋Tradeandcuriosityhaveoftenformedthefoundationofmankind’sgreatestachievements.貿(mào)易和奇怪???心通常構(gòu)成人類(lèi)最宏大成就的根底。Topletethegreatmapoftheworldwasastrongpassionforthepeopleofearlycivilisations.在早期文明中，人們對(duì)繪制世界大地圖布滿(mǎn)激情。MarcoPolo’stalesinspiredEuropeanexplorerstosearchforsearoutesfromwesttoeast.馬可波羅的故事鼓舞了歐洲探險(xiǎn)家查找自西向東的海上航線。However,merchantsandexplorersfromtheEastsetsailfromeasttowestmanyyearsbeforeColumbusfirstdid.然而，在哥倫布首次啟航之前很多年，東方的商人和探險(xiǎn)家就已經(jīng)開(kāi)頭自東向西航行。學(xué)問(wèn)點(diǎn)：thefoundationof….的根底apassionfor對(duì)…的熱忱searchfor查找fromeasttowest從東到西Inancienttimes,silkfromChinafounditswayoverlandtoIndia,theMiddleEast,andRome,alongwhatbecameknownastheSilkRoad.在古代，來(lái)自中國(guó)的絲綢沿陸路運(yùn)至印度、中東和羅馬，這條路后來(lái)就是著名遐邇的“絲綢之路〞。AtradingrouteacrosstheseawasalsoextendedalongthecoastsoftheIndianOcean,centredaroundCeylon(nowSriLanka).以錫蘭〔今斯里蘭卡〕為中心的一條橫跨海洋的貿(mào)易路線沿印度洋海岸延長(zhǎng)。Here,merchantsfromChinaandmanyotherplacesmettonegotiatetradedeals,whichalsoledtomoreawarenessofeachother’scultures.在這里，來(lái)自中國(guó)和其他很多地方的商人會(huì)聚起，洽談貿(mào)易協(xié)議，這也增進(jìn)了對(duì)彼此文化的熟悉。Overthecenturies,furthertradingallowedmoreexplorationoftheregionstothewestChina,asrecordedinDuHuan’sRecordofMyTravelsintheeighthcentury.幾個(gè)世紀(jì)間，隨著貿(mào)易的開(kāi)展，對(duì)中國(guó)以西地區(qū)的探究增多了，這些在八世紀(jì)杜環(huán)所著的?經(jīng)行記?一書(shū)中有所記載。學(xué)問(wèn)點(diǎn);beknownas作為…而著名，被稱(chēng)作leadto造成Later,theMingDynastyfurtherdevelopedrelationswiththeseregions.后來(lái)，明朝進(jìn)一步開(kāi)展了與這些地區(qū)的關(guān)系。Between1405and1433,sevenlargefleetssailedwestonvoyagesoftradeandexploration.1405年至1433年間，七支大型船隊(duì)西渡重洋，開(kāi)展貿(mào)易和探究。Thesefleetswereasighttobeholdandwereinaleagueoftheirownatthattime.當(dāng)時(shí)，這些船隊(duì)極為壯麗，獨(dú)領(lǐng)風(fēng)騷。UnderthemandofZhengHe,theysetsailfromtheSouthChinaSeaacrosstheIndianOceantothemouthoftheRedSea,andthentotheeastcoastofAfrica.在鄭和的指揮下，船隊(duì)從中國(guó)南海起航，穿越印度洋，直抵紅海口，然后前往非洲東海岸。Africanroyalfamiliessentgiftssuchasgiraffesasgesturesoffriendshipinreturnforgold,silk,andspices.非洲王室贈(zèng)送長(zhǎng)頸鹿等禮物以示友好，同時(shí)也是作為他們獲得黃金、絲綢和香料的回贈(zèng)。AlthoughChinawithdrewfromfurtherexpeditionsafter1433,theselandandsearoutesremainedactivechannelsbetweenotherculturesforcenturies.盡管1433年后中國(guó)停止了進(jìn)一步的探究，但在隨后的幾個(gè)世紀(jì)，這些陸地和海洋路線仍是與其他文化之間的活潑通道。學(xué)問(wèn)點(diǎn)：beasighttobehold壯麗inreturnfor作為回報(bào)withdrawfrom停止，離開(kāi)Toreachoutacrossthesearemainsastrongdesiretoday.今日，跨海越洋照舊是人們劇烈的渴望。TheancientsearoutestravelledbyZhengHearebeingrevisitedwiththe2lstCenturyMaritimeSilkRoad,whichispartoftheBeltandRoadInitiative.作為“一帶一路〞建議的組成局部，“21世紀(jì)海上絲綢之路〞讓鄭和曾經(jīng)走過(guò)的古代海上航線再度受到關(guān)注。TheaimofthisinitiativeistoencouragecooperationandtradeacrossthehistoricSilkRoadareas,andstrengthenthebondsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.這項(xiàng)建議旨在鼓舞橫跨歷史悠久的絲綢之路地區(qū)的合作與貿(mào)易，同時(shí)加強(qiáng)中國(guó)與世界其他地區(qū)之間的聯(lián)系。Tradinghasgrowngreatlyinrecentyears,andwillcontinuetodosoinyearstoe.近年來(lái)，貿(mào)易增長(zhǎng)迅猛，將來(lái)幾年也將連續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。Chinahasinvestedbillionsinsystemsandservicesalongtheseroutes,whichwillhelptogreatlydevelopthewholeareaforthebenefitoffuturetradeandculturalexchange.中國(guó)已經(jīng)在這些沿線地區(qū)的運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)和效勞上投入了數(shù)十億美元，這將促進(jìn)整個(gè)地區(qū)實(shí)現(xiàn)大開(kāi)展，有利于將來(lái)的貿(mào)易和文化溝通。學(xué)問(wèn)點(diǎn)：partof局部strengthenthebonds加強(qiáng)聯(lián)系continuetodo連續(xù)做某事Chinahasalsojoineditsfriendsacrosstheseaonotherimportantprojects.中國(guó)還與海洋此岸的友邦一起參加了其他重要工程。AlthoughtheancientsearoutesofZhengHehavebeentravelledmanytimes,therearestillmanyotherplaceslefttoexplore.盡管鄭和的古代海上路線已經(jīng)重走很屢次了，但仍有很多其他地方有待探究。Inrecentyears,ChinahasjoinedothernationsonseveralexpeditionstoexploretheArctic.近年來(lái)，中國(guó)與其他國(guó)家一道開(kāi)展了屢次北極考察。Fromascientificpointofview,thereisanurgentneedtostudytheArcticinordertounderstandclimatechangeanditseffects.從科學(xué)角度看，迫切需要討論北極，以了解氣候變化及其影響。學(xué)問(wèn)點(diǎn)：froma…pointofview從某種角度看thereisaneedtodo有必要做Hundredsofyearson,andwiththelatesttechnologyinhand,theneedtotradeandthedesiretoenhancerelationshipswilldriveChinatoreachoutacrosstheseafarintothefuture.數(shù)百年過(guò)去了，由于擁有了最新技術(shù)，在貿(mào)易的必要性和增進(jìn)關(guān)系的愿望的驅(qū)動(dòng)下，中國(guó)將跨海越洋，邁向?qū)?lái)。學(xué)問(wèn)點(diǎn)：thelatest最新的desiretodo渴望做課文語(yǔ)法填空Tradeandcuriosityoftenformthe1________________(found)ofmankind’sgreatestachievements.MarcoPolo'stalesinspiredEuropeanexplorers2________________(search)forsearoutesfromwesttoeast.However,merchantsandexplorersfromtheEastsetsailmanyyearsbeforeColumbusfirst3________________(do).AtradingrouteacrosstheseawasextendedalongthecoastsoftheIndianOcean，4________________(centre)aroundCeylon.Later,theMingDynastyfurtherdevelopedrelationswiththeregionstothewestofChinaSevenlarge5________________(fleet)sailedwestfortradeandexploration.6________________themandofZhengHe,theysetsailfromtheSouthChinaSeaandeventuallytotheeastcoastofAfrica.Toreachoutacrossthesearemains7________________strongdesirenow.TheancientsearoutestravelledbyZhengHearebeingrevisitedwiththe21stCenturyMaritimeSilkRoad,8___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