Unit1Greatexplorations第1课时Reading课件牛津深圳版（广州沈阳通用）九年级英语下册

Unit1

GreatexplorationsPeriod1Reading牛津深圳·广州版九年级下Learningobjects1.深入理解郑和的生平及其七次下西洋的具体内容。2.能根据上下文猜测核心单词和短语的含义。3.了解人物传记类文章结构并能复述文章内容。4.了解我国悠久的航海历史，增加民族自豪感。HistoryteacherLeadinToday,wewilllearnaboutagreatexplorer.Beforelearning,let’splayagame.Leadin全班分两组进行抢答比赛，积分多者获胜！Part1:Doyouknowanygreatexplorersinhumanhistory?1.HisvoyagesacrosstheAtlanticopeneduptheNewWorld—theAmericancontinents—toEurope.

___________2.HistravelstothewestofChinahelpedopenupCentralAsiatoChina.___________3.HewentonseventripstotheWesternSeas. ___________4.HetravelledalongtheSilkRoadandalloverChinaandwroteabookabouthistravels. ___________5.HisvoyagesdiscoveredofAustralia. ___________6.Heledthefirstvoyagetosailaroundtheworld. ___________7.HistravelledaroundChinaandwrotediariesabouthistravels. ___________Xu

XiakeFerdinandMagellanCaptainCookZhengHeMarcoPoloZhangQianChristopherColumbusLeadinZhengHeMarcoPoloZhangQianChristopherColumbusXu

XiakeFerdinandMagellanCaptainCookvoyage/ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/n.

航行American/əˈmerɪkən/adj.

美洲的openup

开辟goonatrip

去旅行continent/ˈkɒntɪnənt/n.

大陆Part2:Seetheword

cloud.Canyouguesswhichexplorerwewilllearnabouttoday?Sogreat!HewasZhengHe!LeadinDoyouknowhowmanyvoyagesdidhemade?Totally,ZhengHemadesevengreatvoyagestotheAtlanticOceaninhislifetime.WecansayhewasagreatexplorerinthehistoryofChina.Howdidhebecomeagreatexplorer?Whatachievementsdidhemakeforhisempire?Let’sreadthepassageandfindout.LeadinPre-readingFirst,let’swatchavideo.WhateffectsdidhistripshaveonChinaandtheworld?Tick(✓)thepossibleanswers.a.TheysetuptraderoutesbetweenChinaandothercountries.b.Theyencouragedtheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies.c.Theymadetherelationshipsbetweencountriesstronger.✓✓✓setup建立；设立trade/treɪd/n.

贸易route/ruːt/n.路线Pre-reading1.WhowasZhengHe?2.WherewasZhengHeborn?3.WhendidZhengHegoonhistrips?Part3:Lookatthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphofthearticleonpage3.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.1.WhowasZhengHe?2.WherewasZhengHeborn?3.WhendidZhengHegoonhistrips?AfamousChineseexplorer.InYunnan.From1405to1433.Pre-readingReadingsetsail

起航discovery/dɪˈskʌvəri/n.

发现rise/raɪz/(rose,risen)v.

变得更加成功(或重要、强大等)

develop/dɪˈveləp/v.

增强；加强relation/rɪˈleɪʃn/n.

关系；交往official/əˈfɪʃl/n.

官员foreign/ˈfɒrən/adj.

外国的fleet/fliːt/

n.

船队；机群beknownas被称为aswellas也；还ReadingAfrica/'æfrɪkə/n.

非洲nowhere/ˈnəʊweə(r)/n.

无处；哪里都不silk/sɪlk/n.

丝织物；丝绸besides/bɪˈsaɪdz/prep.

除……之外还development/dɪˈveləpmənt/n.

发展；壮大giraffe/dʒəˈrɑːf/n.

长颈鹿region/ˈfɒrən/n.

地区pioneer/paɪəˈnɪə(r)/

n.

先锋；先驱people/piːpl/n.

民族；种族ReadingReadandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.Paragraph1

AbriefintroductiontoZhengHe.Paragraph2

ZhengHewasafamousexplorerandhistravelswon’tbeforgotten.Paragraph3

ZhengHe’sdeathandhisachievements.Paragraph4

GeneralintroductiontoZhengHe’ssevengreatvoyages.ReadingThesenumbersareverymeaningfultoZhengHe.Scanthetextandtellmewhatthenumbersmean.137125,0000714051433ReadingZhengHewasborninthatyear.ZhengHesetoffon/startedhisfirstvoyageinthatyear.ZhengHediedduringhislastvoyageinthatyear.Thetreasureshipswerebigenoughtocarry25,000people.ZhengHewentonseven

voyagesthroughouthislife.13711405143325,00007Readthefirstparagraph.Thewritersays“ZhengHewasafamousChineseexplorer”.Doeshegiveanyreasons?setsail

起航discovery/dɪˈskʌvəri/n.

发现Columbus’sd________ofAmericabegananewageofexploring.iscoveryReadingReadingReadthesecondparagraph.Whenhebecameanofficialintheempire,didtheemperorbelievehim?Howdoyouknow?WhatdidtheYongleEmperoraskhimtodo?Fillintheblanks.1.Herecently______tobeamanagerinhiscompany.(becamemoreimportantorpowerful)2.Thisis_________money.Youcannotuseithere.(fromacountrythatisnotyourown)roseforeignReadingReadthesecondparagraph.SincehewasaskedtoexplorethelandsoutsideChina,whatpreparationdidhedo?Whatweretheseshipslike?Whatweretheycalled?ReadingReadthethirdparagraph.Whatisthesignificanceofthevoyages?Fillintheblank:Since2000,thiscompanyhasseenmuchnew___________.Ithasbecomeoneofthebiggestcompaniesinthecountry.(theprocessofgrowinglargerorbecomingstronger)development③①②putthefollowingstatementsaboutZhengHe’svoyagesincorrectorder.a.ZhengHewasaskedtodeveloprelationswithothercountries.b.ZhengHereachedpartofAfricaandtradedgoodsthere.c.ZhengHebecameatrustedofficialoftheMingDynasty.d.ZhengHebroughtmanynewthingstoChina.e.ZhengHesetoffonhisfirstgreatvoyages.f.ZhengHebuiltthetreasureships. A.c-a-d-b-e-f B.e-b-f-a-c-d

C.c-a-f-e-b-d D.e-c-a-b-d-fReadthesecondandthirdparagraphagain,ReadingReadingReadthefourthparagraph.DidZhengHefinishhisseventhvoyage?Whydoyouthinkso?No,hedidn’t.Becausehediedduringthisvoyage.Whatdopeoplethinkofhimnowadays?Thathewasapioneer.Whydopeoplethinkso?Becauseheopenedupculturalcontactsbetweendifferentpeoplesaroundtheworld.Readthearticleagainandcompletethefollowingnotes.ZhengHewasafamousChinese1)____________;wasborninYunnanin2)_____________;becamea3)______________oftheYongleEmperor;builtagreatfleetoftreasureshipsbigenoughtocarry4)________people;wentonseventripsfrom1405to1433andvisited5)_________________,

6)___________________andeven7)________________________.explorer1371trustedofficial25,000South-EastAsiatheMiddleEasttheeastcoastofAfricaPost-readingPost-readingZhengHe’sgreatvoyagesallowedChinatotrade

8)__________________________________;broughtback9)_____________________________________________;encouragedtheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies;helped10)_______________________ofthecountriesandregionshetravelledto.manythingsthatwereseeninChinaforthefirsttimethedevelopmentvaluablegoodslikegold,silverandsilkPost-readingIngroups,discussthefollowingquestions.1.WhyisZhengHecalleda“pioneer”?2.WhywereZhengHe’svoyagessoimportantinhistory?Tip:

Findoutsomefactsinthetexttosupportyourideas.Post-readingBecauseZhengHe’sfirstvoyagewasnearlyacenturybeforeChristopherColumbusfirstsetsailonhisjourneyofdiscoverytoAmerica,ZhengHeiscalledapioneer.BecauseZhengHe’svoyagesdevelopedtradebetweenChinaandforeigncountries.Theyalsoencouragedtheexchangeofculturesandtechnologies.Theyhelpedthedevelopmentofthosecountriesandregions.GeneralintroductionofZhengHeandhisgreatvoyages.ConclusionofZhengHe’s