Unit7TheSeaCultureCornerCultureCornerZhengHeandHisSevenVoyagesExercise1KeyWordsinadditionto,fleet,voyage,supply,sink,exploration■AskstudentswhattheyknowaboutZhengHe
Encouragethemtosayasmuchaspossible
■Lookatthekeywordswiththestudentsandseeifstudentsalreadyknowsomeofthem
Donotpre-teachanynewwordsbutencouragethemtoguessthemeaningswhilereadingthetext
■Askstudentstorefertothenoteswhilereadingsothattheycanunderstandthepassagebetter
■MatchtheKeyWordswiththedefinitions
Answers1inadditionto2supply3voyage4fleet5exploration6sinkExercise2■Studentsworkinpairsreadingthetextandansweringthequestions
Answers1ZhengHewasoneofChina'smostfamoussailors
HewasorderedbyZhuDitosailtofarawaycountriesforexploration
2ZhengHe'sfirstmissionasadmiralwasthevoyageacrosstheIndianOcean
3ZhengHe'sshipscarriedgold,silver,silk