Lead---inDoyouknowsomegreatnavigatorsintheworldofhistory?Whatmadethemfamous?ZhengHeInChinaJamesCookInEnglandColumbusInSpainAbelTasmanInHollandZhengHewasaChinesenavigatorintheMingDynasty.HemadesevenvoyagestotheIndianOceans.HewentuptoeasterncoastofAfrican.HewasthemanwhomadetheearliestvoyageinHistory.ColumbuswasSpanishsailors.Hemadefourvoyages.HewasthefirstmanwhodiscoveredAmercia.JamesCookwasaBritishcaptain.HemademapsofAustraliaandNewzealand1.HowmanyChineseexplorersarementionedinthetext?FastreadingTherearethree.TheyareGanYing,DuHuanandZhengHe.3.WhatdoyouknowabouttheSilkRoad?SilkRoadbeganfrom_________alongtheGangsuCorridorandthento________and_________to________inexchangeforspicesandsilk.Chang’AnIndiaMiddleEastRome2.Whichcontinentisfrequentlymentionedinthepassage?Whyisitmentionedsomuch?Africa;TradingcenterthenRedseaIndianOceanAfricaCeylonChinaIndiaArabRomeSouthChinaSeaIndia-------_______________-----RomeSilkroadcoastsofIndiaOcean-----_________________theMiddleEastCeylon(SriLanka)periodnameWayoftravelgoodsdestinationTheearliesttimeIn97AD___________In751-762___________Inthe11thcentury___________In1405-1433___________ChinesemerchantsSilkroadspices,glassIndia,theMiddleEast,RomeHanDynastyGanYingOverlandrhinoceroshornstheEastRomeEmpireTangDynastyDuHuanByboatChinaSongDynastytheAfricansByboatAbronzestatueofalionChinaMingDynastyZhengHeByfleet/seagiraffes,zebras,shells,elephantivory…Africa1WhatmadeColumbusandotherexplorerstosearchfortheSearoutestoAsia?CuriosityaboutAsia;ExplorersmadetheEuropeansthoughtAsiawasveryrich.2WhatpartdidtheSilkRoadplayinhistory?Chinesepeopleexchangedsilkforforeigngoods.3.WhatwasColumbus’spurposeofsearchingforthewealthyAsianlands?Hispurposeofsearchingwastoseektreasure.4.WhatpurposedidZhengHesetsailtoIndiaOcean?ItshowedtotheworldthattheChinesewerefriendly5.Whichoceandoestheworld“westernocean”referto?5.Whichoceandoestheworld“westernocean”referto?ItreferredtopartofthePacificOceanandpartoftheIndianOceanalongthecoast.ArcticOceanIndianOceanAtlanticOceanPacificOceanPacificOcean6.WhichcenturywastherighttimeforagrandmeetingbetweenChinaandAfrica?Bythebeginningofthefifteenthcentury7.Whydidthosenavigatorstakegreateffortsandrisktheirlivestoexplorethoseunknownworlds?•Fortruth•Forwealth8.What’sthemainIdeaofthepassage?IttalksaboutChineseexplorations,especiallythecontactsbetweenChinaandAfrica.Putthesentencesingoodorder.1.Intheeleventhcentury,theAfricansmadeseveralvoyagestothecourtofthesongdynasty.2.MerchantsfromtheArabiccountriesbegantotraveltotheSwahilikingdomandtheislandsofftheAfricancoasttotrade.3.PeopleoftheHanDynastyexchangedsilkforspicesandglasswithIndiansandRomansbywayoftheSilkRoad.4.TheChinesetraveller,DuHuan,wanderedThroughArabiccountriesforabout10years.5.ChristopherColumbusandotherEuropeanexplorerssearchedforroutestoAsia.6.ZhengHemadesevenvoyagesanddiscoveredtheeasterncoastofAfrica.3–2–4–1–65Exercise4GoodsAfricaAfricaandAsiaZebrasgiraffesIvoryRhinoceroshornsshells√√√√√2.Thetimewasripe.(Itwastherightmoment)→IntheMingDynastybothChinaandtheeasterncoastcountriesbecameveryprosperous,andtherecamethegreatneedsforstate-to-statecontact.3.ThemouthoftheRedSea(TheentrancetotheRedSea)→ThepartofoceanwheretheRedSeameetstheIndianOcean.4.Forashorttime,Chinahadruledtheseas.(Forashorttime,Chinahadbeenthemostpowerfulcountryatsea)→Forashortperiodoftime,Chinaheldthepowerofseaforshehadlargenavy,experiencedsailorsandanexcellentadmiral—ZhengHe.
