1. Unit 2 Reading
Reaching Out
Across The Ocean

2. I Lead-in
There are many great navigators in the world of history.
Do you know them?
What made them famous?

3. Zheng He
In China

4. Zheng He is famous for having made several great voyages to the West, reaching as far as Africa.
1. Who was the first person that mapped the Indian coast?
Zheng He

5. James Cook
In England
James Cook is famous for having made three great voyages around the world and mapping coasts and sea routes.

6. Columbus
In Spain
Who was the first person that discovered the “New World”?

7. Abel Tasman
In Holland
He was a Dutchman who discovered New Zealand

8. How many continents there are in the world? What are they?

10. exploration/navigation
Question:
1. How can you go to Africa from Asia?
2.The title of our text is ‘Reaching
Out across the Ocean’, so can you guess
what our text mainly talks about?
by air
over land
by ship
exploration/navigation

11. II Scanning 1 What’s the main Idea of the passage?
2 How many Chinese explorers are
mentioned in the text?
3 What do you know about the silk Road?
It’s about navigation between China and
Africa
There are three. They are Gan Ying,
Du Huan and zhengHe.

12. Silk Road

13. The Silk Road, which is regarded as the greatest (东西贸易通道), was first traveled by Zhang Qian when he was sent on a diplomatic mission to the (西方地区) in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220AD).
East-West trade route
Western Regions

14. The Silk Road was not only for . (货物) but also for the transmission of
(知识和观点) between east and west.
goods
knowledge and ideas

15. III Careful reading: Fill in the charts. Period Name Goods Gan Ying
Way of travel
Goods
Gan Ying In
In the 11th century
Zheng He
In 97 AD
rhinoceros
horns
Over land
On land and
by boat
Du Huan
The
Africans
Bronze statue
of a lion
By sea
Giraffes, zebras,
shells, elephant
ivory, medicine,
rhinoceros-horn,
etc. In
1405-
1433
By sea

16. Put the following in order of time
In the 11th century, the Africans made several
voyages to the court of the Song Dynasty.
2. Marco Polo made his travel to China, who excited
the curiosity of some westerners.
3. People of the Han Dynasty exchanged silk for
spices and glass with Indians and Romans by way
of the Silk Road.
4. The Chinese travelers, Du Huan, wandered
through Arabic countries for about 10 years.
Christopher Columbus and other European
explorers searched for routes to Asia.
Zheng He made seven voyages and discovered the
eastern coast of Africa. 3 4 1 2 6 5

17. Deep understanding
Who were (was) the earliest explorer(s) of
the Western Ocean?
A. Marco Polo B. Christopher Columbus
C. European explorers D. Brave merchants
2. An African King gave rhinoceros horns to
China in order to ____.
A. make money B. stop the war
C. show his friendship
D. award the Ambassador.
3. Which of the following became the world’s
trading center over a few centuries after
Han Dynasty?
A. Ceylon B. India C. Swahili D. Egypt

18. 4. In Duhuan’s book “Record of My Travels”
you can learn about ____.
A. Marco Polo B. many foreign countries
C. Christopher Columbus
D. ways to make silk
5. Who does “ The Chinese Columbus refer to”?
A. The Ming emperor B. Duhuan
C. The Chinese ambassador D. Zhenghe
6. The small bronze statue of lion found in
Shanga most probably came from____.
A. China B. Rome C. Greece D. London

19. 7. “ In the east, China prospered under a new
dynasty.” The underline part refers to___.
A. the Han Dynasty B. the Song Dynasty
C. the Qin Dynasty D. the Ming Dynasty
8. Which of the following can be inferred from
the text?
A. Columbus’ exploration was stopped for
economic reasons.
B. No accurate maps of the countries around
the Indian Ocean existed before Zhenghe.
C. In the Ming Dynasty China had the most
powerful navy in the world.
D. The giraffe was an animal that could not
be found in China in the Ming Dynasty.

20. They thought Asia was very rich.
IV Post-reading
1 What made Columbus and other explorers to search for the Sea routes to Asia?
2 What part did the Silk Road play in history ?
3 Say sth about zhengHe’s sea route
4 What purpose did ZhengHe set sail to India ocean
Curiosity about Asia .
They thought Asia was very rich.
Chinese people exchanged silk for foreign goods.
The south China Sea
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Eastern Coast of Africa
It showed to the world that the Chinese were
friendly

21. √ √ √ √ √ Exercise 4 Goods Africa Africa and Asia Zebras giraffes
Ivory
Rhinoceros
horns
shells √ √ √ √ √

22. Exercise 5 Paraphrasing: The Africans were reaching out to China.
→ The Africans left the African land
and came for a visit to China by sea.

23. The time was ripe.
→ In the Ming Dynasty both China
and the eastern coast countries became
very prosperous, and there came the
great needs for state-to-state contact.

24. The mouth of the Red Sea
→ The part of ocean where the Red Sea
meets the Indian Ocean.

25. For a short time, China had ruled
the seas.
→ For a short period of time, China
held the power of sea for she had large
navy, experienced sailors and an
excellent admiral—Zheng He.