高三英语上学期unit2nbsp;reading.pptVIP

§1．3推理判断8. The small bronze statue of a lion found in Shanga most probably came from________ ．A．China B．RomeC．Greece D．London9. “In the east，China prospered under a new dynasty” The underlined part refers to______A．the Han Dynasty B．the Song DynastyC．the Qin Dynasty D．the Ming Dynasty A D 10. 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 Zheng He．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． C Step 5 post –reading Task one: questions and answers( Ex1-2) 1.Traveling stories and trade made people know about far-away civilizations. Marco Polo’s stories inspired Christopher Columbus and other explorers to search for sea routes to the distant and wealthy Asian lands. People of Han Dynasty knew about Africa through the mouth of merchants. 2.They are east, west, westernmost, eastern and so on. Theses words are used to suggest that the topic of the passage is the communication between the west and the east. * Chinese history was full of adventures and many heroes who explored the unknown. Logic of reading: time order What do you know about the Silk Road? The “Silk Road”began from Chang’an, the city of Xi’an now, along the Gansu Corridor（通道）, then to West Asia and Europe. Silk road began from_________ along the Gangsu Corridor and then to ________ and _________ To ________ in exchange for spices and silk Chang’An India Middle east Rome 丝绸之路，指西汉（前202年-8年）时，由张骞出使西域开辟的从长安（今西安）经甘肃、新疆，到中亚、西亚，并联结地中海各国的陆上信道（这条道路也被称为“西北丝绸之路”以区别日后另外两条冠以“丝绸之路”名称的交通路线）。因为由这条路西运的货物中以丝绸制品的影响最大，故得此名。其基本走向定于两汉时期，包括南道、中道、北道三条路线。 广义的丝绸之路指从上古开始陆续形成的，遍及欧亚大陆甚至包括北非和东非在内的长途商业贸易和文化交流线路的总称。除了上述的路线之外，还包括在南北朝时期形成，在明末发挥巨大作用的海上丝绸之路和与西北丝绸之路同时出现，在元末取代西北丝绸之路成为路上交流信道的南方丝绸之路等等。 Step 3 pre-reading Task one: b